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India’s population has grown to more than 1.4 billion people, overtaking China to become the world’s most populous country, according to UN figures. Both countries now account for more than a third of the global population. According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the population of India was estimated to have reached […]
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Mashup Score: 189More than 3,300 sea lions in Chile die of H5N1 bird flu - 1 year(s) ago
More than 3,300 sea lions in Chile have died of H5N1 bird flu, a six-fold increase in just 4 weeks, according to government estimates released on Wednesday. The outbreak is also affecting other marine animals, including dolphins, porpoises, sea otters and penguins. The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (SERNAPESCA) said at least 3,347 sea lions […]
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Mashup Score: 33 cats in the U.S. test positive for H5N1 bird flu - 1 year(s) ago
Three domestic cats in the U.S. – two in Nebraska and one in Wyoming – have recently tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza after eating wild birds, scientists say. A dog in Canada died of bird flu last week. In Wyoming, the State Veterinary Laboratory said in a brief statement that a barn cat tested […]
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Mashup Score: 63 cats in the U.S. test positive for H5N1 bird flu - 1 year(s) ago
Three domestic cats in the U.S. – two in Nebraska and one in Wyoming – have recently tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza after eating wild birds, scientists say. A dog in Canada died of bird flu last week. In Wyoming, the State Veterinary Laboratory said in a brief statement that a barn cat tested […]
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Mashup Score: 12Cat in Wyoming tests positive for bird flu - 1 year(s) ago
A domestic cat in Wyoming has tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza after eating a bird, making it the first such case in the U.S., local officials say. A dog in Canada died of bird flu last week. The Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory said in a brief statement that a barn cat tested positive for […]
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Mashup Score: 0Powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hits Papua New Guinea - 1 year(s) ago
A powerful earthquake measuring 7.0 has struck Papua New Guinea, seismologists and residents say. Only few details were immediately available but there is no threat of a tsunami. The earthquake, which struck at 3:04 a.m. local time on Monday, was centered in Chambri Lake, about 37 kilometers east of Ambunti or 96 kilometers southwest of […]
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Mashup Score: 1Strong earthquake hits Ecuador, at least 14 dead - 1 year(s) ago
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck Ecuador, causing a number of buildings to collapse and killing at least 14 people, officials and witnesses say. Shaking was felt as far away as Peru and Colombia. The earthquake, which struck at 12:12 p.m. local time on Saturday, was centered just a few […]
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Mashup Score: 280Unidentified illness kills at least 5 people in Tanzania - 1 year(s) ago
Tanzania is investigating an outbreak of an unidentified illness which has killed at least five people in the country’s northwest, local officials say. Urgent efforts are underway to identify the illness. The health ministry said at least seven people in two villages in Bukoba district, which is part of the Kagera region, had fallen ill […]
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Mashup Score: 24Otter, sea lions and red foxes test positive for H5N1 bird flu - 1 year(s) ago
A marine otter and three sea lions in Chile have died of H5N1 avian influenza, and three foxes in France were also infected, officials reported on Tuesday as the number of affected mammals continued to rise. The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service said the otter was found dead along a river in Arica in northern […]
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Mashup Score: 0China reports human case of H5N1 bird flu - 1 year(s) ago
A woman in eastern China has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, the strain of avian influenza which has spread around the world and worried experts. The news comes just a week after two people in Cambodia were infected with a similar variant. The latest case is a 53-year-old woman from Jiangsu province in eastern […]
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