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Thousands of emperor penguin chicks dead due to record low sea ice
Thousands of penguin chicks died in Antarctica last year as a result of the increasing ice melt. The record low level of Antarctic sea ice at the end of 2023 led to breeding failures in a fifth of the continent's emperor penguin colonies, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The study was published in the journal Antarctic Science on Thursday, which is World Penguin Day It used satellite data to reveal the extent of the impact of early sea ice breakup on the penguins' breeding cycle.
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Renewable energies cover 56% of Germany's Q1 electricity consumption
Renewable energies covered around 56% of electricity consumption in Germany in the first quarter of 2024. This is according to projections by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), which were made available to dpa on Friday. In total, renewable energy plants generated around 75.9 billion kilowatt hours of electricity from January to March, around 10% more than in the same period last year. Onshor
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German far-right AfD party leader defends colleagues on Russia, China
The leader of the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has defended the actions of its leadership in connection with reports about the possible involvement of leading party politicians with Russia and China. "We will draw clear consequences if these things are confirmed against Mr Krah and Mr Bystron," Tino Chrupalla said on the German public broadcaster ZDF on Thursday evening. Both had given written assurances that there was nothing to the allegations and therefore the presumption of
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Muslim groups claim double standards in police handling of two high-profile stabbings in Sydney
Muslim groups in Australia on Friday criticized the disparity in the police response to two stabbing attacks in Sydney this month, saying it had created a perception of a double standard and further alienated the country's minority Muslim community. The Australian National Imams Council said an attack at a Bondi Junction shopping center was “quickly deemed a mental health issue” while the stabbing of a Christian bishop at a Sydney church two days later was “classified as a terrorist act almost
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Africa's week in pictures: 19-25 April 2024
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.
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Russian women face violence from Ukraine veterans
Olga drew her index finger abruptly across her neck as she recounted the threats her husband levelled at her after he returned to Russia, wounded from fighting in Ukraine.Even before her husband went off to fight in Ukraine, he was a violent alcoholic, Olga -- not her real name -- told AFP. When he returned home seven months later, he was even worse.
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Headband was worn in support of Hamas, judge finds
Khaled Hajsaad wore the clothing at a pro-Palestine rally in central London in November.
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Kiribati parliament votes to remove Australian-born high court judge
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Kiribati's parliament has voted to remove Australian-born High Court Judge David Lambourne, who said on Friday the move was politically motivated and an attack on the independence of the Pacific Island nation's judiciary. The parliament voted to accept the recommendation of a special tribunal to remove Lambourne for misbehaviour. An attempt to deport Lambourne, a judge who is married to Kiribati's opposition party leader, sparked a judicial crisis two years ago in the remote
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Mould-breaking Miss Germany defies wave of online hatred
As a mother who is almost 40 and who was born in Iran, the new Miss Germany Apameh Schoenauer stood out at the beauty pageant. "I took part in Miss Germany because I wanted to change something," said Schoenauer, an architect and mother of a toddler, who moved to Germany aged six.
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Mexico City seeks to downplay the case of a serial killer suspect who kept women's bones in his room
Mexico City prosecutors sought Thursday to downplay the case of a suspected serial killer who kept women’s bones and a saw in his room, apparently having targeted women over the course of more than a decade. The city’s head prosecutor said the remains of six women were found in the suspect’s rented room, “not 20 as some unfounded reports have suggested.” City prosecutor Ulises Lara stressed that only three of the man's alleged crimes occurred during the present administration, which took offic
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Pentagon: Building of temporary harbour in Gaza Strip has begun
The US military has started helping to build a temporary harbour off the coast of the Gaza Strip to bring food, water and medicine to the territory, a spokesman said on Thursday, amid fears of famine in the territory. US ships are involved, Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder told reporters, adding that "I think, indications now are realistically, early May" for the harbour to be ready. In the meantime, work is continuing with the international community to bring aid supplies to the Gaza Strip via othe
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Massive policing for Paris Olympics to include security checks for some of the capital's residents
Special anti-terrorism measures being put in place to safeguard the unprecedented opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the River Seine will also apply to all buildings along the route, meaning people who work and live there and their guests will be subjected to background security checks, Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said Thursday. Athletes will be paraded through the heart of the French capital on 94 boats along a 6-kilometer (nearly 4-mile) stretch of the Seine, from east to west.
