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Narwhals’ climate-vulnerable winter feeding crucial for survival: study

by Linnea Pedersen Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) — Narwhals are likely more dependent on fat reserves and abundant prey in climate-threatened winter habitats than previously thought, researchers said Wednesday, warning of severe risks posed by global warming. Scientists studying the long-horned marine mammals in the fjords off the eastern coast of Greenland during the summer found narwhals were largely unsuccessful in capturing prey. “(This) suggests that they could actually rely on the wintering […]

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SpaceX Dragon crewed flight to ISS pushed back 24 hours

Washington, United States (AFP) — US space agency NASA and SpaceX on Tuesday pushed back by 24 hours the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket that is to carry four astronauts to the International Space Station. NASA’s Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Russia’s Andrey Fedyaev and Sultan al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates had been scheduled to blast off for the ISS at 2:07 am (0707 GMT) Sunday. Liftoff of the SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 from […]

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Northeast monsoon affecting Luzon: PAGASA

(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon. Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, and Ifugao, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, will have cloudy skies with rains as a result. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will […]

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Putin hurts arms control but nuclear risk remote: experts

by Didier LAURAS Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Russia’s step back from a key arms control treaty is a blow to efforts to cap nuclear stockpiles, but does not immediately heighten the risk of nuclear war, experts said Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he was halting cooperation under the New START treaty should be understood as another attempt to put pressure on Western countries supplying Ukraine with weapons and money as it fights […]

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Frantic search for dozens missing in Brazil floods

by Luján Scarpinelli Agence France-Presse SÃO SEBASTIÃO, Brazil (AFP) — Rescuers in southeastern Brazil scrambled Tuesday to find survivors among dozens of people still missing after record rainfalls caused flooding and mudslides that killed at least 44 people over the weekend. Some 680 millimeters (26 inches) of rain — more than double the expected monthly amount — fell in 24 hours around the popular beach city of Sao Sebastiao, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) southeast […]

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Biden vows Russia will never win Ukraine, as Putin fights on

by Moscow bureau with Sebastian Smith in Warsaw Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — US President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday that Russia would never see victory in Ukraine, delivering a major speech in Warsaw hours after Russia’s Vladimir Putin said his country would continue its nearly year-long invasion. Putin, in his annual state of the nation address, accused the West of escalating the conflict and announced the Kremlin would suspend participation in the New START […]

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Germany pledges further 50 mn euros aid for quake victims

PAZARCIK, Turkey (AFP) — Germany will double its relief aid in Turkey and Syria with an additional 50 million euros ($53 million) for victims of the deadly earthquake, two ministers announced Tuesday. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany wants “to make it clear that we, as a global community, see this catastrophe and we support the population”. Baerbock was speaking during a visit Tuesday to Pazarcik, in southern Turkey, along with German Interior Minister Nancy […]

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Hidden Colombia canyon transformed from rebel route to tourist draw

LA URIBE, Colombia (AFP) — For years, the crystal clear river flowing between giant boulders served as a strategic guerilla route in Colombia’s bloody armed conflict. But today tourists bob happily down it in multi-colored inflatables, accompanied by birdsong and the rush of water. The Guape Canyon, a 35-meter (115-foot) deep natural wonder in the town of La Uribe in the southern Meta department, was hidden for decades by the fighting between Bogota and the […]

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US Supreme Court treads carefully on landmark tech law

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a landmark case that could transform the internet by scrapping decades-old legal protections for tech companies, but gave no indication that a clear majority would opt to rework the law. In a two-and-a-half-hour session, the nine justices targeted their questions on better understanding the so-called Section 230, a US law that was signed in 1996 at the dawn of the internet era and before the creation […]

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Canada inflation continues to cool to 5.9%

Ottawa, Canada | AFP | Tuesday 2/21/2023  Canadians paid 5.9 percent more for goods and services in January than a year earlier, as costs continued sliding from last year’s high, the government statistical agency said Tuesday. Prices for cellular services and passenger vehicles led the deceleration, according to Statistics Canada, while mortgage costs and food prices continued to rise. The inflation rate beat analyst expectations, after ending 2022 at 6.3 percent. The surprise lower rate […]

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Thai election to be held in May: PM

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | Tuesday 2/21/2023  Thailand will hold a general election in May, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha said Tuesday, with unofficial campaigning already under way. The embattled premier, who came to power as army chief in a 2014 coup before taking over as PM after a controversial 2019 election, told reporters he would dissolve parliament in March. Under Thai constitutional rules, this would mean an election some time in May, with May 7 […]

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Pres. Putin says West wants ‘to be done’ with Russia

Moscow, Russia | AFP | Tuesday 2/21/2023  President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused the West of using the Ukraine conflict to “be done” with Russia, said traitors must be punished, and proclaimed that Moscow had successfully withstood Western sanctions. “Western elites are not hiding their goal — to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. It means to be done with us once and for all,” Putin said three days before the first anniversary of the […]

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