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Explainer: How Japan will release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant

Japan and scientific organizations say the released water is safe, but environmental activists argue that all the possible impacts have not been studied. Japan says it needs to start releasing the water as storage tanks are full. ...

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Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs alongside band members Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood during their No Filter US Tour at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, United States, on August 22, 2019.

Rolling Stones fans see signs of new album in local newspaper ad

Their hopes have been raised by an innocuous-looking advert in a small London newspaper heralding a new glass repair store called "Hackney Diamonds".

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A book cover of Risk and Resilience in the Era of Climate Change by Vinod Thomas.

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Resilience must match new highs in risk

It spells out its message of what it will take to meet the rising climate risks by building higher resilience, finding new ways to adapt to the inevitable, and doing all we can to mitigate climate change by shifting to carbon-free growth paths.

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EU users to have more power over Facebook, Instagram content

Under a landmark EU law, digital giants will be forced to more aggressively police content online to protect users, especially against hate speech and disinformation.

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Australian actress Margot Robbie meets fans during a pink carpet event to promote her new film “Barbie“ in Seoul on July 2, 2023.

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'Barbie' hits nerve in conservative Gulf

After being banned in some Arab countries, the film Barbie is dividing audiences in the conservative Gulf.

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This handout photograph taken by the Luna-25 rover (Moon-25) and released by Russian Space Agency Roscosmos on August 17, 2023, shows the Zeeman lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon.

Russia's Luna-25 probe crashes on the Moon

The crash comes almost a year and a half into Russia's Ukraine offensive that has seen Moscow isolated, with punishing sanctions that have affected its space industry.

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Britney Spears and Sam Asghari pose at the premiere of "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood" in Los Angeles, California, US, July 22, 2019.

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Sam Asghari seeks divorce from Britney Spears 14 months after wedding

The 29-year-old Asghari cited "irreconcilable differences" in a filing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday. He is seeking spousal support and payment of legal fees by Spears.

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Women and pro-cycling politics

According to Smart Cities Dive, women tend to use bicycles for daily mobility rather than sports.

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Lead singer of rock band Slank Akhadi “Kaka” Wira Satriaji (left) performs at the Grasberg mine in Mimika, Central Papua, on Aug. 16, 2023.

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Slank stages Indonesia's highest-ever concert, 4.29 km above sea level

The performance was part of an Independence Day celebration organized by PT Freeport Indonesia (PT FI), which operates the Grasberg mine and is majority-owned by the government.

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In this undated photo, Orkes Melayu singer and composer M. Mashabi performs for an audience.

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"Robert Johnson" of Indonesia's Orkes Melayu music finally comes out from the shadows

After months of woodshedding, the band gathered enough materials that they would use to join a recording session at Irama Records studio in Menteng, Central Jakarta, supervised and engineered directly by founder of the legendary label, Suyoso "Mas Yos" Karsono.

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A police officer unglues a hand of a Climate Change activist of “Letzte Generation“ (Last Generation) as the protesters glued themselves to streets to protest against the German Industry Day, hosted by the BDI (Federation of German Industries) industry association, in Berlin, Germany, June 19, 2023.

Europe cracks down after rise in 'direct action' climate protests

Lawmakers passed new surveillance and detention laws in France in July and in Britain in May, with Britain making it illegal to lock, or glue, yourself to property.

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This handout picture released on December 19, 2017 by Nature Communication shows Mars through time : Current Mars, red, dead and dry on the left, in contrast with the same landscape covered in water, early in the planet's history, over 3 billion years ago. An explanation for why water disappeared from the surface of Mars shortly after its formation, but remained present on Earth, producing conditions suitable for the evolution of life, is published in this week’s Nature. The study suggests that basalts on Mars can hold more water than those on Earth, and that some of the water on Mars may be buried underground.

Mars once had wet-dry climate conducive to supporting life: study

Though the surface of Mars is now an arid desert, billions of years ago rivers and vast lakes are thought to have stretched across its surface.

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Matthew “Matty“ Healy of the 1975 performs at the 2019 Governors Ball Festival at Randall's Island on June 01, 2019 in New York City.

Malaysia's Good Vibes festival seeks $2.7 million from The 1975

Homosexuality is illegal in Muslim-majority Malaysia and laws criminalising sodomy are punishable by imprisonment, while LGBTQ people in the country also face regular discrimination by authorities.

