Germany's new big hope against warming - heat pumps
As Germany looks to a future without fossil fuels, a big white boxy appliance is generating a lively debate -- and often a heated one -- for its potential to replace emissions-heavy oil and gas boilers.
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Impact of Fukushima water release on South Korea 'negligible': Seoul
Japan's plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant would have "negligible consequences" for South Korea, Seoul said Friday, as it tried to assuage rising public concern.
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Climate change tests limits of Mediterranean wildfire strategy
Climate change and increased human habitation across France's dry, forested region are pushing the limits of firefighters' tried and tested "strike quick and hard" strategy.
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Seeking an 'angel': African startups face funding challenge
Kubik is proud of its pioneering, climate-friendly technology that recycles one of the world's environmental curses -- plastic waste -- into construction blocks.
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'Negligible' impact of Fukushima water release on South Korea: Seoul
Japan's plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant would have "negligible consequences" for South Korea, Seoul said Friday as it tries to assuage rising public concern.
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Richardson weighs in with world-leading 10.71 at US athletics championships
US sprint star Sha'Carri Richardson launched her latest bid for a first World Championships berth with a world-leading 10.71sec in the 100m heats at the US athletics championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Thursday.
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Zelensky meeting Turkey's Erdogan to push Ukraine NATO goals
President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to hold talks with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday on the latest leg of a tour to push Ukraine's bid to join NATO and secure more weapons from allies.
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'No second chance' to save Sri Lanka, central banker warns
The man charged with clawing Sri Lanka out of bankruptcy says he had warned about economic calamity years before it hit -- and was pressed into retirement for his troubles.
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#MeToo wave sweeps Taiwan in long-awaited reckoning
Whistle-blower Chen Chien-jou has watched with mixed emotions as Taiwan's #MeToo movement swept from politics and academia to the entertainment world after her account of harassment and subsequent victim-blaming went viral.
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Kim and Lin share lead at US Womens Open
South Korean Kim Hyo-joo and China's Lin Xiyu shared the first round lead at the US Women's Open after shooting 4-under-par rounds of 68 at Pebble Beach on Thursday.
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