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Washington (AFP) - World daily temperature records have been smashed this week, according to preliminary data. The modeling tools that produced these estimates can provide an early warning of extreme heat events, even if they aren't as precise as monthly and yearly reports produced by leading agencies, say experts. Who is producing the data?The University of Maine has established an online tool called Climate Reanalyzer, which shows the curves of average global temperature for each day since 1979. On Monday July 3, this curve reached a high of 17.01 degrees Celsius (62.62 degrees Fahrenheit). ...
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New York (AFP) - Julian Assange's father and brother said Friday they were counting on European lawmakers to stop Britain from extraditing the WikiLeaks founder to the United States, and welcomed a promise of citizenship by French leftist politician Jean-Luc Melenchon. "I think there's a great chance of stopping this extradition. We have great support among the European nations," said Gabriel Shipton, Assange's brother, at a press briefing outside the British consulate in New York City. The Assange case has become a cause celebre for media freedom and his supporters accuse Washington of tryi...
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Washington (AFP) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Thursday called on the United States to put an end to trade rivalries with Europe, stressing that a "strong" France and Europe are in America's interest. "My message to the US administration on these trade issues is very clear: let's get rid of these areas of tension between the US and Europe as quickly as possible," he said in an interview with AFP. Le Maire was due to meet with White House officials on the sidelines of this week's meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. A key point of tension in transatlanti...
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The Hague (AFP) - The European Medicines Agency has listed the neurological disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome, which can cause temporary paralysis, as a "very rare" side effect of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. A causal relationship was "considered at least a reasonable possibility", the EMA said in an update Wednesday after a total of 833 cases of the syndrome had been reported worldwide by July 31, from about 592 million doses of the AstraZeneca "Vaxzevria" shot administered. "GBS should therefore be added to the product information as a side effect of Vaxzevria," the Amsterdam-based agenc...
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New York (AFP) - The success of the French crime series "Lupin" on Netflix, riding on the heels of hit Spanish show "Money Heist," may hint at a waning of US dominance on the small screen as ambitious European, Latin American and South Korean players kick down the doors on streaming platforms. "Ten years ago, 90 percent of creativity was in the United States," said Pascal Breton, founder and head of the Federation Entertainment production company. "There were some good little local creatives, but it didn't travel." But the increase in internet speed, the rise of on-demand television and the e...
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