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New emissions pledges barely affect global heating: UN

by Kelly MACNAMARA / Marlowe HOOD / Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - A flurry of emissions…

‘Climate stripes’ showing 170 years of global warming

READING, United Kingdom (AFP) - A striped design showing the impact of global warming on 170 years of world temperatures…

Rolls-Royce launches nuclear reactor business

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - UK aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce on Tuesday launched plans to build small low-cost nuclear reactors…

Pfizer requests US emergency authorization for Covid booster for adults

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech announced Tuesday they have formally submitted a request asking US officials…

Original Apple computer built by Jobs and Wozniak sells for $400k

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- An original Apple computer, hand-built by company founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 45…

WHO looking forward to oral, nasal Covid vaccines

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization's chief scientist said Tuesday she was looking forward to the "second generation"…

Moderna seeks EU approval of Covid vaccine for kids aged 6-11

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Moderna has applied to the European Union's medicine regulator for approval of its Covid-19 vaccine…

Women plant mangroves to bolster India’s cyclone defenses

SUNDARBANS, India (AFP) -- With India facing ever more powerful cyclones, women in the world's largest mangrove forest are planting…

France, US commemorate centenary of historic Marie Curie visit

by Lucie AUBOURG WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- In 1921, the celebrated French scientist Marie Curie made a six-week trip…

Massive whale beaches itself in northern France

CALAIS, France (AFP) - French animal experts said on Sunday they were preparing to conduct an autopsy on a 19-metre-long…

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