Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declined to name Joe Biden because she delivered a short speech at the Democratic National Convention endorsing her progressive mentor Bernie Sanders for president. The New York Congresswoman spoke of Mr Sanders’ second nomination second, shortly before his rival Mr Biden was confirmed as the party’s official candidate …
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The Independent uses reporters all over the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider making a contribution. Donald Trump has promised to impose a toll on cars entering Mexico from Mexico to force the country’s southern neighbor to pay for its much-talked-about border wall. During …
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The people of Kayapó Mekrãgnotire are blocking a major highway again in protest over the reaction of the Covid-19 of the Brazilian government and land invasion. Kabu Institute Indian Brazilian protesters on Tuesday defeated a court order and blocked for the second time in 24 hours a major highway for …
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But how exactly do the stripes achieve that? Now scientists can eliminate one theory, according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society. Researchers looked at the nature of the disorientation effect in flies, and ruled out the hypothesis that a common optical illusion, …
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Thylacines, with their defined striped coats and a strange combination of features, ran out almost 2,000 years ago from everywhere except the island of Tasmania. When colonists began setting up sheep and cattle farms in Tasmania in the 1800s, thylacines were accused of losing livestock that were actually due to …
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