Paris (AFP) – Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent destructive and deadly climate impacts, as once hoped, dozens of experts concluded in a score of scientific studies released Monday. A world that heats up by 2C (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) — long regarded as the temperature ceiling for a climate-safe planet — […]
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Spring snow moving from Plains to Northeast — with cold to follow
The first storm of the holiday weekend moved through the upper Midwest on Saturday bringing as much as a foot of snow in northern Minnesota. Now another storm is developing in the central Plains Sunday and rapidly moving to the east — with snow likely from Nebraska to Ohio on Easter Sunday. [restrict] Snow will […]
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Bahrain makes largest oil discovery in its history
Dubai (AFP) – Bahrain on Sunday announced it has discovered the largest oil and gas field in the history of the small kingdom, which unlike its Gulf neighbours is not energy-rich. “The new resource is forecast to contain highly significant quantities of tight (light crude) oil and deep gas, dwarfing Bahrain’s current reserves,” said the […]
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Philippines starts vote recount in Marcos son’s contest for vice presidency
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Monday began a manual recount of votes in a vice presidential election after the son and namesake of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos contested the outcome, while the incumbent assured supporters her win was not in doubt. [restrict] Ferdinand Marcos Jr, a former senator popularly known as Bongbong, is furious […]
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Taiwan’s National Health Insurance advances WHO goal of universal coverage
March 13, 2018= Taiwan’s National Health Insurance program is a global benchmark in universal coverage and offers valuable lessons in delivering high-quality, cost-effective medical care for all, according to Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung. In an interview with Taiwan Today in the run-up to the 23rd anniversary of the NHI’s establishment March 1, […]
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Over 100 people displaced in Ambae
PORT VILA, 02 APRIL 2018 (VANUATU DAILY POST) — 115 people from Waluwebue village in north Ambae in Vanuatu escaped to safety, after a flash flood triggered by heavy rainfall on Saturday night. According to the Vanuatu Daily Post, some of their houses were swept away, leaving families without shelter. The flash flood tore a […]