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Podcast: Geo Conversations with Divya Persaud
GEOSCIENTIST
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June 9, 2025
Image credit: Myah Jeffers In this episode, Divya Persaud explores creative approaches to studying planetary surfaces and the ethical challenges of space technology. Episode Transcript Marissa Lo: Hello and welcome to Geo Conversations, a podcast...
Norwegian Cruise Line Announces New Visa Requirements For Americans Visiting This Popular Destination
The Travel
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April 9, 2025
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your TheTravel account Requirement changes continue to be made. U.S. transportation officials have issued reminders over REAL ID requirements prior to the May deadline. In addition, cruisers are being warned...
Four die in apartment block e-scooter fire
AOL
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Credit: X/@LevyGuillaume, @nexta_tv Four people have died in a fire started by an electric scooter in an apartment block in France. Authorities described the fire that tore through the 10-storey housing block in Reims, 80 miles north-east of...
Why Central America Football Qualifiers Outshine South American Routine
LatinAmerican Post
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June 11, 2025
With a bloated World Cup drawing ever closer, South America’s qualifiers already feel wrapped in bubble wrap, while across Mexico and Central America, every loose pass and wayward bounce still carries the weight of an entire nation’s future. A...
Researchers identify 22 key areas for protecting struggling giant otters
Mongabay
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June 4, 2025
The giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is an endangered species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). A recently published report authored by more than 50 researchers from 12 South American countries identifies...
PLD Space expands global launch network with new Oman spaceport
Space Travel
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PLD Space expands global launch network with new Oman spaceport by Hugo Ritmico Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 PLD Space, a global provider of space services specializing in vertically integrated engineering and manufacturing, has announced its...
Image Applications Biomass cleared for fuelling 31/03/2025 24 views 0 likes View
ESA
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Since its arrival at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana three weeks ago, ESA’s Biomass satellite has been under the scrutiny of satellite engineers who have been carefully executing the long list of tasks on the ‘to do’ list to make this new...
Two boys among four dead after 'e-scooter fire' tore through 10-storey housing block in France: Twenty-nine hurt
Daily Mail
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June 8, 2025
By TOM LAWRENCE Published: 17:49 EDT, 8 June 2025 | Updated: 18:11 EDT, 8 June 2025 Two boys are among four people who have died after a fire believed to have been started by an electric scooter tore through a 10-storey housing block in France....
Open Source Report for Monday, May 19, 2025
The Cipher Brief
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May 19, 2025
The Cipher Brief curates open source information from around the world that impacts national security. Here’s a look at today’s headlines, broken down by region of the world. THE TOP HEADLINES Report for Monday, May 19, 2025 Trump to speak on...
British-made satellite to map earth’s forests in 3D for the first time to help combat climate change
NBC PNG
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The satellite launched in UK (Image: Supplied) A satellite developed by British academics and engineers is set to become the first in the world to measure the condition of the Earth’s forests from space. This work will be crucial to help...
Climate strikes the Amazon, undermining protection efforts
Mongabay
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June 5, 2025
Fires raged across the Amazon rainforest, annihilating more than 4.6 million hectares of primary tropical forest—the most biodiverse and carbon-dense type of forest on Earth. That loss, which is larger than the size of Denmark, was more than twice...
Man gets 13 years over murder of gold miner
Stabroek News
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June 7, 2025
Michael Corrica -had been on the run for 16 years Michael Corrica, who had been on the run since February, 2007 over the murder of gold miner Oswald Joris, was sentenced recently to 13 years in prison by Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in...
I'm a female solo traveller and have visited 70 countries - there's one I'll never go back to as it was so unsafe
Daily Mail
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June 7, 2025
Solo travel is having a moment - with nearly half of all Brits planning to go it alone in the next year. If you're one of those wanting to step out on your own for your next holiday, we've got you covered, as MailOnline caught up with experienced...
Pontifical Roman University Awards the Patriarch of Constantinople and the Former Priest and Theologian of Liberation Leonardo Boff
Zenit
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June 5, 2025
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 05.06.2025).- On May 30, for the first time, the Order of Franciscan Friars Minor awarded the Laudato Si’ Award to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, to former priest Leonardo Boff, to the...
Arianespace to launch ESA’s Biomass satellite on April 29, with Vega C
SatNews
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March 26, 2025
On Tuesday April 29th, 2025, at 6:15 a.m. local time (09:15 a.m. UTC, 11:15 a.m. CEST), Arianespace is to launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Explorer Biomass satellite from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The mission called...
Respect the taxpayer
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Since becoming Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been saying that there are grave financial and economic problems in our country, which is true. But the Prime Minister has also said her Government will fix the...
PLD Space expands global launch capacity with their 2nd spaceport—Etlaq in Oman
SatNews
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March 23, 2025
PLD Space recently announced that the Etlaq spaceport in Oman will be its second global launch base for the MIURA launch vehicle family—this infrastructure joins the company’s Launch Complex at the CSG (Kourou, French Guiana), owned by CNES and...
We once rid the US of this nasty parasite. Now it could be coming back
Salon
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April 28, 2025
An unpleasant parasite spread by flies was kicked out of the U.S. decades ago — but now it seems to be making its return. As a result, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is changing strategies to confront it. New World screwworm is a livestock...
3D satellite monitoring can help protect Earth’s forests from climate change
Innovation News Network
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April 25, 2025
The 3D satellite will be crucial in helping us understand how tropical forests are changing so we can protect future generations from climate breakdown and accelerate the transition to net zero. From conception to construction, the Biomass...
Founders’ value doubles after Suriname project strides
Northern Miner
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February 12, 2025
After a strong year of high-grade gold drill results at its Antino project in Suriname, Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) has started off 2025 on the front foot. In early February, the Vancouver-based explorer announced a $30-million...