Half of world's glaciers expected to vanish by century-end: Study
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (AFP): Half of the Earth's glaciers, notably smaller ones, are destined to disappear by the end of the century because of climate change, but limiting global warming could save others, according to a new study.The findings, published in the journal Science on Thursday, provide the most comprehensive...
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Speaker vote on never-ending loop in Washington
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (AFP): Groundhog Day came to the US Congress a month early.Each round is the same: Candidates are announced, speeches are made, votes are taken, a long count ensues and then comes the clerk's seemingly inevitable announcement: "A speaker has not been elected."The repetitive loop has been playing...
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US state's court overturns six-week abortion ban
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (AFP): In the first reversal of its kind, South Carolina's Supreme Court overturned a law banning abortion after six weeks on Thursday-inflicting a major setback for abortion opponents in the conservative, southern state.The decision marked the first time a state top court has struck down such a...
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More political storms for TikTok after US government ban
NEW YORK, Jan 6 (AFP): TikTok faces an uncertain year ahead in the United States as anti-China Republicans take greater control in Congress demanding tighter scrutiny for the highly popular video sharing app.Owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, TikTok has become a political punching bag for US conservatives who allege...
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US man kills his family of seven, then self: police
LOS ANGELES, Jan 6 (AFP): A man shot and killed his family of seven, including five children, then turned the gun on himself after his wife filed for divorce, US officials said Thursday.Police in the small Utah settlement of Enoch City found eight bodies-one of them that of a four-year-old-after...
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Strikes in east Ukraine despite Putin's ceasefire order
BAKHMUT (Ukraine), Jan 6 (AFP): Artillery exchanges pounded war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to stop attacking for 36 hours.The brief ceasefire declared by Putin earlier this week was supposed to begin at 0900 GMT Friday and would have been...
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Prince Harry book gets critical mauling in UK
LONDON, Jan 6 (AFP): Prince Harry's memoir "Spare" was on Friday mauled by British media and commentators who called it "vengeful" and "calculated", as Buckingham Palace kept silent on the widely leaked contents.Days before the official publication on Tuesday, disclosures from the book dominated the headlines and airwaves after a...
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