MADRID, 24 DECEMBER 2019- Sea levels are rising faster and higher than previously expected. Long-term sea level rise will vary greatly depending on emissions, but could reach nearly four meters by 2300 if emissions are not reduced, experts with the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) said. Extreme events at the […]
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Question marks linger over NZ gun buyback scheme
WELLINGTON, 24 DECEMBER 2019 – New Zealand authorities say the country will be a safer place after gun owners handed in more than 50,000 firearms during a buyback programme following a ban on assault weapons, but critics of the scheme say the amount collected has been woefully low. Wellington banned the most lethal types of […]
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Japan gov’t proposes Fukushima nuke plant water release to sea or air
TOKYO, 24 DECEMBER 2019 – Japan’s economy and industry ministry proposed on Monday the gradual release or evaporation of massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water being stored at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. The proposal to a group of experts is the first time the ministry has narrowed down the various options available […]
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Drug bust nets 3 pounds of meth on Guam
HAGÅTÑA, 24 DECEMBER 2019 — A federal criminal complaint was filed in the District Court of Guam against Richard A. Gapasin Jr. after he was found in possession of nearly three pounds of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Gapasin was found in possession of a package that contained 1,355 grams of methamphetamine that had been […]
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Tuvalu man has record size tumour removed in India
NEW DELHI, 20 DECEMBER 2019 — A Tuvalu man has undergone robotic surgery to remove what Indian surgeons claim is the largest thyroid tumour in the thoracic cavity ever recorded. Surgeons at a New Delhi hospital performed what they described as “minimally invasive surgery” on Iakopo Moloti’i, 54, who was diagnosed with a large tumour […]
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PM Morrison to return to Australia, says he ‘deeply regrets’ any offence caused over leave
CANBERRA,20 DECEMBER 2019 – Prime Minister Scott Morrison will return to Australia, saying he ‘deeply regrets’ any offence caused over leave. Morrison is overseas with his family in Hawaii, and has received criticism for going on holidays during a bushfire crisis from some Labor politicians. His Coalition colleagues had insisted it is entirely appropriate, however […]