Scientists on Friday began casting the largest ever telescope mirrors ever made on Earth for the Chilean-built Giant Magellan Telescope. Why it’s important: The giant telescope, built to peer one day into the atmosphere of potentially habitable planets around distant stars, can learn more about early galaxies and study other …
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With the tests of The coronavirus vaccine of the brand and Synovac Biotech Ltd. in Turkey indicates that the shot is 90% safe on both sides, yet there is no final assessment of how effective it is in protecting people against Covid-19. According to a person familiar with the trial, …
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The streets of Chiro were flooded on Sunday after the first coronavirus outbreak, as millions of people turned out to vote in favor of a new charter drafted by citizens to get rid of the country’s Pinochet-era constitution. The new constitution was the main demand of the anti-government protests that …
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Police brutally cracked down on protesters in the capital, Santiago, less than a month before Chile voted on whether to change its Pinochet-era constitution. On Friday evening, Carabineros police officers used the plumes of teargas and high-pressure water jets to disperse protesters gathered at Plaza Italia, where pockets of violence …
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FILE PHOTO: A gravedigger in a protective suit digs a grave to bury the coffin of a person who died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Vila Formosa cemetery, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 16, 2020. REUTERS / Amanda Perobelli ASUNCION / SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Coronavirus cases in Latin …
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