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France's upper house debates fast-fashion bill![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) June 2, 2025 France's Senate on Monday debated a bill to regulate the influx of environmentally unfriendly, low-quality clothes into the country, many from China. The lower house of parliament adopted a version of the so-called "fast fashion" bill in March last year, but a commission in the right-leaning Senate has sought some changes that backers say will better target Chinese-founded brands such as Shein. With cheap, low-quality brands increasingly flooding the market, 35 items of clothing are thrown away ... read more |
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![]() Cairo (AFP) June 2, 2025 Iran said Monday it will not accept a nuclear agreement that deprives it of what it called "peaceful activities", a reference to uranium enrichment, as it pressed the United States for guarantees it would drop sanctions. ... more ![]() ![]() Collingwood, Canada (AFP) June 3, 2025 Three robotic arms extended under the water in a Canadian lake, delicately selecting pebbles from the bed, before storing them back inside the machine. ... more ![]() ![]() Hsinchu, Taiwan (AFP) June 3, 2025 Taiwanese chip titan TSMC said Tuesday that it expected to see record earnings this year as it increased semiconductor production capacity to meet soaring demand for AI technology. ... more ![]() ![]() Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) June 2, 2025 Amazon's pricing rules are an abuse of its market power, Germany's competition watchdog said Monday, paving the way for possible demands for changes to its business practices in Europe's biggest economy. ... more |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hong Kong (AFP) June 3, 2025 Asian stocks rallied Tuesday as investors kept tabs on developments in the China-US trade war amid speculation the countries' leaders will hold talks soon. ... more |
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![]() Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) May 29, 2025 Brazilian prosecutors are suing Chinese electric car giant BYD and two contracting companies for human trafficking and alleged slave labor conditions at a build site, according to legal documents seen by AFP Thursday. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) May 27, 2025 The Japanese premier's office will symbolically accept soil from near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to show it is safe, officials said Tuesday, with reports saying it will be used in flower beds. ... more ![]() ![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 26, 2025 Researchers at the University of Gottingen have uncovered evidence that material from Earth's core, including gold and other precious metals, is leaking into the planet's upper layers. Their study, ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 28, 2025 Inspiration can come from the most unexpected places-even a squirrel leaping through treetops. For David Saldana, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Lehigh University, such a ... more |
![]() Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 26, 2025 A new analysis by Tohoku University shows that combining rooftop solar panels with electric vehicle (EV) battery storage could fulfill up to 85% of Japan's electricity needs while cutting carbon emi ... more ![]() ![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books |
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![]() Vancouver (AFP) May 29, 2025 Two and a half years since ChatGPT rocked the world, scientist and writer Gary Marcus still remains generative artificial intelligence's great skeptic, playing a counter-narrative to Silicon Valley's AI true believers. ... more ![]() ![]() Fayetteville AR (SPX) Jun 03, 2025 Large-scale solar power arrays occupy about 0.2 percent of agricultural land in Arkansas, according to an analysis by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Solar energy pr ... more ![]() ![]() San Francisco (AFP) May 31, 2025 Google said Saturday it will appeal a ruling against it for anti-competitive practices in online search, a day after urging a US judge to reject the suggestion it spin off its Chrome browser. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) May 28, 2025 President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday vowed to "aggressively" revoke visas of Chinese students, one of the largest sources of revenue for American universities, in his latest broadside against US higher education. ... more |
![]() Dubai (AFP) May 30, 2025 The United Arab Emirates, a major oil exporter, began mandatory emissions monitoring for companies on Friday under a new law targeting climate change. ... more ![]() ![]() Boston MA (SPX) May 28, 2025 The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous syste ... more ![]() ![]() New Delhi (AFP) June 1, 2025 The airline industry's flagship goal of decarbonising by 2050 is now "in peril" due to climate-sceptic policies, including those of US President Donald Trump, the leading airline association IATA warned on Sunday. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) May 31, 2025 A top industry group had a stern rebuke Saturday for automakers fuelling a "price war", a week after Chinese EV giant BYD announced sweeping trade-in discounts, with multiple competitors following suit. ... more |
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![]() Paris, France (SPX) Jun 02, 2025 Framatome has signed a contract with Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG (KKL) in Switzerland to supply ATRIUM 11 fuel assemblies to its Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant over the period 2028-2035. ATRIUM ... more ![]() ![]() London, UK (SPX) May 28, 2025 Quub UK has secured GBP 1.3 million in funding through the OFWAT Water Breakthrough Challenge to launch its SpaceEye initiative. Over the next three years, the project will deploy six low-cost satel ... more ![]() ![]() Davis CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2025 Lightweight, powerful lithium-ion batteries are crucial for the transition to electric vehicles, and global demand for lithium is set to grow rapidly over the next 25 years. A new analysis from the ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 26, 2025 Forests that once acted as stable carbon sinks are increasingly becoming major sources of carbon emissions, driven by escalating wildfire activity across boreal, Amazonian, and Australian regions. A ... more |
![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books ![]() ![]() Raleigh NC (SPX) Jun 02, 2025 Researchers have demonstrated a new technique that uses lasers to create ceramics that can withstand ultra-high temperatures, with applications ranging from nuclear power technologies to spacecraft ... more |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2025 The quest to transform carbon dioxide (CO2), a major greenhouse gas, into sustainable fuels through hydrogenation is gaining momentum. This process can produce methanol, a versatile compound used in ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2025 Working with robots is increasingly essential in recycling, but training workers to handle these systems effectively remains a challenge. Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a vi ... more ![]() ![]() Hong Kong (AFP) June 2, 2025 Stocks mostly sank with the dollar on Monday after Donald Trump last week lobbed a fresh trade missile by doubling tariffs on steel and aluminium and accused China of violating last month's agreement to slash tit-for-tat levies. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) June 2, 2025 China said Monday it "firmly rejects" US claims that it had violated a sweeping tariffs deal, as tensions between the two economic superpowers showed signs of ratcheting back up. ... more |
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