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World reacts to Floyd death: Calls for justice, end to racism

A protester confronts police officers at a rally over the death of George Floyd caused by police in Minneapolis, in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., May 30, 2020. /Reuters The death of unarmed

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South China Sea stored more heat during last glacial period

Chinese researchers have said that the layer of water between depths of 200 and 1,000 meters in the South China Sea stored more heat during the last glacial period, a finding that could throw more

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Taiwan economy stays in sluggishness

Taiwan's economy remained sluggish in April as indicated by the latest index gauging the business climate, which was released by the island's economic regulating depar

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Heat responsible for thousands of Australian deaths every year: study

Australian researchers have called to add climate change as an official cause of death after a study found that heat-related deaths have been under-reported. The study, published by Australian Nation

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Global warming likely to increase crop loss due to plant pathogens: study

As global temperatures rise over the coming decades, crop loss caused by pathogenic soil fungi is likely to significantly increase, potentially costing growers billions of dollars and threatening

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Chinese scientists develop heat stress-resistant plants

A research team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has made a breakthrough in increasing the photosynthesis efficiency and yield of plants under heat stress.Heat stress as a result of global wa

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China's consumer market recovering from coronavirus-induced downturn

A Chinese commerce official said Thursday that the country's consumer market is recovering from a coronavirus-induced slump. As the country's epidemic control and prev

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Interview: Global response needed to defeat COVID-19, says expert

A global epidemic needs a global response on the political as well as the epidemiological fronts, an expert told Xinhua in a recent interview. Anthony Glees, a professor emeritus at Britain'

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New method developed to evaluate glacier collapse

Chinese researchers have developed a new approach to evaluate glacier collapse, providing reference for emergency rescue and disaster relief, according to the Chinese A

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Heathrow expansion blocked by environmental campaigners

Campaigners against British government plans to expand Heathrow Airport through the construction of a third runway. /Matt Dunham/AP Environmental campaigners have won a court ruling to block t

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Russia sees its warmest winter in nearly 140 years

00:30 The winter in almost all parts of Russia has been the warmest on record so far.The Moscow government trucked in artificial snow over the snowless holiday. However, the city norma

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UN chief calls for greater global efforts to tackle climate change

The climate change is the gravest and most urgent obstacle to the global stability and prosperity, and greater joint efforts made by every country and every community i

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Global warming to blame for hottest day in Argentine Antarctica

Global warming is to blame for Argentine Antarctica recording its hottest day since readings began, Greenpeace said on Friday.Temperatures climbed to 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit)

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Skiers say they can see the impact of climate change

01:04 Owners of resorts like Arapahoe Basin in the U.S. state of Colorado are concerned about studies that predict much less snowfall in coming years if global warming isn't addressed.

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Israel approves travel to Saudi under limited circumstances

Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time, under certain conditions that include Israeli entrepreneu

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Madagascar floods kill at least 12 people, with more missing

FILE: Flood takes place after the tropical cyclone Enawo in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on March 9, 2017. (Photo by Henitsoa Rafalia/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Floods across the island of Mada

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Dinosaur extinction not caused by volcanic eruption: Study

Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, an international team led by researchers at Yale University has found.The study, published this