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Chinese rocket explodes 90 seconds after take-off – video

The Guardian

Chinese rocket explodes 90 seconds after take-off – video

A Long March 7A rocket carrying the ChinaSat-4B satellite exploded after taking off of from Wenchang space launch site in the southern island province of Hainan. The rocket had blasted off at 8.02pm Beijing time, state news agency Xinhua…

The Guardian

Ethiopia's Gli Exemplary Response to Climate Crisis - Sahrawi Ambassador

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's environmental conservation efforts under its Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) offer an exemplary response to the climate crisis facing Africa, Ambassador of the Sahrawi Republic to Ethiopia and the African…

Sudan: Khartoum State Links Licensing of Service and Industrial Activities to Environmental Approvals

[SNA] Khartoum, Aug. 10, 2026 (SUNA) - The Supreme Council for Environment and Urban and Rural Development in Khartoum State has made the licensing of industrial and service activities conditional upon obtaining environmental approvals.

Sudan: Heavy Meteor Showers to Appear in the Atmosphere Tuesday Evening for Three Days

[SNA] Khartoum, Aug. 10, 2026 (SUNA) - Dr. Anwar Ahmed Osman, a researcher in astronomy and space sciences, said in a statement to SUNA that people around the world, particularly residents of Arab countries, will be able to clearly observe…

Philippine Daily Inquirer

BCDA: No AI, hyperscale data centers to rise in New Clark City

Philippine Daily Inquirer

BCDA: No AI, hyperscale data centers to rise in New Clark City

CAPAS, Tarlac — Large AI and hyperscale data centers will not locate at the New Clark City (NCC) because of insufficient electricity supply, according to Joshua Bingcang, president and chief operating officer of the Bases Conversion and…

Africa: Lightning Strikes Kill Thousands Globally Each Year, but for Those Who Survive, the Storm Is Far From Over

[The Conversation Africa] Every year, an estimated 6,000 to 24,000 people are killed by lightning across the world, and many more are injured.

Moment Chinese rocket explodes after lift-off

BBC

Moment Chinese rocket explodes after lift-off

The rocket failed after an in-flight anomaly while carrying a satellite, Chinese state media reported.

BBC

Celebrating the custodians of Nigeria’s livestock economy

The United Nations General Assembly’s declaration of 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) represents a landmark global acknowledgement of the indispensable role that rangelands and pastoral communities play…

Will Nigeria’s border reforms decide the future of African Free Trade?

When the World Bank estimates that every additional day of delay at a border can reduce trade by about one per cent, inefficient border management ceases to be a bureaucratic inconvenience and becomes an economic burden. As the continent…

Tougher than armour, hard as diamond: China’s unbreakable crystal breakthrough

South China Morning Post

Tougher than armour, hard as diamond: China’s unbreakable crystal breakthrough

Chinese scientists have created a diamond with no Achilles’ heel – one that cannot be broken, even by a hard knock with a hammer – according to a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Synthesis. While a diamond is the hardest…

South China Morning Post

Japan successfully launches H3 rocket with Michibiki satellite

Japan Times

Japan successfully launches H3 rocket with Michibiki satellite

The No. 9 rocket was the first H3 unit carrying a practical-use satellite since a launch failure last December.

Japan Times

China says Long March 7A rocket launch failed after flight anomaly

CNA