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  New Delhi (AFP) Dec 30, 2024 India launched a rocket Monday carrying two small spacecraft to test docking in space, a critical step for the country's dreams of a space station and a manned Moon mission. The mission is "vital for India's future space ambitions", Jitendra Singh, the country's science and technology minister, said in a statement ahead of the launch, which was broadcast live by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced plans last year to send a man to the Moon by 2040 ... read more |
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Mayotte families left homeless by cyclone leave sheltersMamoudzou (AFP) Jan 1, 2025 Two weeks after a devastating cyclone hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, the atmosphere at Le Manguier school in the capital Mamoudzou is tinged with sadness and resignation. ... more  
India's 2024 was hottest year since 1901: meteorological officeNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 1, 2025 India's meteorological department said Wednesday that 2024 was the hottest year since 1901, with sizzling temperatures in the world's most populous nation following a global pattern of extreme weather sparked by climate change. ... more 
French premier promises concrete aid for cyclone-hit MayotteMamoudzou (AFP) Dec 30, 2024 French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou promised relief for Mayotte on Monday, saying he aimed to rebuild the Indian Ocean territory ravaged by Cyclone Chido within two years. ... more  
French premier promises concrete aid for cyclone-hit MayotteMamoudzou (AFP) Dec 30, 2024 French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou arrived in Mayotte on Monday, vowing to bring help to the Indian Ocean territory ravaged by Cyclone Chido. ... more |
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Blogs to Bluesky: social media shifts responses after 2004 tsunamiJakarta (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 The world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media platforms flourished, but they have since transformed how we understand and respond to disasters - from finding the missing to swift crowdfunding. ... more |
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Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's familyDhaka (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 Bangladesh has launched a probe into the alleged $5 billion embezzlement connected to a Russian-backed nuclear power plant by ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, the anti-corruption commission said Monday. ... more
Mayotte cyclone likely to have killed 'dozens' not '1000s'; Mozambique death toll rises to 120Paris (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Monday hit out at "alarmist" claims about a significant death toll from Cyclone Chido, which hit the country's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. ... more 
The tsunami detection buoys safeguarding lives in ThailandAndaman Sea, Thailand (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 Almost 1,000 kilometres off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves - a key link in a warning system intended to ensure no disaster is as deadly again. ... more 
Macron extends visit to cyclone-hit Mayotte after locals vent angerMamoudzou (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron extended his visit to cyclone-devastated Mayotte on Friday after angry residents vented exasperation and despair over the scale of the disaster. ... more |
 
Sri Lanka president to visit key lender ChinaColombo (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to the island's largest bilateral lender China for talks in January, he said on Saturday, days after completing a long-delayed foreign debt restructure. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Death toll from Cyclone Chido rises to 76 in Mozambique Maputo (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 Cyclone Chido, which ravaged the French archipelago of Mayotte, has claimed 76 lives in Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management said Saturday. ... more 
Sri Lanka navy rescues boat of 100 Rohingya refugeesColombo (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Sri Lanka's navy said Friday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing them safely to port. ... more 
Cyclone Chido death toll in Mozambique rises to 73Maputo (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 Cyclone Chido has killed at least 73 people in Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management said Thursday, raising the death toll from the figure of 45 it announced the day before. ... more
France's Macron in cyclone-hit Mayotte to assess devastationMamoudzou (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron is set to arrive in Mayotte Thursday to assess the devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago, as rescuers race to search for survivors and supply desperately needed aid. ... more |
Storm fears overshadow India coast decades after tsunamiAkkaraipettai, India (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 The deadly tsunami that swamped India's southern coast two decades ago was a one-off disaster, but storms that are growing ever more intense spark panic each time howling gales whip up waves. ... more
Loss and redemption: tsunami survivors and the seaPhang Nga, Thailand (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 As an eight-year-old boy Pirun Kla-Talay was orphaned by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. Now he makes his living from the waters that claimed his parents. ... more  
SK Hynix to get $458 mn funding for US chip facilitiesWashington (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 President Joe Biden's administration has finalized an award of up to $458 million for SK hynix, officials said Thursday, furthering efforts to lock in his legacy in boosting US semiconductor production before Donald Trump takes office. ... more  
U.S., India undertake strengthened space partnershipWashington DC (UPI) Dec 18, 2024 The United States and India will partner on space exploration opportunities and begin joint training to space missions planned in the near future. ... more |
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China says wants 'comprehensive solution' to India border disputeBeijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 China held rare high-level talks with India on Wednesday at which it stressed the need to "maintain the peace" and seek a "comprehensive solution" to their border disputes. ... more  
13 dead after Indian navy speedboat rams ferry off MumbaiMumbai (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 An Indian navy speedboat undergoing tests in the busy seas off the financial capital Mumbai lost control and slammed into a ferry, killing 13 people, the navy and government said Wednesday. ... more 
Climate change made Cyclone Chido stronger: scientistsParis (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 Climate change intensified Cyclone Chido as it barrelled toward the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, said a preliminary study by scientists studying the link between global warming and tropical storms. ... more 
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: what to know 20 years onBanda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 Survivors and victims' relatives will next week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries. ... more |
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Indian Ocean nations to mark 20 years since devastating tsunamiBanda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 Tsunami-hit nations will next week commemorate the more than 220,000 people who died in the Boxing Day disaster two decades ago, when huge waves tore into coastal communities around the Indian Ocean. ... more |
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How ramshackle housing made Mayotte vulnerable to cyclone assaultParis (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 The dismal quality of housing across Mayotte has compounded the devastating impact of Cyclone Chido on the poverty-stricken French Indian Ocean territory where hundreds, or maybe thousands, are feared dead. ... more
Red Cross fears more than 200 volunteers missing in France's cyclone-hit MayotteGeneva (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 The Red Cross said Tuesday it feared that more than 200 of its volunteers were missing on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after Cyclone Chido ripped through the islands. ... more 
China says hopes to stabilise India ties 'at an early date'Beijing (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 China said on Tuesday it was willing to work with India to stabilise bilateral relations "at an early date" ahead of rare high-level talks this week on a decades-long border dispute. ... more
Macron to visit France's cyclone-battered MayotteSaint-Denis De La Reunion (AFP) Dec 16, 2024 France's President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he would soon visit Mayotte in the aftermath of a cyclone that ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory, with hundreds feared dead. ... more |
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