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Blockchain revolution comes to world of humanitarian aid
Feb 18, 2018 (AFP)
By offering refugees a virtual identity, reassuring donors that their money is being well spent, or rushing funds where they are needed most, aid charities are ...
13 killed in minister's quake zone copter crash
Feb 17, 2018 (AFP)
The UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopter landed on its side, crushing a van. There were no reported casualties from the quake itself, which damaged buildings. T...
Hong Kong police probe deadly bus accident
Feb 11, 2018 (AFP)
Most victims of the accident on Saturday evening, which saw a double decker flip over and smash into a lamppost, were men aged in their 50s and 60s, according t...
Fukushima operator ordered to pay $10 million in new damages
Feb 08, 2018 (AFP)
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) was instructed to pay a total of 1.1 billion yen to 318 former residents of the Odaka district in Fukushima, around 20 kilometr...
Eight dead, three missing after China road collapse
Feb 08, 2018 (AFP)
The sudden leak flooded the underground site and led to the multi-lane road's collapse in downtown Foshan, Guangdong province, on Wednesday night, the city gove...
Got a coastal bridge to retrofit? There's an optimal approach for that
Feb 08, 2018 (SPX)
And, in a natural disaster such as a flood, hurricane or tsunami, connecting people via functioning bridges can mean the difference between life and death durin...
Taiwan quake highlights hi-tech island's shoddy building past
Feb 07, 2018 (AFP)
It has become a familiar sight. A quake strikes Taiwan, rattling homes and nerves but leaving most of the epicentre intact, except for one or two isolated spots...
French watchdog points at Russia over radiation cloud
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
"One possible hypothesis is that of a leak coming from an incident during an operation involving radioactive fuel cooled for around two years in Mayak complex, ...
Cape Town calls for hygiene blitz amid water crisis
Feb 05, 2018 (AFP)
The city is grappling with a listeriosis outbreak and a doubling of typhoid cases in the past year. It has now urged residents to continue hand washing to maint...
Fukushima operator aims to double visitors by Tokyo Olympics
Feb 02, 2018 (AFP)
A massive undersea earthquake on March 11, 2011 sent a tsunami barrelling into Japan's northeast coast, leaving more than 18,000 people dead or missing and spar...
Dutch to help tourism firms on storm-hit Caribbean isles
Feb 01, 2018 (AFP)
"I saw with my own eyes the devastating effect that Hurricane Irma had" on the islands of Saba and Sint Eustatius, deputy interior minister Raymond Knops said. ...
Dutch 'ill-prepared' for cross-border nuclear accident: probe
Jan 31, 2018 (AFP)
That was the conclusion of an investigation by the Dutch Safety Board (OVV), amid rising Dutch concerns over Belgium's ageing Doel and Tihange nuclear reactors,...
Researchers identify 'anxiety cells' inside the brains of mice
Jan 31, 2018 (UPI)
"We call these anxiety cells because they only fire when the animals are in places that are innately frightening to them," Rene Hen, a professor of psychiatry a...
US 'cautiously optimistic' on Philippine drug war rights record
Jan 30, 2018 (AFP)
Duterte has made a harsh anti-drug campaign the centrepiece of his administration, urging policemen to kill drug suspects and promising to protect them from pro...
Mammals and birds could have best shot at surviving climate change
Jan 30, 2018 (SPX)
"We see that mammals and birds are better able to stretch out and extend their habitats, meaning they adapt and shift much easier," said Jonathan Rolland, a Ban...
As Paris mops up, warning of more floods in Europe's future
Jan 29, 2018 (AFP)
Flood damage from rivers in Europe will more than double to about 15 billion euros ($19 billion) per year, even under the most optimistic planet-warming forecas...
Stressed-out Dhaka to get 'Anger Management Park'
Jan 28, 2018 (AFP)
Traffic jams which keep commuters imprisoned in their cars for up to five hours a day, noise and dust pollution, rainy season chaos and petty crime are daily co...
Displaced Iraqi women turn to handicrafts for survival
Jan 26, 2018 (AFP)
"It has been some time since we were displaced and my husband can't find work," the mother-of-four told AFP. "It was down to me to take care of the family." Rah...
Nuclear concerns push 'Doomsday Clock' closer to midnight
Jan 25, 2018 (AFP)
The clock -- which serves as a metaphor for how close humanity is to destroying the planet -- was moved forward by 30 seconds, to as near as it has ever been to...
Climate engineering, once started, would have severe impacts if stopped
Jan 24, 2018 (SPX)
The study was published online in Nature Ecology and Evolution. The paper was co-authored by Rutgers Distinguished Professor Alan Robock, research associate Lil...
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