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  New Delhi (AFP) Dec 4, 2017 Indian and Sri Lankan cricketers battled through hazardous smog levels in a Test match Monday as New Delhi authorities faced scathing criticism over their lack of action to combat pollution. A day after protests by Sri Lankan players temporarily halted the third Test at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, the third day's play went ahead in even worse smog. The concentration of the smallest and most harmful airborne pollutants hit 448, about 18 times the World Health Organization's safe level, just bef ... read more |
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Five arrested over elephant killing in Sri LankaColombo (AFP) Dec 1, 2017 Sri Lankan police have arrested five men for allegedly killing a wild elephant, with officers seizing ivory and tusk-cutting tools, officials said Friday. ... more  
India, Sri Lanka cyclone death toll rises to 26Colombo (AFP) Dec 2, 2017 Thousands took to relief camps in Sri Lanka and southern India on Saturday to escape rising floodwaters after a cyclone killed at least 26 people. ... more 
16 dead, 100 missing as cyclone hits India, Sri LankaNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 1, 2017 A powerful cyclone has killed at least 16 people across India and Sri Lanka, uprooting trees and cutting power for millions amid warnings Friday that the storm would intensify. ... more  
Tibetan monk self-immolates in China: campaignersBeijing (AFP) Dec 1, 2017 A 63-year-old Tibetan monk has self-immolated in southwest China in protest against Beijing's presence in Tibet, campaigners said, the fifth person to do so this year. ... more |
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Europe backing climate ambitions with capitalWashington (UPI) Nov 29, 2017 The European Union is putting money behind its rhetoric on climate change through partnerships in Germany and in India, the commission said Wednesday. ... more  
SSTL ships CARBONITE-2 and Telesat's LEO-1 for PSLV launchGuildford UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has shipped two small satellites, CARBONITE-2 and LEO-1, to India in preparation for a late December launch on ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) fro ... more  
Indian aerospace behemoth reveals why Indo-Russia FGFA is highly feasibleNew Delhi (Sputnik) Nov 29, 2017 Any new fighter jet procurement deal by Indian Air Force would require the foreign vendor to set up a production line in India - a time taking process. In this backdrop, HAL's claim that it can imme ... more  
Bangladesh upholds death sentence for 139 soldiers over massacreDhaka (AFP) Nov 27, 2017 A Bangladesh court upheld the death penalty for 139 soldiers on Monday over their role in a "brutal and barbaric" mutiny in which dozens of top army officers were massacred. ... more 
Genetic mutation in extended Amish family protects against agingChicago IL (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 The first genetic mutation that appears to protect against multiple aspects of biological aging in humans has been discovered in an extended family of Old Order Amish living in the vicinity of Berne ... more  
India outraged at release of Mumbai attack suspectNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 23, 2017 India said Thursday it was outraged at Pakistan's release of an Islamist leader accused of organising the 2008 deadly Mumbai attacks that nearly brought the nuclear-armed nations to the brink of war. ... more |
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India opens first-ever EV charging stationWashington (UPI) Nov 20, 2017 In announcing a first, a state-owned oil company in India said charging stations for electric vehicles can address some fundamental pollution issues. ... more  
China to help resolve Rohingya crisis: BangladeshDhaka (AFP) Nov 18, 2017 China has offered to help defuse the Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh said Saturday, following meetings with Beijing's top diplomat that Dhaka hopes will apply pressure on Myanmar take back hundreds of thousands of refugees. ... more 
'My eyes are burning': Delhi half marathon goes ahead despite smogNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 19, 2017 Tens of thousands of runners Sunday choked through smog for the Delhi half marathon, ignoring dire health warnings from doctors who fought for the controversial race in the heavily polluted capital to be postponed. ... more 
EU's top diplomat 'encouraged' by Rohingya talks with Suu KyiYangon (AFP) Nov 20, 2017 The EU's foreign policy chief on Monday hailed "extremely encouraging" talks with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi on the Rohingya crisis, welcoming steps towards the repatriation of Muslims driven into Bangladesh. ... more |
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  Denpasar, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 29, 2017 
Bali's international airport will re-open Wednesday afternoon after a nearly three-day shutdown, Indonesian airport authorities said, as ash from a rumbling volcano that looms over the island paradise shifted direction.
