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WHO says Covid still an international emergency

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Monday 1/30/2023   Three years to the day after the World Health Organization sounded the highest…

‘Drought’ has New Yorkers asking: ‘Where’s the snow?’

by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP)  -- The idea of New York in wintertime conjures up…

Phew! Truck-sized asteroid misses Earth

by Huw GRIFFITH Agence France-Presse Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Bruce Willis: you can stand down. A truck-sized asteroid that…

One third of Amazon ‘degraded’ by human activity, drought: study

Washington, United States (AFP) -- More than one third of the Amazon rainforest may have been degraded by human activity…

Endangered tree kangaroo born at UK zoo

London, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Conservationists at a UK zoo have captured the moment a rare tree kangaroo popped out…

Amsterdam unveils its largest bike garage. It’s underwater

Amsterdam, Netherlands (AFP)-- Plagued by ever-shrinking space to park its hundreds of thousands of bicycles, Amsterdam opened Wednesday the first…

Climate change increases human trafficking risks: UN

Vienna, Austria | AFP | Tuesday 1/24/2023  Evidence is emerging that climate-related disasters are becoming a cause of human trafficking…

Earth’s inner core may have started spinning other way: study

by Daniel Lawler Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- Far below our feet, a giant may have started moving…

IMF approves $105 mn in emergency aid to Haiti

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved emergency aid of $105 million for Haiti, which…

How three dust specks reveal an asteroid’s secrets

by Sara HUSSEIN Agence France Presse Tokyo, Japan (AFP) - The specks are tiny. No, really tiny. Smaller than the…

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