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April 04, 2025
FARM NEWS
New insights reveal how social dynamics drove the rise of agriculture



London, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
A groundbreaking study featured in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reexamines the long-held belief that environmental changes solely sparked the dawn of agriculture. Instead, it emphasizes the central role human interactions played in humanity's shift from foraging to farming roughly 12,000 years ago. For generations, theories about this pivotal transformation focused on external drivers such as climate shifts, the availability of fertile lands, or increased rain ... read more

SHAKE AND BLOW
Myanmar's junta chief arrives for Bangkok summit as quake toll surpasses 3,000
Sagaing, Myanmar (AFP) April 3, 2025
The head of Myanmar's junta arrived in Bangkok on Thursday for a regional summit, as the death toll from his country's devastating earthquake passed 3,000. ... more
WATER WORLD
Kazakh lawmaker calls for regulation to protect Caspian Sea
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 2, 2025
A lawmaker from Kazakhstan's ruling party called on Wednesday for tougher regulation to protect the Caspian Sea, warning decades of pollution and shrinking water levels had decimated its plant and animal life. ... more
WOOD PILE
How a Brazilian chief is staving off Amazon destruction
Metuktire, Brasil (AFP) April 2, 2025
You don't need a GPS to find the home turf of the Amazon's most famous resident, Brazilian Chief Raoni Metuktire. ... more
SPACEWAR
ICEYE to supply radar satellite imagery for NATO decision support
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2025
ICEYE, a global frontrunner in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite technology, has revealed a new partnership to deliver satellite imagery to the Situation Center (SITCEN) at NATO Headquarters. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Lessons and liquids: buried alive in Myanmar's earthquake; Ceasefire declared
Sagaing, Myanmar (AFP) April 3, 2025
Entombed under his hotel bed for five days in the debris, two things enabled teacher Tin Maung Htwe to survive Myanmar's devastating earthquake: old school lessons and his own urine. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Health concerns swirl as Bolivian city drowns in rubbish
Cochabamba, Bolivia (AFP) April 3, 2025
Health officials in Bolivia's fourth-biggest city raised disease concerns Wednesday as tons of rubbish have accumulated on the streets due to a 12-day-old protest by residents blocking access to its main landfill. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Hunga volcano eruption cooled, rather than warmed, the Southern Hemisphere
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
When Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, an underwater volcano near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, erupted in 2022, scientists expected that it would spew enough water vapor into the stratosphere to push global temperatures past the 1.5 C threshold set by the Paris Accords. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Most deadly 2024 hurricane names retired from use: UN agency
Geneva (AFP) April 2, 2025
They were most destructive and deadly: hurricanes Beryl, Helene, Milton in the Atlantic and John in the eastern Pacific are names no longer an option to christen future storms, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced Wednesday. ... more