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Apex predator emerges as boaters stare in awe at fish’s ‘massive bite marks.’ See it
The sighting was made off the coast of western Australia, the charter boat company said.
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Bundestag extends mandate for surveillance mission off Libyan coast
The Bundestag extended the mandate for Germany's participation in the EU naval mission to enforce the UN's arms embargo on Libya for a further year after a vote on Thursday. A majority of lawmakers in the German lower house voted in favour of the motion, meaning some 300 service personnel will remain part of the EUNAVFOR Med Irini mission in the Central Mediterranean. The operation is a key part of the peace process led by the United Nations aiming to bring stability to Libya, with the mission t
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Frustrated with Brazil's Lula, Indigenous peoples march to demand land recognition
Thousands of Indigenous people marched on Thursday in Brazil's capital, calling on the government to officially recognize lands they have lived on for centuries and to protect territories from criminal activities such as illegal mining. With posters bearing messages like “The future is Indigenous,” they walked towards Three Powers Square, where Congress, the Supreme Court and the Planalto presidential palace are located in Brasilia. A group of Indigenous leaders entered the palace to talk to P
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Asylum seeker who killed British retiree says he was seeking revenge for the people of Gaza
An asylum seeker from Morocco who went on a vicious rampage following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered the Israel-Hamas war was convicted Thursday of murder for stabbing a 70-year-old man in the streets of an English seaside town. Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed Terence Carney six times on Oct. 15 in the center of Hartlepool minutes after he hacked at a sleeping housemate while shouting “Allahu Akbar,” or "God is great” in Arabic. The attack came eight days after Hamas militants stormed into Isr
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Putin plans to visit China in May
Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning a trip to China in May, he said on Thursday, though he did not specify exactly when. "I have planned a visit in May," he told the Russian Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists (RSPP). The ceremonies to inaugurate his fifth term as president are planned for May 7, so the trip could be his first one abroad in his latest term. China is considered Russia's most important ally in the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in 2022. Outwardly
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Tanzania floods and landslides kill more than 150 - PM Kassim Majaliwa
The prime minister warns that El Niño-triggered heavy rains are likely to continue into May.
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A Billionaire Tech CEO Is Throwing the Most Epic Wedding Ever in Egypt —And He Nearly Missed It! (Exclusive)
Billionaire tech CEO Ankur Jain and his bride, fitness guru Erika Hammond, got stranded in South Africa after their charter flight couldn't get a permit
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Egypt warns of 'catastrophic consequences' in Rafah as Israel waits
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Thursday rejected the displacement of Palestinians from the neighbouring Gaza Strip as Israel prepares for an impending military operation in Rafah. Cairo is worried that a planned push into the southern border city of Rafah, the last remaining Hamas stronghold in Gaza after months of Israeli raids in the north and centre of the coastal strip, would trigger a mass exodus into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. "Egypt has adopted a clear stance since the first mi
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Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur
Paleontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur, which was a fast runner and lived about 90 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period in present day Patagonia. The animal, named Chakisaurus nekul, was found in the Pueblo Blanco Natural Reserve, in the southern province of Río Negro, an area rich in fossils where many mammals, turtles, and fish have been found along with other species of dinosaur. It is estimated that the largest Chakisaur
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Two Jewish New Yorkers share their wildly different perspectives on the pro-Palestinian protests at colleges nationwide.
I think in the current moment the concept of anti-semitism is getting used as a bludgeon. None of the pro-Palestine rallies, protests, movements have ever been anti-semitic. And I think any accusation that they are is just trying to sort of pave the ground to continue this genocide. The word anti-semitic is very broad. I think some of them are very confused. I think some of them are well-intended. They want peace. Everybody wants peace. In World War II in the concentration camps there were group
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China Repairs Space Station Damaged by Debris Strike
Last month, astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station conducted a lengthy spacewalk to repair a solar array damaged by debris. Now, state media outlet Xinhua reports that those repairs were successful, as China undertakes crucial steps to protect its astronauts against an increasingly cluttered orbit. According to China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), the debris had […]
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Deep-sea creature — with ‘rectangular’ shape — discovered as new species. Take a look
In the depths of the South China Sea, the new species lives in a chemical-rich environment, researchers say.