The eagerly awaited decision opens up a window of hope for some of more than 120,000 tourists stranded after a spike in activity at Mount Agung grounded hundreds of flights s ... moreNew Delhi (Sputnik) Nov 29, 2017Indian aerospace behemoth reveals why Indo-Russia FGFA is highly feasible  Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017Lockheed awarded $37.7M contract for F-35 software conversions  Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017Sky-high Wi-Fi ready to fly |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 1, 2017 
US auto giant General Motors and its partners in China will recall nearly one million vehicles over a fuel tank issue, a Chinese regulator said Friday.
It is the latest recall to hit car companies in China in recent months.
GM and its joint venture partners SAIC and Wuling Automobile will recall 938,686 vehicles starting December 1, according to China's General Administration of Quality ... more Washington (AFP) Nov 28, 2017SoftBank offer for Uber shares to cut valuation: reports  Shanghai (AFP) Dec 1, 2017Traffic-weary Chinese man fined for repainting road lines  Washington (AFP) Dec 1, 2017GM sees 2019 launch for self-driving taxi fleet |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2017 
Electrical physicists from Czech Technical University have provided additional evidence that new current sensors introduce errors when assessing current through iron conductors. It's crucial to correct this flaw in the new sensors so that operators of the electrical grid can correctly respond to threats to the system.
The researchers show how a difference in a conductor's magnetic permeabi ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017Japan faces challenges in cutting CO2, Moody's finds  Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017IEA: An electrified world would cost $31B per year to achieve  Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017'Fuel-secure' steps in Washington counterintuitive, green group says |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017 
Norwegian energy company Statoil said it was planning a battery system for a floating wind farm that will be "smart " enough to compensate for calm conditions.
The company said Tuesday its Hywind facility off the coast of Scotland, the first floating wind farm in service in the world, will be equipped next year with batteries to store power.
"The purpose is to 'teach' the battery ... more Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Dec 1, 2017Musk's record-breaking battery officially launches in Australia  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Batteries with better performance and improved safety  Beijing, Russia (SPX) Nov 29, 2017Activity descriptors for electrocatalysts in energy storage applications |
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 Mounana, Gabon (AFP) Nov 29, 2017 
"We are all sick. It's our health, and we are being conned," Moise Massala says angrily.
The 82-year-old is a retired geochemist who used to work in a uranium mine in Gabon owned by French nuclear giant Areva.
He and hundreds of other former workers say they fell ill from their work to extract the uranium - a source of nuclear power and warheads, but toxic and potentially carcinogenic. ... more Ostrovets, Belarus (AFP) Nov 26, 2017Belarus nuclear power plant stirs fears in Lithuania  Charlotte NC (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Lightbridge and AREVA NP Sign Agreements to Immediately Advance Fuel Development  London (AFP) Nov 22, 2017UK made grave errors over Hinkley nuclear project: MPs |
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 La Palma, Canary Islands (SPX) Dec 04, 2017 
Nothing can emerge from a black hole. Yet, in nature, we find ultra-powerful jets of energy that shoot out from the immediate vicinities of growing black holes. How these jets form remains a puzzle but they consist of a hot plasma soup, which is somehow sped up to speeds approaching that of light. Along the way, this plasma begins to glow with radiation, forming two bright columns along the blac ... more Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 28, 2017The possibility of vestiges of an earlier Universe before the Big Bang  Vienna, Austria (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Nano-watch has steady hands  Providence RI (SPX) Dec 04, 2017Gravitational waves could shed light on the origin of black holes |
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 New York (AFP) Dec 3, 2017 
At Melt Bakery, a hole in the wall that sells ice cream sandwiches in New York's upscale Manhattan neighborhood, you can pay for your guilty pleasure in bitcoin.
And while a few swipes of a mobile app are all it takes to fill your electronic wallet, the novelty, for now, comes at a hefty cost.
Melt is one of several small stores in America's biggest city now accepting the bitcoins, haile ... more Washington (AFP) Dec 1, 2017Trump administration rejects China's bid for market economy status Beijing (AFP) Nov 29, 2017China warns of retaliation after fresh US trade probe  Beijing (AFP) Nov 30, 2017China factory activity accelerates in November |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 1, 2017 
Expensive inspection scanners that the Pentagon bought for Afghanistan to improve border security quickly fell into disrepair and are not being used, a US government watchdog said Friday.
In 2006, the US military's Central Command purchased eight "non-intrusive inspection" scanners, designed to detect narcotics, chemicals and other illicit goods, for use at border locations across Afghanista ... more Islamabad (AFP) Dec 4, 2017US defense chief lands in Pakistan as ties between allies fray  Ankara (AFP) Nov 29, 2017Turkey claims over 80 'terrorists' killed in northern Iraq  Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Nov 27, 2017Kurds accuse Baghdad of refusing dialogue |
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 Berlin (AFP) Nov 30, 2017 
A German court ruled Thursday that it would hear a Peruvian farmer's case against energy giant RWE over climate change damage in the Andes, a decision labelled by campaigners as a "historic breakthrough".
Farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya's case against RWE was "well founded," the court in the northwestern city of Hamm said in a statement.
Lliuya argues that RWE, as one of the world's top emitt ... moreWashington (UPI) Nov 29, 2017Europe backing climate ambitions with capital  Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2017Canada to explore trade, climate change fight, with China  Sale, Morocco (AFP) Nov 24, 2017Moroccans pray for rain as 'mercy from God' |
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 New York (AFP) Dec 1, 2017 
A Turkish-Iranian gold trader testifying at trial in New York on Thursday implicated Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a multi-billion-dollar gold-for-oil scheme allegedly designed to subvert US sanctions on Iran.
Reza Zarrab, 34, who was arrested in Miami in 2016 before agreeing to cooperate with US prosecutors, implied that Erdogan knew how he and a Turkish banker, now on trial, c ... more Rason, North Korea (AFP) Nov 30, 2017N. Korea trade sanctions bite on borders with China, Russia  Paris (AFP) Nov 30, 2017Building and delivering a nuclear weapon  United Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 30, 2017US threatens to 'utterly destroy' North Korean regime |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 1, 2017 
A 63-year-old Tibetan monk has self-immolated in southwest China in protest against Beijing's presence in Tibet, campaigners said, the fifth person to do so this year.
Tenga, a popular monk and volunteer teacher of village children, died after setting himself ablaze Sunday in Sichuan province's Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, said the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), headquarter ... more Beijing (AFP) Nov 29, 2017Chinese teacher used needles to 'discipline' children: police  Shanghai (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Shanghai schools fly the flag for China's next generation  Beijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Chinese general kills himself after facing graft probe |
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 Maseru, Lesotho (AFP) Dec 2, 2017 
A 258-strong regional force was deployed to Lesotho on Saturday to ease security concerns in the landlocked kingdom after the killing of the country's top army commander in September.
The move by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional bloc, was approved in September after Khoantle Motsomotso was shot dead at a barracks by officers from a perceived rival faction.
Th ... more Bamako (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Mali justice minister resigns after activist's acquittal  Abidjan (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Cash and history keep Europe as Africa's prime partner Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2017China hails new Zimbabwe leader, denies role in transition |
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 Miami (AFP) Nov 27, 2017 
Inspired by the folding technique of origami, US researchers said Monday they have crafted cheap, artificial muscles for robots that give them the power to lift up to 1,000 times their own weight.
The advance offers a leap forward in the field of soft robotics, which is fast replacing an older generation of robots that were jerky and rigid in their movements, researchers say.
"It's like ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 22, 2017Marines roll out new anti-tank weapon system  Washington (UPI) Nov 20, 2017Saab to supply South African forces with field kitchens  (UPI) Nov 9, 2017Raytheon, Saab to develop improved shoulder-launched weapon systems |
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 Mar Del Plata, Argentina (AFP) Nov 24, 2017  Argentina's navy confirmed Thursday that an unusual noise heard in the Atlantic near the last known position of a missing submarine appeared to be an explosion, dashing the last hopes of finding the vessel's 44 crew members alive.
Relatives of the missing sailors reacted with grief and anger to the news after holding out hope since the sub was reported overdue at its Mar del Plata base on N ... more Mar Del Plata, Argentina (AFP) Nov 23, 2017Argentina says abnormal noise heard after sub's last contact as hopes fade  Washington (UPI) Nov 22, 2017Huntington Ingalls launches 8th National Security Cutter for Coast Guard  Washington (UPI) Nov 22, 2017BAE contracted for fitting-out, post-shakedown efforts for Portland, Murtha LPDs |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 
Since the dawn of the human race, mankind has looked up at the night sky and wondered 'what's out there?' The ancient Greeks and Romans saw the constellations and wove them into their myths of warring gods. The native Americans' creation story is based on the movements of the sky. The past few hundred years brought with them the birth of a new age, an age of science and deeper understanding of t ... more Wageningen, Netherlands (Sputnik) Nov 30, 2017Space Farms: 'Mark Watney in The Martian Was Right to Add Poop to the Soil'  Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2017NASA successfully fires Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years  New York NY (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2017Does the Outer Space Treaty at 50 need a rethink |
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