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  Addis Ababa (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed a much-anticipated peace deal on Wednesday, the latest attempt to end five years of a vicious civil war that's torn the world's youngest nation apart. Seated before a roomful of regional leaders, diplomats and officials convened in the Ethiopian capital, the two men signed a document meant to end a conflict that began in 2013 and quickly spiralled into a regional crisis. Hopes were high that the agreement, the details of whic ... read more |
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Evacuations for Florence may squeeze gas supplies, cause price spikesWashington (UPI) Sep 13, 2018 The large-scale evacuations ahead of Hurricane Florence will cause local gasoline shortages and price spikes if tankers can't reach them fast enough, analysts say. But there are no concerns about refineries or other energy infrastructure like there was when Hurricane Harvey hit Houston last year. ... more 
US general urges Gulf Arab unity to counter IranKuwait City (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 US Central Command chief General Joseph Votel urged feuding Gulf Arab states on Wednesday to put aside their differences and unite against Iranian efforts to "destabilise" the region. ... more 
Weariness and low expectations greet latest S.Sudan dealJuba (AFP) Sept 13, 2018 Scepticism and war-weariness on Thursday greeted the latest South Sudan peace deal between the president and main rebel leader aimed at ending a dragging conflict which has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions and triggered a regional refugee crisis. ... more 
Venezuela's Maduro eyes economic boost in China visitBeijing (AFP) Sept 13, 2018 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was expected to arrive in Beijing on Thursday to strike deals with his crisis-hit country's biggest creditor. ... more |
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Re-opened Iraqi railway a sign of progressFallujah, Iraq (AFP) Sept 10, 2018 The newly revived railway between Baghdad and Fallujah snakes across the western Iraqi desert, through a landscape of burned-out tanks, abandoned cars and collapsed buildings. ... more 
Oil prices down after Pompeo outlines plan to get nations off Iranian oilWashington (UPI) Sep 7, 2018 Speaking in India this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shared plans to wean nations off Iranian oil before the U.S. reimposes sanctions on Iran in November. ... more 
Court scraps multibillion-dollar Ecuador damages against ChevronQuito (AFP) Sept 7, 2018 An appeals court in The Hague has cancelled $9.5 billion in damages handed down by an Ecuadoran court against American energy giant Chevron for causing oil pollution in the Amazon jungle, Quito said Friday. ... more 
Oil prices down, OPEC production at 10-month highWashington (UPI) Sep 6, 2018 Amid lingering fears the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran could complicate the global oil market, OPEC nations reported a strong August in the latest S&P Global Platts survey. ... more 
Trump envoys to press India on Russian missiles, Iran oilNew Delhi (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 US President Donald Trump's top two envoys were expected Thursday to press India not to buy Russian military equipment or Iranian oil, while seeking to bolster ties as China grows more assertive in the region. ... more |
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 Oil prices down as U.S. Gulf Coast looks ahead after Gordon 
World's biggest sovereign fund pleads to save oceansOslo (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 Companies should be doing more to protect the world's oceans, including combatting plastic waste pollution, Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, said on Wednesday. ... more  |
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Climate action could add $26 trillion to world economyParis (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 Ambitious action on climate change could contribute an extra $26 trillion to the world economy by 2030, international experts said on Wednesday, urging nations and businesses to step up their engagement. ... more 
Pipeline derailed, so is Canada's climate strategyMontreal (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 A Canadian court has sparked the ire of the oil industry by suspending the expansion of a pipeline to the Pacific over environmental concerns - and dealt a huge blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's climate plan. ... more 
Oil markets up as Gulf Coast braces for GordonWashington (UPI) Sep 4, 2018 The oil and gas industry is cautiously watching Tropical Storm Gordon as the system approaches refineries and platforms along the northern Gulf Coast of the United States. ... more 
Iraq oil exports hit 2018 peak in AugustBaghdad (AFP) Sept 1, 2018 Iraq's oil exports for August hit their highest monthly figure this year, the oil ministry said Saturday, with nearly 112 million barrels of crude bringing $7.7 billion to the war-torn country's ailing economy. ... more 
PetroChina's profits double as oil prices soarShanghai (AFP) Aug 30, 2018 China's biggest oil producer PetroChina said Thursday its net profit more than doubled in the first half of the year as global crude prices soared. ... more |
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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Sep 12, 2018 
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have identified two main challenges for renewable biofuel production from cheap sources. Firstly, lowering the cost of developing microbial cell factories, and secondly, establishing more efficient methods for hydrolysis of biomass to sugars for fermentation. Their study was recently published in the journal Nature Energy.
