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Nepal’s rhino population grows to highest in decades as pandemic pauses tourism
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Nepal's population of one-horned rhinos has increased to its highest number in more than 20 jare, partly owing to a pause in tourism due to the Covid-19 pandemic that allowed the animals' habitats to regenerate, mede ...
Iran to enrich uranium to 60%, highest level ever: amptelik
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The announcement marks a significant escalation after the sabotage that damaged centrifuges, suspected of having been carried out by Israel — and could inspire a further response from Israel amid a long-running shado...
Massachusetts has highest P.1 coronavirus variant case count in US
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A review of data conducted by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard traced the sudden rise in variant cases to clusters in Cape Cod. The state announced the first case of the P.1 variant, which was originally detect...
Chicago shootings in March are at their highest level in 4 jare, police data show
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The number of shootings in Chicago in the month of March -- and the number of shooting victims -- are at their highest in four years, according to data from the Chicago Police Department. The Chicago Police's Monthl...
Sea-level rise is accelerating to its highest levels in at least 2,000 years across the Northeast, including New York City, studie sê
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Along a stretch of the East Coast that includes New York City, sea-level rise has increased at its fastest rate in the prior 100 years compared to the past 2,000 jare, according to a new study led by Rutgers Univer...
As March Madness descends on Indianapolis, the city struggles with some of its highest homicide numbers ever
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As Indianapolis hosts the NCAA Tournament this month, it does so against the backdrop of a rise in homicides that threaten to thwart this sprawling city's economic recovery. Sports events drive much of the tourism i...
Ireland has the world’s highest Covid-19 rate. How did it go so wrong?
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Cork, Ireland When Ireland came out of a strict six-week lockdown in December it had one of the lowest levels of Covid-19 cases in Europe. Sedertdien, the situation has dramatically unraveled. The country recorded th...
Japan se Suga verklaar noodtoestand vir Tokio, aangesien Covid-19-gevalle die hoogste vlakke bereik
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Die Japanse premier, Yoshihide Suga, het 'n noodtoestand vir die land se hoofstad en omliggende gebiede verklaar, aangesien Covid-19-gevalle sedert die begin van die pandemie tot die hoogste vlakke styg.. Die opkoms ...
N gesin van 12 broers en susters het nou die Guinness-wêreldrekord vir die hoogste gesamentlike ouderdom
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N gesin van 12 broers en susters het die Guinness-wêreldrekord vir die hoogste totale ouderdom behaal, met die oudste by 97 en die jongste by 75. Die D'Cruz-gesin het 'n gesamentlike ouderdom van 1,042 jare en 315 dae, en hul reco ...
Hundreds demonstrate in Warsaw after Poland’s highest court imposes near total ban on abortion
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Police in Poland used pepper spray against demonstrators after hundreds gathered in the capital of Warsaw to protest a near-total on abortion. Poland's highest court ruled Thursday that abortions due to fetal defec...
Geneva adopts what’s believed to be the highest minimum wage in the world, by $25 n uur
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Voters in Geneva, Switzerland, have agreed to introduce a minimum wage in the canton that is the equivalent of $ 25 n uur -- believed to be the highest in the world. According to government data, 58% of voters i...
The death toll in ICE custody is the highest it’s been in 15 jare
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The number of deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody grew dramatically this year. In die 2020 fiscal year, which ends today, 21 people died in ICE custody, according to a CNN tally of data released by...