[ad_1] A swarm of desert locusts invades parts of Mwingi town in Kitui county, Kenya, on February 20, 2020. (Xinhua / Zhang Yu) The Horn of Africa region could experience another round of desert locust infestations unless mitigation measures are put in place to prevent a potential crisis, a senior …
Read More »COVID-19 Antibodies Decrease Over Time, Study Shows
[ad_1] A study of 365,000 people in England found evidence that coronavirus antibodies decrease over a 3-month period. Participants performed three rounds of fingerstick tests at home between June 20 and September 28, according to a press release from Imperial College London. Instead of developing immunity, the number of people …
Read More »Ronaldo blows off steam on positive COVID-19 ‘bullsh * t’ test
[ad_1] Publication date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 4:04 AM Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has taken to social media to show his frustration at being excluded from Wednesday’s game against Barcelona. Ronaldo first tested positive for COVID-19 while on international service with Portugal earlier this month. He was forced to abandon …
Read More »‘Control’ and ‘Hitman 3’ are heading to Switch via cloud streaming
[ad_1] ControlOne of the most graphics-intensive games to ever hit consoles, it’s available today on Nintendo Switch thanks to cloud streaming. It is the first time that Nintendo has allowed developers to bring cloud-based games, where graphics are rendered remotely and streamed to their console via the web, outside of …
Read More »Tanzanian President Cracks Down On Opposition But Generates Resistance
[ad_1] John Magufuli, known as “the bulldozer”, will win today’s presidential election in Tanzania. Of that there is very little doubt. But he won’t win them fairly. His economic policy over the past five years may have raised living standards, but his government has also jailed political critics, shut down …
Read More »Listen to Khruangbin’s version of ‘Summer Madness’ for the ‘Late Night Tales’ mix
[ad_1] Khruangbin has released his version of the Kool and the Gang classic “Summer Madness” from the upcoming Texas psychological rockers movie. Night tales compilation, the latest installment in the series of artist-selected mixes. The cover is presented exclusively in the Night tales comp, which will be out on December …
Read More »Incredibly tall coral reef found off the coast of Australia
[ad_1] Digital map of the seabed showing the newly detected detached reef. Image: Schmidt Ocean Institute An isolated coral reef measuring 1,640 feet high has been discovered off the coast of Australia. Known as a separate reef, the vertical blade-like structure could serve as habitat for a variety of undiscovered …
Read More »How to watch AMD’s RDNA 2 event featuring Radeon RX 6000 GPUs
[ad_1] After unveiling its new Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 processors earlier this month, AMD today announced its new line of Radeon RX graphics cards for desktops, which it promises will be “by far the most powerful gaming GPU we’ve ever built.” The new Radeon RX 6000 series of GPUs will …
Read More »Roundup: FAO issues alarm over imminent desert locust infestation in Horn of Africa
[ad_1] NAIROBI, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) – The Horn of Africa region could experience another round of desert locust infestation unless mitigation measures are put in place to prevent a potential crisis, said a senior official with the United Nations Organization for Agriculture and Food (FAO) said on Wednesday. Cyril Ferrand, …
Read More »A New Generation of Desert Locusts, Floods and COVID-19 Threaten Food Security in Ethiopia
[ad_1] Mohammed Ali, 30, a shepherd, is visibly tired, but tirelessly searches for pasture for his cattle under the scorching sun. It carries more than 400 head of cattle from Ewa to Asayta Woreda in the Afar region. Although herders like Mohammed are used to making the annual 200km walk …
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