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☆ What’s Happening In Myanmar’s Civil War?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Hannah Beech | Weiyi Cai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

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☆ Tobago's Tourism, Fishing Hit as Oil Slick Spreads Across Caribbean
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

The spill has spread miles from Tobago's shore, the area first impacted by the incident, leading authorities to alert its Caribbean neighbors, including Venezuela and the island of Grenada. I cannot simply sit down and do nothing," said Edwin Ramkisson, who makes a living fishing for snapper and salmon in Lowlands, on Tobago's Atlantic shore. The slick has reached about 144 kilometers (89 miles) into the Caribbean Sea and is moving at a rate of 14 km per hour, Tobago's Chief Secretary Farley Augustine said on Thursday. The barge is believed to have carried as much as 35,000 barrels of fuel oil, according to Augustine. The spill has stained Tobago's beaches, impacting wildlife and tourism, and has posed a risk to the Scarborough cruise ship port.

Persons: Curtis Williams, Edwin Ramkisson, Farley Augustine, Augustine, Tobago's Emergency Management Agency Allan Stewart, TankerTrackers.com, Marianna Parraga, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Tobago's Coast Guard, Tobago's Emergency Management Agency, Puerto La Locations: Curtis Williams SCARBOROUGH , Tobago, Trinidad, Tobago's, Venezuela, Grenada, Lowlands, Scarborough, Tobago, Panama, Guyana, Puerto, Puerto La Cruz, St, Vincent, Grenadines

Houses at the Redhill Peninsula, a luxurious residential estate in the Tai Tam area of Hong Kong, on September 13. She was referring to the Hong Kong International School, one of the most prestigious in town. Flooded roads after heavy rains in Hong Kong on September 8. Typhoon Saola, which barreled through Hong Kong on September 1, was the strongest to hit the city in five years. Scientists say climate change will make such weather events only more frequent and some are urging Hong Kong to rethink its rain mitigation strategy.

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☆ On the Map, Nothing. On the Ground, a Hidden Maya City.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Alan Yuhas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dr. Sprajc, 67, said the expedition to Ocomtún took about a month and a half, “relatively short” compared with the usual two months or more. Surrounded by wetlands, Ocomtún includes pyramids, plazas, elite residences and “strange” complexes of structures arranged almost in concentric circles, Dr. Sprajc said. The largest documented structure in Ocomtún was a pyramid about 50 feet tall, which Dr. Sprajc said would have been a temple. He said excavations could help answer a host of questions about who lived there and their relationship to other Maya cities and settlements. People appeared to have left Ocomtún around the same time they did other Maya cities, from about 800 to 1000 A.D., a decline that researchers attribute to factors like drought and political strife.

Persons: Martin, Sprajc, Ocomtún, ”, Charles Golden Organizations: Brandeis University Locations: ”, Ocomtún

☆ Schools remain shut in India's violence-hit Manipur despite reopening order
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Zarir Hussain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GUWAHATI, India, July 5 (Reuters) - Nearly all schools remained shut in India's violence-hit Manipur state despite a government order to reopen them on Wednesday in a bid to restore normalcy after two months of ethnic clashes that have killed almost 120 people. Students, teachers and support staff did not show up at schools in the morning in the state in northeast India, said a state education department official who requested anonymity. Four private schools opened but all government-run schools were still closed, he added. At least 118 people have been killed and more than 40,000 displaced in the violence. Additional reporting by Krishn Kaushik; Writing by Shivam Patel; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ibotombi Singh, Narendra Modi's, Giridhar Aramane, Min Aung Hlaing, Krishn Kaushik, Shivam Patel, Kim Coghill Organizations: India's, Thomson Locations: GUWAHATI, India, Manipur, Imphal, Myanmar, Kuki

☆ Rahul Gandhi's convoy stopped by Indian police in Manipur, teargas fired
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Supporters of Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India's main opposition Congress party, speak with him after his convoy, heading to Churachandpur, was stopped by the police in Bishnupur district, Manipur, India, June 29, 2023. REUTERS/StringerGUWAHATI, India, June 29 (Reuters) - Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was stopped by local police on Thursday and teargas fired near his convoy when the 53-year old scion of the Congress party was on his way to visit the violence-hit northeastern Manipur state. Teargas shells were then fired to disperse a crowd that had started gathering in the area. "There is a possibility of a grenade attack along the highway through which Rahul Gandhi is moving. Gandhi's convoy returned to Imphal and he reached Churachandpur by helicopter, Meghachandra Singh, Manipur state Congress president, said.

