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Will Belarus offline knock down presidential protests? | World news

While fighting for his political survival, Alexander Lukashenko took a big gamble by cutting off the Internet in most of Belarus. Belarussians trying to protest against his government are mostly burned out of the outside world: mobile internet is polluted and popular messaging apps are disabled, forcing protesters to find …

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Dwarf planet Ceres has a secret saltwater lake

Dwarf planet Ceres shown in false color, with Occator Crater visible.Image: NASA / JPL-CalTech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA Scientists add the mysterious bright spots on Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt, to a giant reservoir of salt water beneath the crust of the …

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Spain is again facing the lowest rate of virus infection

Just seven weeks after its first coronavirus wave came under control, experts say Spain is once again in a “critical” situation with the lowest number of infections in Western Europe. The country reported an average of 4,923 new daily cases of respiratory disease in the last seven days, a higher …

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Bright areas on Ceres come from salt water below

Images of Occator Crater, seen in false color, were put together to create this animated view. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gave scientists extraordinary views of the dwarf planet Ceres, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and …

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