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In a remote island outpost on the edge of the Antarctic, hundreds of miles from the southern tip of Chile, scientists at a research base are scouring the ice for clues about everything from climate change to cures for cancer.
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Greenland could start to export sand in a rare positive spinoff from global warming that is melting the island’s vast ice sheet and washing large amounts of sediment into the sea, scientists said on Monday
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SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China will reduce restrictions on foreign investment and address difficulties facing foreign companies investing in the country, the commerce minister said, according to a transcript of an interview he gave to state media.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s federal government has ordered local governments to
hold naturalization ceremonies for new citizens on Australia Day amid
controversy over the holiday, which some claim is offensive to its indigenous
people.
A woman uses her phone as she walks past a Huawei shop in Beijing, China, December 19, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are seen at a port in Shanghai, China July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters)
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Protesters gather in front of the Russian embassy after Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships and detained the crew at
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A woman carrying an umbrella walks past a flooded park as strong winds and floods cause traffic problems in Sydney,
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Global communities yesterday (16 October,2018) celebrated something very close to everyone’s hearts, and stomachs…..food.
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Desperate residents on the west coast of Sulawesi island were scavenging for food in farms and orchards as the government struggled to overcome shortages of water, food, shelter and fuel in a disaster zone with no power and degraded communications.
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The European Union is looking to encourage more dialogue and collaboration to combat Climate Change this Climate Diplomacy Week.
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TOKYO (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 32 were missing, Japanese media reported, after a powerful earthquake paralysed the northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents.
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Australia’s east coast will experience dry weather for at least the next three months, the country’s meteorological bureau said on Thursday, intensifying a drought that has wilted crops and left farmers struggling to stay in business.
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A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near the Iranian city of Kermanshah, killing two and wounding 241, the Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.
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Tropical Storm Lane, greatly diminished from the major hurricane it once was, drifted away from the Hawaiian coast on Saturday, but lingering showers threatened to trigger more flooding and landslides.
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