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Arctic Sweden in race for Europe's satellite launches

As the mercury drops to minus 20 Celsius, a research rocket lifts off from one of the world's northernmost space centres, its burner aglow in the twilight of Sweden's snowy Arctic forests.. More than 600 suborbital rockets have already been launched from this remote corner of Sweden's far north, including the Suborbital Express 3 whose late November launch AFP witnessed as the temperature stood at -20 degrees Celsius, or minus four degrees Fahrenheit. 

Wed, Dec 7, 2022 4 mins read
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Grape expectations: India's biggest winemaker seeks millions

India's largest winemaker Sula Vineyards is heading to the stock market, betting on the diversifying tastebuds of a booming urban middle class in a country that has long favoured strong liquor.. On average, Indians each drink only a few spoonfuls of wine a year, but producers hope the country will replicate the wine boom in China when its economy took off in the 1980s.

Wed, Dec 7, 2022 4 mins read
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Snow problem! The icy city where nothing stops cyclists

Winter temperatures that drop to minus 25 degrees Celsius do not stop cyclists in the Finnish city of Oulu.. The city which calls itself the "capital of winter cycling" has become a pin-up of sustainable transport, with most children still biking to school at minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit).

Wed, Dec 7, 2022 2 mins read
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Pedro Castillo, Peru's 'first poor president,' ousted on corruption charges

When he was elected president of Peru last year, rural school teacher Pedro Castillo was the first leader of the Andean nation in decades with no ties to the elites.. - A 'humble man' - Castillo burst onto the national scene five years ago when he led thousands of teachers on a near 80-day strike to demand a pay rise.

Wed, Dec 7, 2022 3 mins read
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US denounces 'despicable' Afghan public execution, presses Taliban in talks

The United States on Wednesday said the Taliban's "despicable" public execution in Afghanistan showed a return to the Islamist group's dark past as it pressed on rights during a fresh meeting.. The execution was announced just as the US pointman on Afghanistan, Thomas West, met in Abu Dhabi with a Taliban delegation led by their defense minister Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of the group's founder Mullah Omar.

Wed, Dec 7, 2022 1 mins read
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US slams 'loose talk' on nuclear weapons after Putin musings

The United States on Wednesday denounced "loose talk" on nuclear weapons after Russian President Vladimir Putin mused on rising risks of nuclear war but said Moscow would not strike first.. US State Department spokesman Ned Price, asked about Putin's remarks, declined to reply directly but said, "We think any loose talk of nuclear weapons is absolutely irresponsible."

Wed, Dec 7, 2022 2 mins read
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Peru's rollercoaster of political upheaval

Peru, whose President Pedro Castillo was removed from office Wednesday in an impeachment vote by Congress, has been rocked over the past two decades by a rollercoaster of political crises.. Lawmakers ignored his announcement and voted overwhelmingly to remove Castillo from office, triggering a constitutional crisis. mm-ang-paj/jmy/dw/jh

Wed, Dec 7, 2022 3 mins read
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Ukraine conflict intrudes on UN biodiversity summit

The Ukraine conflict cast a shadow over a high-stakes UN summit on biodiversity in Montreal on Wednesday, as Western nations slammed the environmental destruction brought about by Russia's invasion.. He added that conflicts of the recent past -- such as those in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and Syria -- were not brought up at environmental summits, despite the harms done to ecosystems.

Wed, Dec 7, 2022 1 mins read
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Putin warns of 'lengthy' Ukraine conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday of a long military intervention in Ukraine but said Moscow would not use nuclear weapons first.. Moscow had expected fighting to last just days before Ukraine's capitulation, but on Wednesday Putin warned results could be a long time coming.

Wed, Dec 7, 2022 2 mins read
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