Japan Moon lander put to sleep after surviving lunar night
TOKYO, March 2, 2024 (AFP) - Japan's Moon lander has been put back to sleep after it surprisingly survived the…
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Faulty warnings, deforestation turned Philippine rains ‘deadly’: study
MANILA, March 1, 2024 (AFP) - Faulty warning systems, poverty and deforestation of mountains in the southern Philippines turned recent…
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Riding high on AI, Nvidia is no bubble, says Wall Street
By Thomas URBAIN The emergence of AI bots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard has fueled a massive rise in…
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To the Moon and back: NASA’s Artemis II crew rehearses splashdown
By Romain FONSEGRIVES Their mission around the Moon is not expected until September 2025 at the earliest, but the four…
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From edge of extinction to Australia’s croc ‘paradise’
By Andrew LEESON If you want a snappy death, one expert's advice is to leap into a river near the…
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Oranges wither, cows go hungry in drought-hit Sicily
By Ella IDE Marilina Barreca has two grim options: feed her cows tainted fodder or set them to graze on…
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Meningitis kills 20 Nigerian school students
KANO, Nigeria, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) - A meningitis outbreak in Nigeria has killed at least 20 boarding school students…
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As mission ends, US lunar lander could still ‘wake’ back up
The US spacecraft that touched down on the Moon last week and is currently running on solar power will soon…
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Vietnam’s ‘rice bowl’ cracks in monster heatwave
HANOI, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) - Southern Vietnam, including business hub Ho Chi Minh City and its "rice bowl" Mekong…
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Nissan to launch self-driving taxi service in Japan in 2027
Nissan is planning to launch a self-driving taxi service in Japan in the financial year starting April 2027, the auto…
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