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Cities provide paths from poverty to sustainability
May 03, 2017 (SPX)
But how we'll achieve these extraordinary goals in such a short amount of time remains a major challenge. According to a new paper published this week in PNAS, ...
Researchers develop radar simulator to characterize scattering of debris in tornadoes
May 03, 2017 (SPX)
The results of their study are published in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) journal Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ...
Zapping bacteria with sanitizers made of paper
May 02, 2017 (SPX)
"Paper is an ancient material, but it has unique attributes for new, high-tech applications," said Aaron Mazzeo, an assistant professor in Rutgers' Department o...
Bullying is on the decline in most schools, new research shows
May 01, 2017 (UPI)
Education researchers surveyed approximately 246,000 students in grades 4 through 12 at 109 Maryland schools over the course of ten years. The result -- detaile...
24 dead in Kyrgyz landslide: emergencies ministry
Apr 29, 2017 (AFP)
The landslide hit the village of Ayu in the Osh region of the mountainous Central Asian country at around 0640 am (0040 GMT) and covered six houses with inhabit...
Soul-searching scientists struggle to get message across
Apr 29, 2017 (AFP)
Figueres was giving one explanation of why scientists are struggling to get their message across to a sceptical public at a major conference in Vienna this week...
24 dead as Kyrgyz landslide engulfs village homes
Apr 29, 2017 (AFP)
The earth slip entombed the inhabitants of six houses when it hit the village of Ayu in the Osh region of the mountainous Central Asian country at around 6:40 a...
Engineers shine light on deadly landslide
Apr 27, 2017 (SPX)
This was the deadliest landslide on record in the continental United States. A new report details the factors leading to the disaster, the hazards that accompan...
Foot-in-mouth disease: Japan's politicians and their gaffes
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
It was just the latest example of the foot-in-mouth disease which has long afflicted members of the Liberal Democratic Party that has governed the country for m...
Japan disaster minister resigns over quake gaffe
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced to apologise to residents of the devastated northeastern region of Tohoku, which is still recovering more than six years on...
Ukraine, Belarus leaders mark Chernobyl anniversary
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
The station's fourth reactor in the north of former Soviet Ukraine exploded in 1986 after a safety test went horribly wrong at 1:23 am on April 26. Around 30 pe...
The Nepal quake survivors who can never go home
Apr 25, 2017 (AFP)
Experts say the 2015 quake, which killed nearly 9,000 people, has heightened the risk of natural disasters in parts of the Himalayan country already prone to la...
Japan disaster minister to resign over quake gaffe: reports
Apr 25, 2017 (AFP)
Masahiro Imamura plans to submit his resignation to Abe Wednesday morning, national broadcaster NHK said late Tuesday, adding that Abe had already decided to ap...
Rights group urges China to release N. Korean refugees
Apr 24, 2017 (AFP)
Most North Korean refugees begin their escape by crossing into China and then try to make it to third countries -- often in Southeast Asia -- where they seek as...
US to honour 'dumb' refugee deal with Australia: Pence
Apr 22, 2017 (AFP)
Pence also sought to clear the waters about the location of US supercarrier Carl Vinson that was supposedly steaming towards North Korea, saying it would arrive...
'Is this Miami?': An Iraqi family's Colombian odyssey
Apr 21, 2017 (AFP)
But after being cheated by people smugglers, they found themselves someplace altogether different: Colombia. At the end of an arduous two-month journey that sta...
SES Launches Rapid Response Vehicle for Defence, Security and Humanitarian Missions
Apr 21, 2017 (SPX)
The Rapid Response Vehicle is the world's first mobile platform to offer collaborative communications technologies over multiple orbits and frequencies, includi...
Sri Lanka ends search for garbage survivors as toll hits 32
Apr 19, 2017 (AFP)
Another 11 people were injured when the 300-foot (90-metre) dump partially collapsed on Friday as Sri Lankans celebrated their traditional new year. "We are sti...
Haiti to rebuild National Palace toppled in 2010 quake
Apr 19, 2017 (AFP)
"My administration wants to offer the young generation the opportunity to make its mark on the country's history and to inscribe in stone its vision of a new Ha...
Smoking to kill 200 million in China this century: WHO
Apr 14, 2017 (AFP)
China is the world's largest consumer and producer of tobacco, and the industry provides the government with colossal sums. In 2015, it recorded 1.1 trillion yu...
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