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 Denver CO (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 
SunShare, the nation's pioneer in community solar, has secured $11 million in construction/term project financing from ANB Bank for the construction of 8.2 MWdc of community solar gardens in Minnesota. Construction has begun on the SaintSun (6.9 MWdc) and ZumbroSun (1.3 MWdc) projects in Saint Michael and Zumbro Falls, MN, and they are expected to reach mechanical completion starting in October ... more |
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 Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 
Wind power is an important pillar in Germany's energy policy turnaround: According to the German government, the resource should cover 65 percent of German electricity needs by 2030, along with solar, hydropower and biomass. In a recent study, Dr. Christopher Jung and Dr. Dirk Schindler from the University of Freiburg show that it will be possible to cover 40 percent of the current electricity c ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) Sept 10, 2018 
The UN's nuclear agency on Monday said global capacity for electricity generation through nuclear power may be shrinking over the coming decades.
In a new report the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that the sector would face challenges as "ageing reactors are retired and the industry struggles with reduced competitiveness".
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 11, 2018  Extreme weather events were a leading cause of global hunger rising last year, with women, babies, and old people particularly vulnerable to the worsening trend, a UN report said Tuesday.
Increasingly frequent shocks such as extreme rainfall or temperatures, as well as droughts, storms, and floods, helped push the number of undernourished people to 821 million in 2017, it said.
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 Kolbsheim, France (AFP) Sept 10, 2018 
French police used tear gas early Monday to disperse around 200 protesters blocking the construction of a ring road near the eastern city of Strasbourg, an AFP journalist said.
Regional authorities gave the green light in August to the plan for the construction of the 24-kilometre (15-mile) stretch of motorway.
But critics say it will destroy farmland and threaten endangered species incl ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Sept 9, 2018 
Two hospitals reopened on Sunday in the heavily damaged western sector of Mosul, over a year since Iraqi security forces seized the city back from the Islamic State group.
The hospitals - one an emergency centre, the other specialising in gynaecology and obstetrics - replace buildings that were destroyed in fighting that culminated in the jihadists' defeat in the city in July 2017.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 06, 2018 
The Soviet rocketry program, which would eventually help Moscow achieve strategic parity with the United States and send human beings into space, had its origins in a design reverse-engineered from a captured German V-2.
Russian Space Systems, a subsidiary of Roscosmos, has published a unique and detailed photo album detailing the elements that comprised the R-1, a short-range ballistic mi ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 10, 2018  Beijing officials have shut down one of China's largest "underground" Protestant churches for operating without a licence, the Communist government's latest move to ramp up control over religious worship.
Around 70 officials stormed into the Zion Church - housed on the third floor of a nondescript office building in the north of the capital - after its Sunday afternoon service, said church ... more |
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 Doumassi, Gabon (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 
Just back from the hunt with a choice selection of plants, Ebona feels at home in the endless forest where many Gabonese fear to tread.
"Townsfolk paid me to find these leaves," the Pygmy says, setting the heap down outside his wooden hut, 500 metres (yards) from the rest of Doumassi village in north Gabon.
Ebona's people, the Baka, are held in folklore to be Africa's oldest inhabitants, ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 31, 2018 
Amid farmlands on the outskirts of Beijing, a massive construction site rising above the horizon bustles with activity as 8,000 workers build a new mega airport.
Aimed at easing the passenger load of Beijing's other two airports, Daxing International Airport is scheduled to become operational in June 2019, said Li Jianhua, vice chairman of Beijing City Planning New Airport Construction.
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 13, 2018 
The majority of American companies in China say they are hurting from the escalating US-China trade spat, reporting increased costs, lower profits and stepped-up scrutiny, a survey showed Thursday.
The American Chamber of Commerce in China polled more than 430 US companies operating in the country, providing the first detailed look at how Donald Trump's trade fight has harmed business.
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 New Delhi (AFP) Sept 6, 2018  Top Indian and US officials on Thursday touted deepening ties that will see greater cooperation between the two countries' militaries - and will likely result in India buying more American arms.
The US has gone to great lengths to forge a closer bond with India as Washington seeks partners to push back against China's economic and military rise across the region.
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 Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 11, 2018 
Most EU countries fail to meet the bloc's air quality standards and more than 1,000 Europeans die prematurely each day, ten times more than in road accidents, a watchdog said Tuesday.
The European Court of Auditors (ECA), the European Union body which scrutinises how the bloc spends its budget, said pollution's toll on health in Bulgaria and other eastern European countries was even worse th ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 
Flooded runways, thousands of passengers stranded and a tanker smashing into an access bridge: last week's typhoon in Japan highlighted the vulnerability of Kansai Airport which serves a region with an economy bigger than Belgium's.
Because of concerns about engine noise, Kansai - located in the bay of Osaka - is the world's first airport entirely situated on a huge man-made island, puttin ... more |
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