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[ad_1] Burundi reopens for international flights 16.11.2020 – 06:08 UTC Several airlines have resumed their services to Bujumbura after Burundi reopened for international flights on November 8, 2020, after having been closed for more than seven months to restrict the spread of COVID-19. According to the ch-aviation schedule module, the …

[ad_1] The first of two satellites in a NASA billion-dollar European project to accurately measure sea level rise, a major consequence of global warming, entered orbit from California on Saturday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. By measuring the time it takes for radar beams that penetrate the clouds to …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI / ISLAMABAD: India summoned a senior Pakistani diplomat on Saturday for what New Delhi said was a foiled attack this week in the border territory of Jammu and Kashmir by a militant group based in Pakistan, a charge that the neighboring country denied.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

[ad_1] China suspends more flights due to COVID-19 06.11.2020 – 10:33 UTC China has suspended the flights of ten airlines after some of its passengers tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in the country. According to directives issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), this includes the second …

[ad_1] Several countries in East Africa, namely Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and South Sudan, are still trying to contain the worst desert locust invasion the region has experienced in more than 70 years. The locusts have destroyed vegetation, especially staple grains, legumes and pastures, causing huge economic losses. The World Bank …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI / ISLAMABAD: India summoned a senior Pakistani diplomat on Saturday for what New Delhi said was a foiled attack this week in the border territory of Jammu and Kashmir by a militant group based in Pakistan, a charge that the neighboring country denied.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

[ad_1] For more than 50 years, Born in Great Britain paleoanthropologist Meave leakey has been unearthing fossils of our earliest ancestors in Kenya Turkana Basin. His discoveries have changed the way we think about our origins. Rather than an orderly progression from ape to human, his work suggests different prehuman …

[ad_1] Ethiopian national forces are meeting stiff resistance and facing a protracted “war of attrition” in the northern Tigray region, reveals a confidential United Nations assessment. Although officials in the capital Addis Ababa have repeatedly claimed key cities have been secured, paramilitaries and army-deployed militias are still fighting to clear …

[ad_1] The Kenyan, who surprised many by breaking the world marathon record last year, will be looking to cap off her season with a victory at ADHM 2020. 2020 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon you will see one of the strongest courses in the elite category of women with the world …

[ad_1] At the Chicago Marathon in October 2019, Kenya’s Kosgei stunned the world when she broke the long-standing women’s world marathon record by more than a minute, clocking 2:14:04. Marathon runner Brigid Kosgei from Kenya will participate in the 2020 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon. Image: Procam International New Delhi: The …