Khartoum (AFP) Feb 20, 2020 - Sudanese police fired tear gas Thursday at hundreds of protesters in Khartoum calling for the reinstatement of soldiers forced into retirement after having voiced support for last year's revolution.
Wau, South Sudan (AFP) Feb 20, 2020 - From behind the razor-wire fence that she is too afraid to leave, under armed protection in her own land, Jenty John Musa hears that peace is apparently coming to South Sudan.
Tripoli (AFP) Feb 19, 2020 - Libya's unity government has announced it is halting its participation in UN talks aimed at brokering a lasting ceasefire in the war-torn country where a fragile truce has been repeatedly violated.
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 19, 2020 - Google-parent Alphabet is shutting down a unit devoted to using high-tech kites to tap into wind energy for electricity, the chief of the team said on Tuesday.
Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2020 - The coronavirus epidemic that has paralysed the Chinese economy may have a silver lining for the environment.
Paris (AFP) Feb 19, 2020 - Emissions from fossil fuel production of the potent greenhouse gas methane is 25 to 40 percent higher than previously understood, researchers reported on Wednesday, shining a harsh spotlight on the global gas industry.
Caracas (AFP) Feb 18, 2020 - President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he is not afraid of military combat, accusing his US counterpart Donald Trump of plotting to invade Venezuela with the support of regional allies.
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2020 - Lithium metal batteries could soon be ready for commercialization thanks to the development of a new ultrasound device.
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 17, 2020 - Scientists have developed a new catalyst that can turn greenhouse gases into hydrogen fuel and other chemicals.
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 17, 2020 - Scientists have developed a new device powered by a naturally occurring protein that uses moisture in the air to generate electricity.
Paris (AFP) Feb 17, 2020 - Extreme hot spells made increasingly likely by climate change could overload urban power grids and cause roving blackouts as an ever-greater share of humanity opt to live in cities, scientists said Monday.
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 - Contrary to theoretical predictions, oxygen inactivates biocatalysts for energy conversion within a short time, even under a protective film. A research team of the Resolv Cluster of Excellence at R
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 15, 2020 - Irked by Iraq's close ties to neighbouring Iran, Washington has begun following through on threats to squeeze Baghdad's fragile economy with delays to crucial cash deliveries and shortened sanctions waivers.
Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 - Collecting energy from environmental waste heat such as that lost from the human body is an attractive prospect to power small electronics sustainably. A thermocell is a type of energy-harvesting de
Annapolis MD (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 - Northrop Grumman Corporation has signed its first non-exclusive agreement to manufacture niobium-based connectors (NiobiCon) specifically designed for harsh environments. NiobiConTM is a new w
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 - Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a cost-effective and practical method to protect pipelines and keep them operating during significant fault rupture incidents