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Chinese Astronauts Performed Emergency Space Station Repairs Following Debris Impact
China’s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings attached to the core module, which had been damaged by space debris.
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Suleja prison: 108 inmates on the run in Nigeria
A manhunt is launched after more than 100 inmates escape the colonial-era facility near Abuja.
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Photos: Hellish Dust Storm in Greece Leaves Athens Dark Orange
Residents in Greece were witnesses to a hellish-looking dust storm this week. The dust originated from the Sahara desert in North Africa and was blown across the Mediterranean Sea by strong winds. By Tuesday, Athens and other Greek cities were blanketed in an orange-red and potentially dangerous haze.
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Report: Up to 200,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah fearing offensive
An Israeli media report says tens of thousands of people have left Rafah, ahead of a looming Israeli offensive. Some 150,000 to 200,000 Palestinian civilians have left Rafah since April 7, the Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday, citing the army. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) refused to comment on the report when asked. Since the war in Gaza broke out, at times there have been some 1.5 million of the Gaza Strip's population of more than 2.2 million seeking shelter in Rafah from the ongoing Isr
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Ahmed Alid guilty of murdering Terence Carney in Hartlepool
Moroccan asylum seeker Ahmed Alid told police he stabbed two men in protest at the Gaza conflict.
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Bavarian lawmakers again lift immunity of embattled AfD politician
An embattled Bavarian politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party had his parliamentary immunity lifted on Thursday following new allegations. Daniel Halemba, a 22-year-old member of the Bavarian state parliament, now faces a criminal investigation into allegations of money laundering, coercion and damage to property. Bavarian lawmakers on Thursday voted to lift Halemba's immunity and allow the investigation to move forward. Halemba has already been under criminal investiga
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A Chinese ship remains the focus of the investigation into Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged last year
A Chinese container ship remains the focus of an investigation into what caused the damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline between NATO members Finland and Estonia, Finnish authorities said Thursday. It has been more than six months since substantial, human-made damage that caused a major drop in pressure was first detected in the Balticconnector pipeline in Finnish economic waters on Oct. 8.
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German union calls for strikes at retailers IKEA and Metro
German trade union Verdi has called on workers at furniture maker IKEA and the wholesaler Metro to strike on Friday as part of a long-running wage dispute in the retail sector. Rallies are planned throughout Germany in city centres or at the affected retailers - including in Hamburg, Berlin, Erfurt, Kassel, Nuremberg and Bremen. "Both companies wield a lot of influence in the employers' collective bargaining committees and are not using this to push negotiations towards an agreement," said Verdi
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The flight attendant who became CEO hopes more women will make it to the top
Mitsuko Tottori admits Japan has much more to do to get people like her into the chief executive seat.
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Pay to enter: Venice becomes the first city to implement a tourist ticket system
Venice, Italy, became the first city in the world on Thursday to introduce a payment system for visitors.
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German and Spanish ministers among those to demand rich pay more tax
German Development Minister Svenja Schulze has called for greater international taxation of the super-rich along with counterparts in Spain, Brazil and South Africa. "There are currently around 3,000 billionaires worldwide. A tax could be set up as a minimum levy of 2% on the assets of the super-rich," Schulze wrote in an opinion piece on Thursday. Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo, Spanish Finance Minister María Jesús Montero, South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and Brazilian E
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Poland rebuilding relations with Germany but still seeking reparation
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski urged Germany to make proposals on how to make reparation for the damage Poland suffered during World War II in a keynote speech to parliament in Warsaw on Thursday. "There is no shortage of ideas," Sikorski, a key member of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government, which has pledged to repair relations with its powerful western neighbour following strains between the two countries under Poland's previous government. Germany could provide financial suppor
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Here's why Spain's leader is mulling his future while denouncing a 'smear campaign' against his wife
Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez left Spain in suspense after announcing he may step down because of what he called an “unprecedented” smear campaign against his wife. Sánchez, who has been in office since 2018, stunned the nation Wednesday by announcing that he was canceling all official events until next week, when he will unveil his future plans. The announcement came hours after a Madrid provincial judge agreed to study allegations of corruption brought by a right-wing group against
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German far-right politician appeals removal from local Catholic board
A politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has lodged an appeal after the Catholic diocese in Trier removed him from a church committee, citing his right-wing political activities. Due to his senior position in the local branch of the AfD, the Vicar General of Trier, Ulrich von Plettenberg, dismissed Christoph Schaufert from the administrative board of the parish of St Mary's in the town of Neunkirchen in the western state of Saarland just over a week ago. As the "face o
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Flooding in Tanzania has killed 155 people as heavy rains continue in Eastern Africa
Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament that the El Niño climate pattern has worsened the ongoing rainy season, causing the flooding and destroying roads, bridges and railways. Flooded schools have been closed and emergency services have rescued people marooned by the flood waters.
