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Melting ice could slow vital Antarctic ocean current

SYDNEY, Mar 03 (AFP): The world's strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it with fresh water, according to research published on Monday that warned of "severe" climate consequences.Scientists used one of Australia's most powerful supercomputers to model how melting ice sheets might change the Antarctic...

France, UK for one-month Ukraine truce

PARIS, Mar 03 (AFP/Reuters): France and Britain are proposing a one-month truce in Ukraine "in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure" after crisis talks in London, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.In an interview with France's Le Figaro newspaper, Macron said that such a truce would not,...

Arab states, UN condemn Gaza aid blockade by Israel

CAIRO, Mar 03 (BBC): Several Arab states and the UN have condemned Israel for blocking the entry of all humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. Egypt and Qatar said the Israeli move on Sunday violated a ceasefire deal, while UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher described it as "alarming".Israeli Prime Minister...

Trump downplays 'worrying' over Putin ‘cordiality’

WASHINGTON, Mar 03 (AFP): US President Donald Trump responded Sunday to criticism over his increasing closeness to Russia on Ukraine, saying the United States should worry "less" about Vladimir Putin."We should spend less time worrying about Putin, and more time worrying about migrant rape gangs, drug lords, murderers, and people...

Afghan, Pak forces trade fire at the border

PESHAWAR, Mar 03 (AP): Pakistani and Afghan forces traded fire overnight at a key northwestern border crossing that has been closed for more than a week over a dispute between the two neighbors, officials said Monday.No casualties were reported on either side of the Torkham crossing, which has been shut...

Japan's biggest fire in decades continues to burn

TOKYO, Mar 03 (BBC): Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades.At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acres around the northern Japanese city of Ofunato since Thursday, according to the Fire and...