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Mild winter disrupts ice road to Canadian diamond mines
Published on 30/03/2024
» An unusually warm winter in Canada this year has delayed the opening of a 400-kilometre ice road that is rebuilt every year as the main conduit for three companies to access their diamond mines in the remote Arctic region.
Long lines of Russian voters signal discontent with Putin’s rule
Published on 18/03/2024
» BERLIN/MOSCOW - The long lines of voters that formed outside polling stations in major Russian cities during the presidential election on Sunday were portrayed by opposition figures as a symbolic protest against a rubber-stamp process certain to keep Vladimir Putin in power.
Investigators seize black boxes from Dreamliner after mid-air plunge
Published on 12/03/2024
» SYDNEY - New Zealand's Transport Accident Investigation Commission said on Tuesday it was seizing the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of a Latam AM Airlines Boeing 787 after a mid-air incident that injured about 50 people.
Prince Harry’s US visa under scrutiny
Published on 09/03/2024
» WASHINGTON — A US federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to submit documents related to Prince Harry’s visa for the court to review after the department refused to release them to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, under the Freedom of Information Act.
Jupiter moon thought to be habitable may be oxygen starved
New York Times, Published on 05/03/2024
» NEW YORK - Under its bright, frosty shell, Jupiter’s moon Europa is thought to harbor a salty ocean, making it a world that might be one of the most habitable places in our solar system, but life as we know it needs oxygen and and it’s an open question whether Europa’s ocean has it.