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Researchers find Antarctic penguin breeding is heating up sooner, and that’s a problem
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (428+ words) With temperatures in the breeding ground increasing 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit from 2012 to 2022, three different penguin species are beginning their reproductive process about two weeks earlier than the decade before, according to a study in Tuesday's Journal of Animal Ecology. And that…...
A tall building under construction collapses in Nairobi, with 4 believed to be trapped
2+ week, 4+ day ago (197+ words) By ANDREW KASUKU and JACKSON NJEHIA, Associated Press Rescue workers are digging through the rubble. The building was in an area of Nairobi known as South C, according to the Kenya Red Cross, which said in a statement that a…...
Elephant orphans. Goat’s milk. This safari reveals the impact of wildlife conservation in Kenya
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (653+ words) Across the corral, a young elephant ambled into view, head bobbing, trunk curling, ears flapping, trundling along as fast as its tree-trunk legs could carry it. Another followed, then a steady stream, bumping and jostling, kicking up orange dust " a…...
Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump’s new policies
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1453+ words) By REBECCA SANTANA, DAKE KANG and GISELA SALOMON, Associated Press When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program on day one of his current administration, thousands of people around the world who had been so close to a new life…...
How a sperm bank for cheetahs might one day save the fastest land animal
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (668+ words) But she worries that the world's fastest land animal might be on the brink of extinction one day and need artificial reproduction to save it. Marker says the sperm bank at the Cheetah Conservation Fund she founded in the southern…...
Limerick emergency siren test scheduled for Dec. 1
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (130+ words) LIMERICK " Constellation will conduct its semi-annual, full-volume test of the emergency warning sirens surrounding Limerick Clean Energy Center on Monday, Dec. 1, at approximately 2 p.m. This is one of two semi-annual tests performed each year. The warning siren system consists of sirens…...
Biovac starts trials on South Africa’s first domestically developed cholera vaccine
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (456+ words) The oral cholera vaccine, developed by the Cape Town-based pharmaceutical firm Biovac, is currently undergoing trials to determine its safety in adults and will be followed by trials to compare it to existing cholera vaccines that are already in the…...
How Trump’s support for a white minority group in South Africa led to a US boycott of the G20 summit
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (708+ words) By GERALD IMRAY, Associated Press Trump announced Friday on social media that no U.S. government official will attend the Nov. 22-23 summit in Johannesburg "as long as these Human Rights abuses continue." South Africa's Black-led government has been a regular target for…...
Lesotho finds its HIV care system unraveling and patients in despair in the wake of US cuts
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (1767+ words) By RENATA BRITO, Associated Press This Lesotho was unimaginable months ago, residents, health workers and experts say. The small landlocked nation in southern Africa long had the world's second-highest rate of HIV infections. But over years, with nearly $1 billion in…...
Leader of Madagascar’s military coup tells AP he is ‘taking the position of president’
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (738+ words) By BRIAN INGANGA, NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and GERALD IMRAY, Associated Press Col. Michael Randrianirina, who led the rebellion that ousted President Andry Rajoelina on Tuesday following weeks of youth-led protests, said in his first interview with a global news outlet since…...