Trump called Biden’s move “the greatest foreign policy humiliation” in US history. “Biden’s failed departure from Afghanistan is the most astonishing display of incompetence by a national leader,” he told supporters at a rally in Cullman, Alabama. Abandonment The Trump administration struck a deal with the Taliban on the withdrawal of US troops during negotiations in Doha, Qatar last year. …
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The Mexican state of Veracruz was hit by a severe hurricane on Saturday. ‘Grace’ passed over it with winds of around 150 kilometers per hour – sometimes even 200 kilometers per hour – causing extensive damage. At least seven people died in the storm in Veracruz, according to local authorities. The storm came from Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, causing heavy rains …
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How do goldcrests weighing a few grams survive such an arduous journey? How do black-tailed godwits get to Africa? How do robins know when to go? Lots of questions: Bird migration is at the heart of new podcast episode for good reason Early risers and other animals. In this episode, Anneke Naafs travels through the fascinating world of bird migration …
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We have already written about NASA’s Artemis program, in which the first women go to the moon. Before that happens, some preparatory work needs to be done. Not only by NASA, but also by the New Zealand Rocket Lab. Rocket lab The launch should have taken place earlier this year from the United States. Not only has this been postponed, …
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If you are planning a road trip across the United States or a city trip to New York, you will need patience. The United States will remain closed for the time being to tourists from the Netherlands and other Schengen countries. Because of the delta variant, the United States does not want to relax the rules for tourists from the …
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As the world is sprinting towards diverse technological advancements, it conveniently ignores all the environmental repercussions of this development. Largely, the growth of a country is determined by factors like literacy rates, health sector, scientific innovations etc. But most importantly, it is driven by businesses, industries, and corporations; they make the economic base of the society. Corporations have a huge …
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has extended the national lockdown until next Tuesday. Ardern considers the extension necessary due to the contagious Delta variant and because eleven new infections were identified on Friday in connection with a cluster in Auckland. There, a 58-year-old man tested positive last Monday. A total of 31 people have tested positive in the new …
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Facebook was sued by the FTC and prosecutors in 46 U.S. states late last year. In addition to buying potential competitors for years, CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s company has also done so by imposing conditions on software developers that have made it harder to compete with Facebook itself. Additionally, Facebook denied developers access to certain information. In June, however, the judge …
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The 2021 Women’s World Cup qualifiers, which will determine the final three places for the 2022 World Cup, will take place in Zimbabwe later this year. The International Cricket Council has announced that the 10-team tournament will take place from November 21 to December 5 in Harare. Originally, Sri Lanka was scheduled to host the playoffs in July 2020, but …
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In a short space of time, smartphones have blown other offshoots of the gaming industry out of the water. Smartphones now account for almost 50 percent of the worldwide gaming market, and this figure is continuing to grow. The success of this form of play has been in developers identifying and fostering a completely new demographic that hadn’t existed before. …
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