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China has a plan to take over the near space battlefield
A Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by US military in South Carolina on Saturday has reportedly been spotted around the globe. It is not the same model of the one shot down off the coast of South Carolina, a US official said. The official further said that intelligence agencies will look at whether…
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Annie Proulx wrote a history of wetlands destruction
As per a report by the World Bank, the world is expected to lose more than 1 billion acres of wetlands by 2100. The report also said that the world’s wetlands are likely to face serious impacts from climate change due to human activities, such as logging, agricultural runoff and urban development. It further said…
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The global treaty on climate change needs to be learned from mistakes
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Africa can use COVID-19 vaccines to control diseases that are spreading on it. He added that African countries can identify other aspects of value chain where they can start contributing immediately. He also said that COVID-19’s designation as a global emergency will end in 2023.
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Black Power pioneers have an opinion on the movement to change
In a new documentary titled ‘How the Black Lives Matter Movement Changed the World: The Rise and Fall of The Black Panther Party’, journalist Carmichael Carmichael said that the Black Panthers were “cool in more than one way”. “[They] were correct…about issues with the police…in terms of integration, [they] were saying…whites were not interested in…
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The Climate Summit will be addressed by Biden in Egypt
Climate activist Jonathan Foley has said that he feels “a lot more heartened” about climate change now than he ever has. Foley led weekly marches across the globe that drew millions of people through the year. He added that he feels that the climate crisis is not affecting future generations but a problem that all…
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The suspect in the El Paso Walmart shooting pleads guilty
Jorge Crusius, the man accused of killing 11 people in a 2019 shooting at a Walmart in Texas’ El Paso, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges. Crusius also faces state charges over the shooting that left nearly two dozen people wounded. “This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas,” Crusius had…
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Protests and calls of reform were stimulated by the police beating death of a man
Five police officers in the US city of Memphis, including a white officer, were charged with murder in the death of teenager Tyre Nichols, who was beaten by police. The officers have been accused of using unreasonable force when they tried to arrest the 18-year-old driver on suspicion of reckless driving. The police had later…
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Scientists know about Turkey–Syria earthquake
The quake in northern Syria on Monday was a strikeslip earthquake, which means the stress built up between two Masses of rock moving horizontally in opposite directions until the fault ruptured, Reuters reported. “Eventually, the stress and strain…is going to overcome the friction that is holding the rocks together, and those rocks are going to…
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15 million people are at risk of catastrophic flooding, according to researchers
A new study has said that glaciers in a third of UNESCO World Heritage sites will disappear by 2050 due to carbon emissions. Researchers said that over the past 20 years glaciers in the Andes have melted rapidly as a result of the climate crisis, creating huge glacial lakes in their wake and increasing the…
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We still celebrate it 137 years later, because we know how the day came to the US.
Punxsutawney Phil, the world’s most famous Groundhog, on Thursday predicted six more weeks of winter when he failed to see his shadow on the occasion of ‘Groundhog Day’, in Pennsylvania, US. This was the first time since 1886 that Phil saw his shadow. In the 1960s, Phil got his name, a nod to ‘King Phillip’,…
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The ray-finned fish brain has an exceptional fossil preservation.
Paleontologists have discovered at least four new actinopterygian fins in fishes. These fins are the first to be found in any vertebrate and only the seventh to have been found so far. The newly discovered fins belong to a new genus, Actinopterygians, which was found last year in a fossil jawless fish from China.
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Protests and calls for reform sprang from the outrage over the police beating death of Tyre Lorenzen.
Protesters took to the streets of US’ Memphis over the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, a black man who died after being punched by a police officer. The officers have been fired and charged with his murder. Protests were also held in several other cities over the weekend following Nichols’ death.
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Russia’s war inUkraine is being live updated.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner private military contractor, has claimed that many Russians fighting in Ukraine are “just declared missing”. Prigozhin said that there is “a fortress in every house” in Bakhmut, and added that only “clowns” attempt to predict such things. He further alleged that many Russians who died fighting in Ukraine…
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The action plan breaks barriers for mothers.
A global coalition of organisations representing millions of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) has urged funders to abolish systemic barriers that have prevented female academics from moving forward professionally. The coalition includes the Association for Women in Science, 500 Women Scientists, both US non-profit organisations and the European Platform of Women…
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Harris is going to attend the funeral.
US Vice President Joe Biden will attend the funeral of a black man who died after being beaten by police in Memphis, US, on February 2. “The Vice President offered the family the support after she expressed her deep sympathies,” a White House official said. Vice President Biden spoke with the man’s family hours before…
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The pre market stock market shows Wall Street is dying.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that the total net income of the world oil and gas producers will double in 2022 from last year, as the five biggest oil companies generated over $50 billion in profits in the second quarter. The S&P 500 is down 20% in 2022. The worst performing stock in the…
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The world is expected to hit a key warming threshold in the next 12 years, according to an analysis of data by artificial intelligence.
The world’s temperature will hit 1.5C by the year 2050 under any realistic emissions reduction scenario, a study co-author said. He added that avoiding a 2C rise may depend on nations meeting zero-emissions goals by the middle of this century. The study used artificial neural networks, a type of machine learning or artificial intelligence that…
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The Great Depression shaped the people’s genes.
The world’s first-ever genome-wide association study, led by the Yottabyte Epigenome Research Group at Rutgers University, found a link between the Yottabyte Epigenome and Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and leukaemia. It also found a link between the Yottabyte Epigenome pattern and higher rates of disease and deaths in people with diabetes and leukaemia.
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Congress is not expected to pass legislation for policing.
A man named Daron Nichols, who was beaten up by police in the US city of Memphis in February, has died, his family said on Sunday. The 43-year-old was taken to a local hospital after the police officers attacked him during a traffic stop. Meanwhile, a Shelby County grand juries on Saturday declined to indict…
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Protests and calls for reform were spurred by the police beating death of Tyre Nichols.
Five US police officers were fired and charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of a 29-year-old man who was beaten to death by them last year. The police officers did not pass their oath, an officer said. The police unit they were part of was disbanded. The five were charged with murder and…
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The Uvalde school board accepted Hal Harrell’s retirement.
The teacher who was shot in her classroom by a 6-year-old student at a school in the US state of Rhode Island on January 6 died on Monday. She was rushed to a hospital in Providence after being shot in the head. The boy, who was later killed by police, had allegedly threatened the teacher…
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The first title for Novak after deportation was in Australia.
World number one Novak Djokovic has said that the support he has been receiving in the past 10 days is something he doesn’t think he’s experienced many times in his life. ” thank you so much [to] everyone for coming out every single match,” he added. Djokovic won his first title in Australia after being…
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The Salt Lakes of the American West are turning to dust.
Benjamin Abbott, a scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said that climate reality in Salt Lake basin is a small example of what’s happening in the world as a result of global warming. “We only have a limited amount of time to save the Great Salt Lake…If the western area of US experiences a…
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The suspect in the Idaho murder waived his right to be extradited from Pennsylvania.
The US FBI and Pennsylvania State Police made an arrest in the killing of four students at the University of Idaho in the US state of Idaho. The accused, identified as 20-year-old Daniel Kohberger, was arrested on November 16. The victims, a 19-year-old man, a 21-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, were stabbed to death…
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Naomi Osaka doesn’t play in the Australian Open.
World number one tennis player Naomi Osaka took to Instagram to share an image of herself at a pilates studio in New Zealand. Osaka also shared a collection of pictures from her trip to Europe. The 25-year-old, who is the defending champion at the Australian Open, had earlier revealed that she had “suffered long bouts…