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Music reveals cultural insights into human history
May 15, 2024 (SPX)
Utilizing The Global Jukebox - an online database of more than 5,000 songs - the study demonstrates music's unique ability to uncover new information about our ...
Senegal government halts Dakar coastal construction for two months
May 14, 2024 (AFP)
Dakar's Atlantic coast has attracted intense property speculation in recent years, with apartment blocks, offices and hotels constructed at a rapid pace. Many o...
Manta Ray UUV moves closer to operational readiness after successful tests
May 12, 2024 (SPX)
"Our successful, full-scale Manta Ray testing validates the vehicle's readiness to advance toward real-world operations after being rapidly assembled in the fie...
NASA chooses UF mission to monitor Earth's water and ice
May 10, 2024 (SPX)
"GRATTIS will utilize advanced sensors to measure minute gravitational variations from space, aiding in the tracking of surface and subsurface shifts," explaine...
Famed Thai holiday isles suffer water shortages after heatwave
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
The Koh Phi Phi archipelago, off the west coast of southern Thailand, draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to its pristine beaches and turquoise waters each ...
Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this year
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
"We share an intention for the treaty to enter into force as soon as possible in 2024," they said in a joint statement. The 11-page treaty was hailed as a histo...
Flood-hit Kenya pays tribute to victims of dam burst
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
The tragedy near the Rift Valley town of Mai Mahiu was the deadliest single incident during a particularly brutal rainy season that has claimed 257 lives and di...
Costa Rica to ration electricity as drought bites
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
Dams that feed the country's hydro-electric plants were low due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, officials said. "This El Nino has really been the most compli...
Thailand closes island after coral bleaching found
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
Bleaching, which occurs when algae that live inside corals is expelled, is usually caused by higher than normal ocean temperatures and increased ultraviolet rad...
Milking venom from Australia's deadly marine animals
May 08, 2024 (AFP)
You've just been stung by a tiny Irukandji jellyfish. While you are unlikely to die, toxicologist Jamie Seymour of James Cook University in Australia says you'l...
'A blessing': Rains refill Iraq's drought-hit reservoirs
May 08, 2024 (AFP)
Iraqi officials say recent rainfall has refilled some of the water-scarce country's main reservoirs, taking levels to a record since 2019. "The dam's storage ca...
Ecuador suspends electricity rationing as rains return
May 06, 2024 (AFP)
Ninety-two percent of the country's electricity comes from hydroelectric plants. Starting Monday, after heavy rains over the weekend, there would be no more cut...
Dams strain as water, death toll keep rising in south Brazil
May 04, 2024 (AFP)
As the rain kept beating down, rescuers in boats and planes searched for scores of people reported missing among the ruins of collapsed homes, bridges and roads...
Blinken says US delivering for Pacific islands despite China's reach
May 04, 2024 (AFP)
Blinken spoke after lawmakers in Solomon Islands, whose warming security relationship with China has sparked alarm in the United States and Australia, choose an...
N.Zealand says 'seriously concerned' by China's increased security actions in Pacific
May 02, 2024 (AFP)
"China has a long-standing presence in the Pacific, but we are seriously concerned by increased engagement in Pacific security sectors," Winston Peters said in ...
China-friendly Manele elected as Solomon Islands PM
May 02, 2024 (AFP)
Manele won 31 votes in a secret ballot of 50 MPs, said Governor-General David Vunagi, the climax of a national election that will resonate in Beijing, Washingto...
Solomon Islands lawmakers to elect PM, with consequences for China
May 01, 2024 (AFP)
Incumbent Manasseh Sogavare withdrew from the contest after failing to secure an election majority, depriving Beijing of one of its staunchest supporters in the...
S. Korea discussing participation in AUKUS tech pact: defence minister
May 01, 2024 (AFP)
"During today's meeting we also discussed the possibility of partnering with AUKUS pillar two," Shin Won-sik said, referring to a pact focused on developing hyp...
Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia
May 01, 2024 (AFP)
Like much of Southeast Asia -- where schools have recently been forced to close early and electricity usage has surged -- southern and central Vietnam have been...
US reservoirs hold billions of pounds of fish
Apr 30, 2024 (SPX)
The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, estimates that U.S. reservoirs hold 3.5 billion kilograms (7.7 billion pounds) of fish. Properly managed...
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