Harold Manning

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Ecuador expands nature reserve around Galapagos Islands | Abroad

Ecuador expands nature reserve around Galapagos Islands |  Abroad

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Friday inaugurated the new natural park, called Hermandad (Brotherhood), by cutting a ribbon aboard a research vessel made from waste cleared from the beaches of the Galapagos Islands. Also present at the ceremony were former US President Bill Clinton, Colombian President Iván Duque and delegates from Costa Rica and Panama. The extension of the marine …

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2G for winter sports leads to relief and disappointment in Italy

2G for winter sports leads to relief and disappointment in Italy

“Delicious, with the sun on your face.” At the exit of the ski lifts, in the middle of the Dolomites, Dutch tourists can hardly suppress their enthusiasm. The fresh snow crunches under their shoes. “Last year our vacation was canceled. This year we will make up for it twice.” Although the Christmas holidays are over, the elevators are still full. …

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Average attendance rate of 70% in secondary schools

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More than half of secondary school students and teachers in Suriname registered on Wednesday January 12 for the first day of school after the Christmas holidays. With this, they respond to the call of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (MinOWC) to register normally. Of all schools, 70% of students showed up for school. The group of registered teachers …

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San Francisco skyscraper lost 7.6 centimeters last year

San Francisco skyscraper lost 7.6 centimeters last year

The Millennium Tower, a nearly 200-meter tall skyscraper in San Francisco, is rapidly becoming unbalanced. Last year, the tower leaned 7.6 centimeters, calculated the engineer responsible for restoring the tower, Ron Hamburger. The nearly 200 meter high tower was misaligned from the start. A few years after its completion in 2009, the tower was already tilted 40 centimeters. He had …

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Black fetus cartoon designer wants better representation in medical world

Black fetus cartoon designer wants better representation in medical world

The first-year medical student from Nigeria was amazed at the comments he received via Twitter when he posted the illustration online. “I just stood up for what I believe in, advocating for health equality through medical illustrations,” he said in an interview with NBC News. From an American to study As of 2018, it appears that 4.5% of images in …

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EU extends economic sanctions against Russia against Ukraine | Abroad

EU extends economic sanctions against Russia against Ukraine |  Abroad

Sanctions have been in place since 2014, when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and intervened in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The EU then linked the sanctions to agreements reached in Minsk to resolve the conflict. For example, Russia then promised that Ukraine would regain control of its own borders, but that did not happen. In December, at their summit …

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Newly discovered frog species named after Greta Thunberg

Newly discovered frog species named after Greta Thunberg

The ‘Greta Thunberg Rainfrog’ is called the tropical frog with the Latin name Pristimantis gretathunbergae. The animal was discovered by a team of environmentalists on an island east of Panama. Auction Wildlife organization Rainforest Trust, which led the team, auctioned 30 people for the right to name new species a few years ago. One of those people was now authorized …

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Has air traffic on the US West Coast stopped for a while because of a North Korean missile?

Has air traffic on the US West Coast stopped for a while because of a North Korean missile?

Fact: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday ordered at around 2:30 p.m. local time that all planes currently about to take off from airports on the west coast of the United States must be restrained. Less than fifteen minutes later, the order was withdrawn. Temporary suspension of flight operations in the United States normally only occurs in extreme weather …

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