Deaf boy can now hear after gene treatment
The US hospital which carried out the treatment said the milestone represents hope for patients around the world with hearing...
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Private US lunar lander mission imperiled by technical snag
Washington, United States -- An historic private mission to land on the Moon was facing potential failure Monday due to...
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Rio Tinto to ‘halve’ emissions
Mining releases 4-7% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
- Rio Tinto said it would spend around $7.5 billion from now until the end of the decade to reduce emission
- The cut would be to so-called scope one and two emissions — from mining operations and power consumption
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Planned fossil fuel output shatters 1.5C climate target, says UN
The UN's Environment Program said government fossil fuel production plans this decade were "dangerously out of sync" with emissions goals.
- The UN says emissions must go down nearly 50 percent by 2030 and to net-zero by mid-century to limit warming
- But its Production Gap report found that total fossil fuel production would likely increase until at least 2040
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Sabic leads low-carbon plan
Sabic, WEF, and global companies will formalize the plan.
- The agreement will look to formalize the low-carbon emitting technologies or LCET initiative into a standalone entity by 2023
- As a result, LCET members will share early-stage risks and co-invest in developing and upscaling low-emission technologies
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Climate change a double blow for oil-rich Mideast: experts
The climate crisis threatens a double blow for the Middle East, experts say, by destroying its oil income as the...
- Little has been done to address the challenge in a region long plagued by civil strife, war and refugee flows
- Yet it is also home to several of the last countries that have not ratified the 2015 Paris Agreement
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Saudi Arabia to ease Covid-19 measures from October 17
While the country has scrapped social-distancing, it has not done away with the mask mandate.
- Masks are not compulsory now in open places, but must be worn in closed places
- The authorities have allowed full capacity in gatherings, public places, means of transportation, restaurants, and cinemas
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Simulating Mars base in Israeli desert
The Austrian Space Forum has set up a pretend Martian base with the Israeli space agency at Makhtesh Ramon, a...
- The Austrian Space Forum has set up a pretend Martian base with the Israeli space agency at Makhtesh Ramon, a 500-metre deep, 40 kilometre wide crater
- The six so-called "analogue astronauts" will live in isolation in the virtual station until the end of the month
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Aramex vows to cut emissions
It has signed a deal with the Science Based Target initiative.
- Aramex has signed a commitment with the Science Based Target initiative to significantly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
- The SBTi is a partnership between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute, and WWF
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WHO unveils $8bn Covid-19 vaccination plan
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said a reduction of cases in any one country will not be sustained over time...
- The strategy aims to make Covid-19 vaccines accessible to everyone, everywhere
- If implemented correctly, it will inoculate 40 percent of people in all countries by the end of the year, and 70 percent by the middle of 2022
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River delta bolsters search for life on Mars
The study in Science analysed high-resolution images captured by Perseverance of the cliffs that were once the banks of the...
- The study in Science analysed high-resolution images captured by Perseverance of the cliffs that were once the banks of the delta
- It is the fine-grained sediment of the base layer that will likely be the target of sampling for signs of long-extinct life -- if it existed -- on Mars
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Patrol robots to police ‘undesirable social behaviour’
From vast numbers of CCTV cameras to trials of lampposts kitted out with facial recognition tech, Singapore is seeing an...
- From vast numbers of CCTV cameras to trials of lampposts kitted out with facial recognition tech, Singapore is seeing an explosion of tools to track its inhabitants
- Officials have long pushed a vision of a hyper-efficient, tech-driven "smart nation", but activists say privacy is being sacrificed
Deaf boy can now hear after gene treatment
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Regional cooperation vital to address climate change
“The recent, intense weather events in Central and West Asia show that we need to take urgent, collective action. Countries...
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UAE astronaut AlNeyadi to join docking port relocation mission
This will be the third port relocation of a Dragon crew spacecraft, following previous relocations during the Crew-1 and Crew-2...
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Sharjah okays Genetic Coding Program to classify emirate’s biodiversity
Sharjah, UAE - The Sharjah Executive Council (SEC) approved Tuesday the "Genetic Coding Programme" project to classify biodiversity in Sharjah,...
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UAE’s Sultan AlNeyadi achieves groundbreaking milestone as first Arab to perform spacewalk
The mission objectives included crucial tasks such as routing power cables and retrieving a Radio Frequency Group unit, contributing to...
- The mission objectives included crucial tasks such as routing power cables and retrieving a Radio Frequency Group unit, contributing to the station's operational capabilities
- Prior to Sultan AlNeyadi's spacewalk during Expedition 69, thorough safety checks were conducted to address challenges such as radiation, extreme temperatures, and space debris
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Rashid 2: UAE plans new lunar mission
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited the MBRSC and met the team behind the UAE’s first attempt...
- Japanese spacecraft carrying UAE's Rashid Rover made unsuccessful landing on Tuesday
- Communication was lost with Hakuto-R moments before it was due to touch down at around 16:40 GMT
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UAE stays hopeful even as Rashid Rover, other payloads miss chance to explore moon
Despite the unsuccessful lunar landing of HAKUTO-R Mission 1, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) remains optimistic about future...
- Despite the unsuccessful lunar landing of HAKUTO-R Mission 1, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre remains optimistic about future space endeavors
- The UAE's space center praises mission partner ispace for their efforts and expresses gratitude to the French space agency, CNES, for their contributions