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AFRICA NEWS
DR Congo commutes death sentence against 3 Americans to life in prison
Kinshasa (AFP) April 2, 2025
President Felix Tshisekedi has commuted death sentences handed to three Americans into life imprisonment for involvement in what the army said was a failed coup bid in DR Congo last year, according to an announcement. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Indonesia volcano spews ash as locals warned about air quality
Jakarta (AFP) April 2, 2025
A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted twice on Wednesday, releasing a column of smoke nearly one mile into the air, the country's volcanology agency said. ... more
DEMOCRACY
US lawmakers seek to rename street for Hong Kong's jailed Jimmy Lai
Washington (AFP) April 2, 2025
US lawmakers moved Tuesday to rename the street next to Hong Kong's Washington office after Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy activist and media mogul jailed as China clamps down on the financial hub. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Five takeaways from Marine Le Pen verdict
Paris (AFP) April 1, 2025
The conviction of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and an immediate ban on standing for political office has stunned her movement, sparked impassioned reactions abroad and added further uncertainty to the 2027 presidential race. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Icelandic village evacuated as lava flows from volcanic eruption
Reykjavik (AFP) April 1, 2025
A fishing village in southwest Iceland was evacuated Tuesday after lava began spewing from a volcanic eruption, the eighth to hit the region since the end of 2023. ... more
ABOUT US
Thailand rescue dogs double as emotional support
Bangkok (AFP) April 1, 2025
Thailand's search and rescue dogs are taking on the role of emotional support animals for grieving relatives of victims of a Bangkok skyscraper flattened in a deadly earthquake. ... more
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ROBO SPACE
AI's impact on jobs, tech's touchy topic
New York (AFP) Mar 27, 2025
"Stop Hiring Humans" read a provocative sign at an AI conference in Las Vegas, where the impact of new artificial intelligence models on the world of work had sparked some unease. ... more
EXO WORLDS
NASA uncovers complex teamwork in magnetic bacteria
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
In a breakthrough study, researchers backed by NASA have explored the remarkable cooperative behavior of a rare form of bacteria that function as if they were a unified multicellular entity. These o ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
New geointelligence tool streamlines land mapping and resource planning
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
Researchers at the Tupa campus of Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) have introduced a new geospatial intelligence method designed to improve the speed and precision of land use monitoring and terri ... more
IRON AND ICE
Mammals were shifting to ground life long before dinosaur extinction
London, UK (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
New findings from the University of Bristol suggest that mammals had begun transitioning from arboreal habitats to terrestrial ones several million years prior to the asteroid strike that caused the ... more
GPS NEWS
Carbon Robotics debuts autonomous tractor system with live remote control capability
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
Carbon Robotics has unveiled Carbon AutoTractor, a new autonomy system that transforms conventional tractors into driverless machines, monitored and managed in real time by trained human operators. ... more
EARLY EARTH
Early crust study reshapes view of Earth's ancient history
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
Researchers have uncovered new evidence that challenges long-held beliefs about the origins of Earth's continents and the emergence of plate tectonics. A recent study published in Nature on April 2 ... more
WATER WORLD
Deep-dive dinners are the norm for tuna and swordfish, MIT oceanographers find
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
How far would you go for a good meal? For some of the ocean's top predators, maintaining a decent diet requires some surprisingly long-distance dives. MIT oceanographers have found that big fi ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Uncovering ancient flood records reshapes understanding of extreme events
London, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
Recent research led by the University of Exeter reveals that floods regarded as "unprecedented" in recent decades are overshadowed by far more severe events found in ancient records. By studying pal ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Stock markets mixed as uncertainty rules ahead of Trump tariffs
Hong Kong (AFP) April 2, 2025
Equity markets were mixed Wednesday as nervous investors brace for Donald Trump's wave of tariffs later in the day, with speculation about what he has in store stoking uncertainty on trading floors. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
UN says has seen no blockage of aid to Myanmar quake victims
Geneva (AFP) April 1, 2025
The UN said Tuesday it had seen no blockage of aid in response to the catastrophic earthquake in Myanmar that has killed more than 2,000 people in the conflict-ravaged country. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Like 'living in hell': Quake-hit Mandalay monastery clears away rubble
Mandalay, Myanmar (AFP) April 2, 2025
Bare-handed monks slowly pick away the rubble that was once the wall of a historic Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, its exposed side a searing reminder of the deadly earthquake that rocked the city five days ago. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Chinese developer under scrutiny over Bangkok tower quake collapse
Bangkok (AFP) April 1, 2025
A Chinese construction company is facing questions over the deadly collapse of a Bangkok skyscraper - the only major building in the capital to fall in a catastrophic earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people in Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Sirens wail and families cry at Myanmar disaster site
Mandalay, Myanmar (AFP) April 1, 2025
As the sirens wailed outside the ruins of Mandalay's Sky Villa condominium and Myanmar began a minute's silence for its more than 2,000 earthquake dead, Shwe Sin thought of her missing child. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Australia sweats through hottest 12 months on record: official data
Sydney (AFP) April 3, 2025
Australia has just sweltered through its hottest 12 months on record, a weather official said Thursday, a period of drenching floods, tropical cyclones and mass coral bleaching. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
India forecasters warn abnormally hot summer looms
New Delhi (AFP) April 1, 2025
India can expect hotter-than-usual temperatures this summer with more heatwave days taking a toll on lives and livelihoods, the weather office warned. ... more
SINO DAILY
Australian judge sides with Hong Kong govt in ex-lawmaker case
Hong Kong (AFP) April 1, 2025
An Australian judge sitting on Hong Kong's top court sided with the government on Tuesday to rule against former pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting who was jailed for revealing an anti-graft probe. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Mine operator suspends arbitration against Panama
Panama City (AFP) April 1, 2025
The Canadian-owned operator of Central America's biggest copper mine confirmed Monday it will suspend arbitration proceedings against Panama over its closure, after starting talks with the government on reopening the pit. ... more
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