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Kinshasa (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
An armed attack on the headquarters of Upemba National Park in southeastern DR Congo has killed five staff members, the state-run body that manages it said Wednesday. The circumstances of Tuesday's raid in a region hit by local militias often organised along community lines, as well as criminal networks, have not been released. The park's HQ...

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Washington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
The US Senate on Wednesday rejected a resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump's authority to continue military strikes on Iran, in a narrow congressional show of support for a conflict launched without explicit approval from lawmakers. The bipartisan measure, introduced by Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Rand Paul...

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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2026
Researchers at Kyoto University have outlined a new physical model in which disturbances in the ionosphere can generate electrostatic forces inside Earths crust that may help trigger large earthquakes when faults are already critically stressed. The work focuses on how space weather events such as intense solar flares alter ionospheric charg...

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Osaka, Japan (SPX) Feb 26, 2026
Ocean waves offer a vast and predictable source of renewable energy, but many existing technologies only perform efficiently under limited sea conditions. In response, a researcher at The University of Osaka has carried out a detailed analysis of a gyroscopic wave energy converter, or GWEC, to explore its potential for practical large scale ...

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Kinshasa (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
The death toll from a landslide at a mining site in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 200, the government said Wednesday. A shaft collapsed at the country's largest coltan mine in the rebel-controlled east on Tuesday, witnesses told AFP, with an initial toll of six dead. The Rubaya mining site lies about 70 kilometres (45 miles...

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