MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya said on Tuesday she had fled abroad for the sake of her children, after two nights of clashes following the contested re-election of strongman President Alexander Lukashenko. Tikhanouskaya, a 37-year-old former English teacher, came out of obscurity to reach the biggest challenge …
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Satellites record Antarctic melting history
Ice boards can extend hundreds of meters underwater Twenty-five years of satellite observations have been used to reconstruct a detailed history of Antarctic ice sheets. These ice platforms are the driving protrusions of glaciers flowing out of the land, encircling the entire continent. The European Space Agency’s dataset confirms the …
Read More »Ohio Day HC, Ohio Day, promise to fight for a season of football
The news and reaction that came after the rumors of the impressive end of the 2020 football season in 2020 are untenable, but the reaction has been overwhelming, coordinated, and rapid to push back on hopes of saving the season . Earlier today, the head coach of Jim Jim Harbaugh …
Read More »Infected by the coronavirus, WarnerMedia kills 600 workers
WarnerMedia began reducing its workforce on Monday, laying off at least 600 employees as movie theaters shut down and streaming competition destroyed their film and TV business. Most of the cuts came from the legendary Warner Bros. studio in Burbank, known for ‘Wonder Woman’, ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and the …
Read More »Live updates from Coronavirus: Russia approves a possible vaccine
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says opening British schools next month is a ‘moral duty’, and that in the event of a virus outbreak, ‘the last thing we want to do is close schools. ‘ To avoid the scenario Mr Johnson described on Monday, medical experts said, the government will have …
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