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  Sao Paulo (AFP) Feb 8, 2025 Brazil's president this week amped up pressure for a major oil project to go ahead at the mouth of the Amazon River, despite criticism from environmentalists as the country prepares to host UN climate talks in November. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 79, aspires to make Brazil a leader in the fight against global warming, but has fiercely defended oil exploration as key to the growth of Latin America's biggest economy. "We want oil because it will be around for a long time," Lula said Wedn ... read more |
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Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic'Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 President Donald Trump on Friday raged against eco-friendly paper straws promoted by his predecessor Joe Biden, and pledged that the United States would return to plastic ones. ... more  
AI risks 'disaster' without 'cast-iron guarantees': expertParis (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Artificial intelligence (AI) systems must come with "cast-iron guarantees" against mass harm to humans, especially as the likelihood of their integration into weapons grows, a leading expert has told AFP. ... more 
Airbus acknowledges slow progress on hydrogen planeParis (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Airbus acknowledged on Friday that progress on developing an aeroplane operating on hydrogen was slower than expected, but said it was not reviewing its approach to decarbonising aviation. ... more  
Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius - the fallback target of the Paris climate accord - is now "impossible," according to a stark though hotly debated new analysis published by leading scientists. ... more |
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US halts China small parcel suspension after stoking trade fear; but Shein, Temu begin adaptingWashington (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 The US Postal Service (USPS) said Wednesday it would continue accepting packages from China and Hong Kong, hours after an order to suspend shipments over President Donald Trump's new tariffs sparked fears of major trade disruptions. ... more |
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Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in "magic-angle" grapheneBoston MA (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 Superconducting materials are similar to the carpool lane in a congested interstate. Like commuters who ride together, electrons that pair up can bypass the regular traffic, moving through the mater ... more 
Trump's trade tempest: Week oneParis (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 In just one week, US President Donald Trump's turbulent trade tussle with rivals and allies triggered tit-for-tat moves, more tariff threats and tense talks, leaving the world bracing for more. ... more 
No new clothes: S. Korean climate activist targets hyperconsumptionSeoul (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 Recovering South Korean shopaholic-turned-climate activist Lee So-yeon used to buy new clothes almost daily - until a $1.50 winter coat triggered an awakening that stopped her shopping entirely. ... more 
Hong Kong to file complaint with WTO over US tariffs; Colombia to boost China trade after Trump tensionsHong Kong (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Hong Kong will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization in response to heightened US tariffs on its goods, a government spokesperson said Friday, days after Beijing announced a similar move. ... more |
EU seeks new import fee on e-commerce packagesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 The European Commission announced Wednesday it would seek to impose new fees on e-commerce imports, as part of efforts to tackle a surge of "harmful" products into the bloc - the bulk of them from China. ... more  |
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Big Tech's AI spending rattles marketsSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 E-commerce giant Amazon reported strong earnings Thursday but, like its big tech peers Microsoft and Google, saw its stock price fall on concerns over high AI investment costs. ... more  
Venice sleeper setback indicates EU train troublesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 The maiden run of a sleeper train from Brussels to Venice ended well short of its destination on Thursday, in a telling tale of the troubles of cross-Europe rail travel. ... more  
Indian PM's party celebrates landslide New Delhi winNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 8, 2025 India's Hindu-nationalist ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated a landslide victory Saturday in key elections in the capital province Delhi, with the former chief minister suffering a crushing defeat. ... more 
'Lottery ticket': Crypto investors brace for bumpy ride under TrumpLondon (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Nick was enjoying his Saturday off work in Pennsylvania when he received an unexpected and alarming message: cryptocurrencies, buoyed since Donald Trump's November 5 election win, were in freefall. ... more |
 
UK to quicken rollout of mini-nuclear reactorsLondon (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Britain's Labour government on Thursday said changes to planning laws will speed up the country's rollout of mini-nuclear reactors aimed at providing cheaper and cleaner energy. ... more  
Japan's 'geeky' PM Ishiba to navigate Trump relationsTokyo (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Days after Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, Japan's then-prime minister Shinzo Abe rushed to deliver him a gold-plated golf club, becoming the first leader to visit and setting the tone for a relationship both men said was close. ... more 
UK MPs warn billions spent on carbon capture may hit billsLondon (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 British MPs on Friday called on the government to assess the impact on energy bills of its multibillion-pound investment into "risky" technology to capture and store carbon. ... more  
Novel algorithm taps global fibre networks to enhance earthquake warningsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Early earthquake detection could be markedly improved by using the planet's sprawling fibre optic infrastructure, thanks to a newly presented algorithm. Researchers propose that existing communicati ... more |
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UK engineers warn on AI risks to environmentLondon (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Governments need to start acting over the environmental risks, including potential water shortages, posed by the development of artificial intelligence, a UK body advising on engineering policy warned Friday. ... more  
Google halts workplace diversity pushSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Google parent company Alphabet has stopped making diversity and inclusion a workplace priority, according to a filing Wednesday with US regulators. ... more 
China inflation picks up after Lunar New Year spending boostShanghai (AFP) Feb 9, 2025 Inflation picked up in China last month, official figures showed Sunday, as the Lunar New Year holiday boosted January spending. ... more 
US sanctions network delivering Iranian oil to ChinaWashington (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 The US Treasury announced financial sanctions on Thursday, the first under the new administration of Donald Trump, that target an "international network" accused of shipping Iranian oil to China to fund Tehran's military activities. ... more |
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MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zoneBoston MA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Drone shows are an increasingly popular form of large-scale light display. These shows incorporate hundreds to thousands of airborne bots, each programmed to fly in paths that together form intricat ... more |
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Scientists' conference kicks off global AI summit in ParisParis (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Global experts will debate threats from artificial intelligence (AI) at a gathering in Paris on Thursday and Friday, ahead of a summit of world leaders on the fast-moving technology. ... more  
Quantum factors elevate plant energy transport efficiencyMunich, Germany (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 For countless engineers, converting sunlight into easily stored chemical energy stands as an enduring goal. Yet nature perfected this challenge billions of years ago. A recent study reveals that qua ... more  
Trump-ordered water release wasted billions of gallons: expertsLos Angeles, United States (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 Donald Trump's demand for billions of gallons (liters) of water to be released in California, in what he said was a move to help combat fires in Los Angeles, was wasteful and pointless, experts say. ... more  
Energized vortex launcher could reshape firefighting strategiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 Scientists have created a lightweight apparatus designed to enhance fire suppression methods, potentially reducing the hazards faced by firefighting teams. This new tool for extinguishing flames aim ... more |
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