Dec_31_022

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Most sea turtles off Australia's east coast have consumed plastic, study finds

Plastic pollution is creating an "evolutionary trap" for young sea turtles because they "eat anything", according to a new study. ...

<a href='https://www.skysports.com/olympics/live-blog/15234/12358749/tokyo-2020-build-up-live'>Tokyo Olympics Day 10: Team GB eying up gymnastics medal after Biles pulls out again</a>

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Belarusian sprinter being protected at Tokyo airport hotel after refusing to fly back to Minsk

A Belarusian sprinter who refused to get on a flight from Tokyo after she said she was taken to an… ...

Belarus Olympian safe in Tokyo hotel after refusing 'forced' flight home

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya alleges she was almost forced on to a plane home after criticising her coaches. ...

Raven Saunders: What the Olympian's X protest means to her

The US shot-putter defies a ban on podium gestures after taking silver at the Tokyo Games. ...

Giant panda twins born in French zoo

The event is described as "exceptional" by experts, as panda reproduction is notoriously difficult. ...

Sifan Hassan fell during her 1,500 meter heat — and still managed to finished first

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Runner fell during 1,500 meter heat — and still finished first

• Live updates: Follow the latest on the Tokyo Olympics • High jumpers share Olympic gold in emotional final •… ...

Too much zucchini is never enough! How to use up summer squash in so many ways

The cry goes out from over-ambitious gardeners every summer: "What can I do with all this zucchini?" If you've ever… ...

Belarus Olympian Refuses "Forced" Flight Home. Tokyo Says "Safe" Here

A Belarusian athlete who refused to board a flight after she said she was taken to the airport by her… ...

El Salvador Bans Pork Imports Over African Swine Fever Fears

El Salvador said it would ban all imports of pork products Sunday, as cases of the highly contagious African swine… ...

Afghan President Blames "Abrupt" US Withdrawal For Deteriorating Security

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani blamed the country's deteriorating security Monday on Washington deciding "abruptly" to withdraw its troops. ...

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Fleeting Glimpses of Indonesia’s Endangered Orangutans

On the island of Sumatra, a devoted group of conservationists… ...

Queen Guitarist’s Flooded London Basement Foretells a Climate Under Pressure

After a heat wave and two Southeast Asia-style rainstorms that… ...

Hong Kong Arrests Anthony Wong Yiu-ming for Singing at Election Rally

Anticorruption officials arrested Anthony Wong Yiu-ming, a Cantopop singer, who… ...

DIE NEUSTEN ENTWICKLUNGEN - Coronavirus weltweit: Hälfte der Neuinfektionen in Israel auf Geimpfte zurückzuführen, Pfizer und Moderna erhöhen die Preise

Rund 198 Millionen Menschen sind laut der Johns-Hopkins-Universität weltweit positiv… ...

Wenn der Impfstoff mit dem Kriegsschiff kommt: Trotz logistischen Herausforderungen impfen die kleinen Pazifiknationen im Akkord

Während der Pandemie haben viele der kleinen Inselstaaten im Pazifik… ...

Ein Verkaufsstopp von Ben & Jerry’s empört die israelische Regierung. Die Rede ist vom Eiscrème-Krieg

Das amerikanische Glace-Unternehmen will aus Protest gegen die israelische Siedlungspolitik… ...

Indonesia urges Myanmar to approve appointment of Asean envoy

Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi on Monday urged Myanmar to… ...

No 'eureka moment': the evolution of climate science

PARIS: What if Earth's atmosphere was infused with extra carbon… ...

Belarus athlete under protection in Japan after forced flight claim

TOKYO: A Belarusian Olympic athlete who claimed her team was… ...

Tödliche Eskalation im Golf von Oman: Kamikaze-Drohnen greifen Tanker an

An der Brücke des Schiffs eines israelischen Geschäftsmanns und Milliardärs… ...

Kataloniens Präsident : «Wir werden den Kampf für die Unabhängigkeit nie aufgeben»

Der katalanische Regionalpräsident Pere Aragonès über Corona-Rekordwerte, ein neues Unabhängigkeitsreferendum… ...

Neuseelands Abschottung: No-Covid-Strategie stösst an ihre Grenzen

Die selbstgewählte Isolation macht Neuseeland zunehmend zu schaffen. Zudem lassen… ...

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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Europa Clipper Mission

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to… ...

NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus

NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Heads for Earth with Asteroid Sample

After nearly five years in space, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is on its… ...

Hubble finds evidence of water vapor at Jupiter's moon Ganymede

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This water vapor forms when ice… ...

'Feel good' brain messenger can be willfully controlled, new study reveals

Researchers have discovered that spontaneous impulses of dopamine, the neurological messenger known as the brain's 'feel good' chemical, occur in… ...

Potential role of 'junk DNA' sequence in aging, cancer

Researchers have recently identified a DNA region known as VNTR2-1 that appears to drive the activity of the telomerase gene,… ...

Human infection with avian influenza A (H5N8) – the Russian Federation

On 18 February 2021, the National IHR Focal Point for the Russian Federation notified WHO of detection of avian influenza… ...

Ebola virus disease – Guinea

On 14 February 2021, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Guinea informed WHO of a cluster of Ebola Virus ...

Rift Valley fever – Kenya

Rift Valley fever (RVF) has been reported in Kenya in humans in Isiolo and Mandera counties and in ...

Afterpay: Jack Dorsey's Square in Australia's biggest buyout

The $29bn deal for Afterpay will create an instalments payment giant in a hugely growing sector. ...

Zoom settles US class action privacy lawsuit for $86m

The video conferencing firm denies wrongdoing, but has agreed to boost security measures. ...

The perfect storm striking World of Warcraft

All of a sudden, WoW players are in revolt, and its competitors are having a boom. ...

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