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Carvings are seen on the historic Banyan tree seen on the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii, US, on August 11, 2023. A wildfire that left Lahaina in charred ruins has killed at least 55 people, authorities said on August 10, making it one of the deadliest disasters in the US state's history. Brushfires on Maui, fueled by high winds from Hurricane Dora passing to the south of Hawaii, broke out August 8 and rapidly engulfed Lahaina.

Ashes and sadness under scorched Lahaina's banyan tree

All of that is now gone, subsumed in flames that killed at least 80 people and destroyed hundreds of houses.

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A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 blasts off from a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia on Aug. 11, 2023.

Russia launches lunar lander in race to find water on moon

The Russian lunar mission, the first since 1976, is racing against India, which launched its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander last month, and more broadly with the United States and China, both of which have advanced lunar exploration programs targeting the lunar south pole.

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Malaysia festival nixed over gay kiss seeks $2.7mn from British band

The organiser of a Malaysian festival cancelled after a kiss between two male members of The 1975 is seeking US$2.7 million in damages from the British indie-rock band, its lawyer said Friday.

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Blue Economy Development Must Include Sustainability and Justice Principles

Blue economy and ocean justice concepts need to be treated as a reference point for marine and fisheries policies, which simultaneously go hand in hand with three principles of effective protection, sustainable production, and equitable prosperity.

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A caterpillar made from a soft drink can is featured on a diorama at the Litter Critters, art exhibition by Dutch biologist and visual artist Arike Gill, which runs until Aug. 13, 2023.

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‘Litter Critters’: Transforming trash into treasure

Erasmus Huis Jakarta hosts an exhibition that reimagines litter as artworks and inspires people to reconsider how they treat their garbage.

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Dua Lipa attends the European premiere of "Barbie" in London, UK, July 12, 2023.

Dua Lipa must face lawsuit claiming she copied 'Levitating'

The lawsuit, filed in March 2022, claimed that "Levitating" shared "compositional elements" with "Wiggle and Giggle All Night," most significantly by duplicating its opening melody.

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According to the 2006 Citizenship Law, Indonesia does not recognize dual citizenship, except for in the case of children of one Indonesian and one non-Indonesian parent, who may hold their dual citizenship until the age of 17, after which they have three years to register their preferred nationality.

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Brain drain: Calls mount for dual citizenship in Indonesia

Indonesia has seen a wave of young people between 25 to 35 years old emigrating to Singapore.

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Incorporating Blue Economy and Ocean Justice into the National Development Plans

Indonesia is the biggest archipelago in the world, home to more than 18,000 islands, and has the second-longest coastline in the world, second only to Canada

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Kinetic art: Children interact with I (don't) SEE COLOUR, an art installation by Bibiana Lee, on July 4 at the Artjog 2023 festival at the Jogja National Museum in Yogyakarta.

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Artjog festival returns

The festival runs from June 30 to Aug. 27 with the theme “Motif: Lamaran” (Motif: Proposal).

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Bappenas, Kemenko Marves, IOJI collaborate for sustainable and equitable ocean governance

On June 15 President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo launched the 2025-2045 National Long Term Development Plan (RPJPN) with the theme of "A Sovereign, Advanced and Sustainable Archipelago", delineating the global maritime agenda as part of the Golden Indonesia 2045 vision.

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This NASA file image obtained 09 August 2002 shows one of the Voyager spacecraft. Now in its 25th year, Voyager continues its quest to push the bounds of space exploration.

NASA back in touch with Voyager 2 after 'interstellar shout'

Launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets and serve as a beacon of humanity to the wider universe, it is currently more than 12.3 billion miles (19.9 billion kilometers) from our planet, well beyond the solar system.

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An illustration of baby's hand on top of mother's hand.

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US approves pill for postpartum depression

The antidepressant drug, called zuranolone, is "the first oral medication indicated to treat postpartum depression (PPD) in adults," the FDA said in a statement.

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Martha Isabel Gutierrez drives an electric public bus in Bogota on September 30, 2022. The mayor of Bogotá, Claudia Lopez, launched its first public bus system with electric buses driven mostly by women.

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Women's empowerment in public transportation: Lessons learned from Bogotá’s La Rolita

La Rolita tries very hard to provide facilities that make female drivers feel safe and comfortable in the depot.

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Japan opening of 'Barbie' marred by controversy ahead of nuclear memorials

Fans were not amused in Japan, which in coming days will mark the memorials of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 78 years ago.

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