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☆ Indian government orders Manipur state chief to 'work harder' to end violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MUMBAI, June 25 (Reuters) - India's federal government on Sunday ordered the chief minister of Manipur state to "work harder" to restore peace as violence between ethnic groups has not subsided for over 50 days despite a heavy security presence. "I have been advised by the home minister to work harder towards restoring lasting peace in Manipur," said N. Biren Singh, chief minister of the northeastern state after he was summoned to New Delhi for talks with Home Minister Amit Shah. At least 80 people have been killed and more than 40,000 forced to flee their homes after clashes broke out in Manipur on May 3 between rival ethnic groups. Human rights groups say Modi's government and party have failed to do more to end ethnic tensions. "I have been asked to further open channels of communication with all the stakeholders so that we are able to bring permanent peace in the state," Singh said.

Persons: Biren Singh, Amit Shah, Shah, Singh, Narendra Modi's, Sriram, Rupam Jain, Giles Elgood Organizations: Sunday, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, Manipur, New Delhi, Kuki

☆ Lost ancient Mayan city discovered in the dense, remote jungle of Mexico by archaeologists
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Mayan city in Mexico. The lead researcher said that it must have been an important site between 250 AD and 1000 AD. The previously unknown village was discovered in the Yucatán Peninsula by a team from the Archeology Council of the National Institute of Anthropology and History. The site sprawls has several pyramid-like structures measuring around 50 feet in height, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History said. Sprajc said that the site most likely underwent changes between 800 and 1000 AD and then experienced the collapse of the Lowland Maya civilization in the 10th century.

Persons: sprawls, —, Ivan Sprajc, Ṡprajc, Sprajc Organizations: Service, Archeology, National Institute of Anthropology, Mexico's National Institute for Anthropology, University of Houston Locations: Mexico, Central, Campeche, Lowland, Guatemala, Belize

☆ Up to 1.7 billion T. rex dinosaurs lived on Earth, a new study found. But scientists aren't sure where all the bones went.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Erin Heger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

New calculations suggest that 1.7 billion T. rexes lived on Earth from 65.5-68 million years ago. This dichotomy between how many T. rexes lived and how few fossils we have of them shows us just how rare fossilization is and how much more we have to learn about these majestic creatures. Warpaintcobra/Getty ImagesMarshall was the lead author of an earlier study that estimated 2.5 billion T. rexes once roamed Earth. Of the roughly 1.7 billion, or so, T. rexes who roamed our planet, scientists have only uncovered a few hundred fossils, equating to fewer than 100 total dinosaurs. Despite their prime conditions for fossilization, if Giebeler's calculations are correct, scientists have only found about 0.0000002% of the T. rex that lived on Earth.

CNN —China’s Zhurong rover on Mars has been in hibernation since last May due to an “unpredictable accumulation” of dust, mission designer Zhang Rongqiao said, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday. “According to our analysis, the biggest possibility is that because of unpredictable accumulation of Martian dust, its power generation capacity was reduced and it was too low to wake itself up,” Rongqiao said, explaining why the rover has since been dormant. This image showing the rover and the lander on the surface of Mars was taken by a separable camera deployed by the Zhurong rover in 2021. The NASA InSight lander’s mission came to an end in December after spending nearly 1,500 days on Mars. But a heavy accumulation of dust on its solar panels caused a steady drop in the lander’s power source.