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China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station on Shenzhou 18 mission (video)
A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center today (April 25), carrying the Shenzhou 18 spacecraft and its three-person crew into orbit.
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Croatian officials welcome the arrival of Rafale fighter jets purchased from France
The first six of a dozen Rafale multipurpose fighter jets purchased by Croatia from France landed at an air force base near Zagreb on Thursday with a welcome ceremony attended by top officials. The deal, signed in 2021 with French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation, was said to be worth over a billion euros.
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Macron demands greater European independence in wide-ranging speech
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Europe to take steps towards greater independence, economic strength and dealing with its own security. In the face of military threats, industrial competition from the US and China and a questioning of democracy, Europe must expand its sovereignty, defend its values and protect its interests and markets, Macron said in a speech in Paris on Thursday. "We must realize today that our Europe is mortal, it can die," Macron told an audience at the Sorbon
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‘Slender’ sea creature — with ‘razor’-like edge — found in mud. It’s a new species
Researchers discovered the “translucent” animal in the South China Sea.
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Ukraine is getting a new type of laser-guided bomb that can pummel 'soft' Russian targets, analyst says
The UK is sending Ukraine a new type of laser-guided bomb that could compete with Russia's glide bombs, an analyst told BI.
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More than 100 inmates break free from an old Nigerian prison after heavy rains
More than 100 inmates escaped from an old and decrepit prison near Nigeria's capital after overnight heavy rains destroyed parts of the facility, a prison official said Thursday as security agencies searched for the fugitives. An hours-long downpour late Wednesday destroyed the perimeter fence of the medium-security prison in the town of Suleja, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Abuja, resulting in the escape of 119 inmates, prisons spokesman Adamu Duza said. The prison service and o
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Egypt warns of 'catastrophic consequences' as Rafah offensive looms
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Thursday reiterated his country’s firm stance against the displacement of Palestinians from the neighbouring Gaza Strip as Israel prepares for an impending military operation in Rafah. Cairo is worried that a planned Israeli push into the border city of Rafah, the last remaining Hamas stronghold in Gaza, would trigger a mass exodus into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. “Egypt has adopted a clear stance since the first minute [of the war] totally rejecting the
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DR Congo presses Apple over minerals supply chain, lawyers say
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo is pushing Apple Inc for more information about its supply chain over concerns it may be tainted with conflict minerals sourced from the country, international lawyers engaged by Congo said on Thursday. Congo, particularly its eastern region, has been plagued by violence since the 1990s, killing millions as struggles over national identity, ethnicity, and resources saw neighbouring countries invade and a myriad of armed groups spring up. Conflic
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Man dies after bridge base jump went wrong - inquest
Joshua Michael Christian, 32, from Wirral, died in March after jumping from a bridge in Australia.
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Poland's total military aid to Ukraine amounts to €8.4 billion
Poland has provided Ukraine military support worth the equivalent of around €8.4 billion ($9 billion) over the past two years, the government said on Thursday. A total of 44 armaments packages have been handed over to Kiev, said Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski during a keynote speech in the Polish parliament. Poland has provided Ukraine with 300 tanks and combat vehicles, 14 fighter planes, plus helicopters, air defence systems and ammunition, military experts say. The foreign minister went o
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Can China’s tech giants succeed where Apple failed?
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