[ad_1] (MENAFN – Baystreet.ca) Ottawa keeps the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737 Max on the ground despite the fact that the plane has been cleared for take-off by US regulators. Canadian Federal Transportation Minister Marc Garneau said on Wednesday that Canada will impose different requirements than the United States before lifting …
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[ad_1] (MENAFN – IANS) New York, November 18 (IANS) Using computer models, NASA researchers found that since February, the pandemic restrictions of Covid-19 have reduced global concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) by nearly 20%. Nitrogen dioxide is an air pollutant produced mainly by the combustion of fossil fuels used by …
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[ad_1] (MENAFN – The Conversation) Several COVID-19 vaccines are in an advanced stage of clinical trials. So the discussion is shifting to who should get these vaccines first if their use is approved. Today we discuss two options. One is to prioritize children. This article first looks at the benefits …
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[ad_1] (MENAFN – IANS) Washington, November 15 (IANS) Scientists have further decoded the phenomenon that caused Mars to lose the equivalent of a global ocean of water up to hundreds of feet deep in billions of years. Scientists using an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft …
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[ad_1] (MENAFN – IANS) Washington, November 15 (IANS) Scientists have further decoded the phenomenon that caused Mars to lose the equivalent of a global ocean of water up to hundreds of feet deep in billions of years. Scientists using an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft …
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[ad_1] (MENAFN – NewsBytes) US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech announced Monday that their COVID-19 vaccine candidate is over 90% effective based on initial data from a large study. Companies are the first to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial for the vaccine. Behind this …
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[ad_1] (NAME – SomTribune) “> WhatsApp Somaliland joined the rest of the world to congratulate Joe Biden as the elected president of the United States of America. The Somaliland government led by President Muse Bihi expressed hope for better working relations with the newly elected president by saying that he …
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[ad_1] (MENAFN – African Press Organization) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 8 November 2020 / APO Group / – African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,856,261), deaths (44,477) and recoveries (1,556,290) by region: Central (61,124 cases; 1,155 deaths; 55,443 recoveries): Burundi (605; 1; 511), Cameroon (22.103; 429; 21.151), CAR (4.875; …
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[ad_1] (MENAFN – IANS) Washington, November 6 (IANS) The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in the United States has launched a new initiative with NASA’s Hubble Observatory to examine more than 300 nearby stars. Called ULLYSES, short for UV Legacy Library of Young Stars as Essential Standards, it is Hubble’s …
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[ad_1] (MENAFN – African Press Organization) NAIROBI, Kenya, November 5, 2020 / APO Group / – COVID-19 highlighted the extent of the critical energy gap in Africa, where diversification is needed to ensure more stable and broader access to energy; The $ 67 million Nkhotakota solar power plant in Malawi, …
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