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One small step for a laboratory, one giant leap toward a model region for hydrogen
Oct 19, 2020 (SPX)
Saxony-Anhalt has declared its aim to become a model region for hydrogen. Chemists at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg have now taken a step toward...
Philippines lifts ban on oil and gas exploration in South China Sea
Oct 16, 2020 (AFP)
Drilling off the Philippines was halted in 2014 amid an escalating row with China over its rival claim to areas of the waterway that are believed to hold rich d...
Captain of fuel-leak tanker fined by Sri Lanka court
Oct 15, 2020 (AFP)
The Panamanian-registered New Diamond, travelling from Kuwait to India with 270,000 tonnes of crude oil, was passing by Sri Lanka's east coast when the fire bro...
S.Sudan government, rebels agree to work towards ceasefire
Oct 14, 2020 (AFP)
Instead, the two groups meeting in Rome pledged to work "towards" the ceasefire signed in January, which has failed to bring calm to the war-torn region. Talks ...
Turkey restarts hunt for Mediterranean gas, reigniting Greek row
Oct 12, 2020 (AFP)
The row over gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean saw the two NATO countries stage rival military drills in August in strategic waters between Cyprus an...
Development of cost-efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen production
Oct 09, 2020 (SPX)
Water electrolysis in particular is an eco-friendly method of producing hydrogen, in which the use of a catalyst is the most important factor in determining the...
Sudan peace will cost $7.5 billion: finance minister
Oct 09, 2020 (AFP)
Under the October 3 deal between Khartoum and a coalition of rebel groups, the government pledged to fund major development projects in areas ruined by years of...
Sri Lanka indicts skipper of fire-stricken oil tanker
Oct 08, 2020 (AFP)
The Panamanian-registered New Diamond, travelling from Kuwait to India with 270,000 tonnes of crude oil, was passing by Sri Lanka's east coast when the fire bro...
Hydrogen embrittlement creates complications for clean energy storage, transportation
Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)
Hydrogen can cause brittleness in several metals including ferritic steel - a type of steel used in structural components of buildings, automobile gears and axl...
Protesters end blockade of Sudan port over peace deal
Oct 07, 2020 (AFP)
Demonstrators from the Beja tribe last Sunday forced the closure of the docks and highway linking Port Sudan to the rest of the country. The Beja say that repre...
Sudan protesters lift blockade of port road
Oct 06, 2020 (AFP)
"We have reopened the road at the request of our Beja leaders who have had contacts with the government," Sidi Moussa, one of the organisers of the protest, tol...
Turkey pulls back drilling ship from Cyprus
Oct 05, 2020 (AFP)
The Turkish navy had said last month that the Yavuz would stay in eastern Mediterranean waters southwest of Cyprus until October 12. But the Vessel Finder track...
Sudanese protesters block key port over peace deal
Oct 05, 2020 (AFP)
The protesters are from among the Beja people, who were angry that representatives who signed Saturday's deal with the government came from the rival Beni Amer ...
US defence chief in Kuwait after death of emir
Oct 04, 2020 (AFP)
Esper expressed "sincere condolences" for the loss of Sheikh Sabah, who died on Tuesday at the age of 91, in a meeting with the new emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad A...
NATO chief to visit Turkey and Greece amid stand-off
Oct 02, 2020 (AFP)
Stoltenberg will be in Ankara on Monday to see Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and in Athens on Tuesday for talks with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, his...
Cambridge University to scrap fossil fuel investment
Oct 01, 2020 (AFP)
The world-renowned seat of learning in eastern England said the pledge is part of its overall goal to slash carbon emissions to zero by 2038 -- well ahead of th...
Greece, Turkey get hotline to avoid Med clashes: NATO
Oct 01, 2020 (AFP)
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the breakthrough, which comes after several weeks of talks between military officials from the two alliance members. The tw...
Venezuela condemns US warship 'provocation'
Oct 01, 2020 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said in a statement that the positioning of the guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence off the coast was "an intention ...
Australia approves major new fossil fuel projects
Sep 30, 2020 (AFP)
Authorities in New South Wales state on Wednesday announced conditional approval for a Aus$3.6 billion (US$2.6 billion) coal seam gas development that has gener...
Scientists got one step closer to solving a major problem of hydrogen energy
Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)
The team developed an amorphous nanostructure (FeNi-based metallic glass) that can be used in the field of hydrogen energy to accumulate and store hydrogen, in ...
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