☆ In southern Ethiopia, drought kills livestock amid fears of what comes next
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Dawit Endeshaw | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] Roba Galgalo, 26, walks next to his emaciated cows at Kura Kalicha camp for the people internally displaced by drought near Das town, Oromiya region, Ethiopia March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Tiksa NegeriKURA KALICHA, Ethiopia, April 6 (Reuters) - After three years of failed rains, the animals in the southern Ethiopian village of Kura Kalicha are dying. Like its neighbours Somalia and Kenya, southern Ethiopia is enduring the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades. “Collectively, as communities they have run out of coping mechanisms,” said Kate Maldonado from international aid agency Mercy Corps, who recently visited southern Ethiopia's Somali region. The population across much of southern Ethiopia's lowlands relies overwhelmingly on its livestock, with diets supplemented by basic crops like maize.

☆ Parts of U.S. face 'life-threatening' cold as snow causes travel headaches
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A bitter blast of Arctic air from Canada is expected to bring "life-threatening" cold to parts of the United States in the lead-up to Christmas, weather officials have warned. A strong arctic high pressure system extending from western Canada to the northern Plains is expected to bring "very cold air" across the region, while extending into parts of the Pacific Northwest this week, the National Weather Service said. Along with the bitter cold, snow is also expected to impact parts of the U.S., bringing "pre-holiday travel headaches," the weather service warned. "Snow is likely to fall across the lowlands as well and could be heavy at times, leading to dangerous travel conditions," it said. The dangerous arctic air over the northern Plains and western Canada is expected to move south, following behind a system already crossing the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday, the weather service said.

☆ Viking 1 may have landed at site of ancient Martian megatsunami
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The mystery of the Viking landing site has long puzzled scientists, who believe an ocean once existed there. Now, new research suggests that the lander touched down where a Martian megatsunami deposited materials 3.4 billion years ago, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports. The interest in the potential for life on the red planet prompted scientists to select its northern equatorial region, Chryse Planitia, as the first Martian landing site for Viking I. “The landing site selection needed to fulfill a critical requirement — the presence of extensive evidence of former surface water. Next, the team wants to investigate Pohl crater as a potential landing site for a future rover, since the location might contain evidence of ancient life.

☆ 5G-enabled farms could ward off food insecurity and unlock $100 billion in global profits by 2030
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Clara Mcmichael | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

There lies Swans Trail Farms, a family-owned operation that focuses on agritourism and events with apple orchards, a corn maze, a pumpkin patch, and strawberry fields. Swans Trail FarmsSnohomish County and the 5G Open Innovation Lab launched sites to pilot 5G-enabled agricultural tech on two farms— Swans Trail and Andrew's Hay. CARES Act funding for the initiative dried up last year, but the 5G Open Innovation Lab continues to fund the project. The 5G Open Innovation Lab and Innov8.ag are working to expand to eastern Washington, an area of the state that's more agricultural. We've had our hiccups," Jim Brisimitzis, the head of the 5G Open Innovation Lab, said.

[1/3] A graphic illustrating new details, uncovered using LiDAR laser technology, of the ancient Mayan city of Calakmul, Mexico, in this undated handout image. Proyecto Arqueologico Bajo Laberinto/INAH/Handout via REUTERSMEXICO CITY, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A laser-powered study of the sprawling metropolis of Calakmul in southern Mexico offers tantalizing new evidence that it may have been the most crowded ancient Maya urban center during the civilization's classical peak some 1,300 years ago. The new LIDAR study announced late Wednesday by Mexican antiquities institute INAH covers the jungle-covered ruins of once-mighty Calakmul, located in the central lowlands of the Yucatan peninsula near the Guatemalan border. Reese-Taylor noted the new preliminary maps of the barely three-month old data show extensive residential apartment complexes clustered around temples and possible markets. Previous estimates suggested the city's population likely reached some 50,000 inhabitants, but the new study could force a recalculation.

NASA's InSight lander felt a powerful Mars quake. Then an orbiter took a picture of the meteor impact that caused it. The impact kicked up boulders of water ice, which will be crucial for future astronaut missions to Mars. "It was immediately clear that this is the biggest new crater we've ever seen," Ingrid Daubar, InSight impact science lead, said in a press briefing. An artist illustration of the InSight lander on Mars.

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