SYDNEY, Oct 14, (APP/AFP) – Australia’s permanent sub-Antarctic research base at Macquarie Island has won a reprieve from closure and will instead get a multi-million dollar revamp, the government said Friday. The Australian Antarctic Division announced in September the station on the island — which lies between Australia and Antarctica — would shut after almost […]
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Reprieve for Australian sub-Antarctic island station
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Black-clad Thais mourn king as nation holds Buddhist rites
BANGKOK, Oct 14, (APP/AFP) – Millions of Thais donned black Friday as the grieving nation prepared to hold traditional Buddhist ceremonies for revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose death leaves the country facing an uncertain new era. Bhumibol, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, passed away at 88 on Thursday after a long battle with ill health, removing […]
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Rock poet Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize
STOCKHOLM, Oct 14, (APP/AFP) – US music legend Bob Dylan, whose poetic lyrics have influenced generations of fans, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the first songwriter to win the award in a decision that stunned prize watchers. The 75-year-old was honoured “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”, […]
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Merkel turns to Africa to curb mass migrant flow
BERLIN, Oct 14, (APP/AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday wraps up a week of Africa diplomacy aimed at slowing the flow of migrants to Europe from a continent battered by conflict and poverty. She will host Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, having also met Chad’s head of state Idriss Deby two days earlier following […]
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Bermuda gears up for restoration efforts as Hurricane Nicole moves on
MIAMI, Oct 14, (APP/AFP) – A weakening hurricane Nicole began moving away from Bermuda after slamming into the tiny British archipelago Thursday, though wind gusts of tropical storm force were still possible, the National Hurricane Center said. “Weakening is forecast during the next couple of days, but Nicole is expected to remain at hurricane intensity […]
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Colombia’s Santos extends ceasefire with FARC to December 31
BOGOTA, Oct 14, (APP/AFP): Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday a ceasefire with the country’s FARC guerillas has been extended until December 31 but that he hopes to have “a new agreement” for peace before that date. “I have made the decision to extend the bilateral ceasefire until December 31. Let this be clear: […]