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Scientists Decode Migration Patterns of Painted Lady Butterflies
Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning to areas north and south of the Sahara.
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The huge African country with the longest Med coastline that's 90% covered by desert
Despite its size, around 90% of the country is covered by desert, with most of its population living in cities along the Mediterranean coast. The North African nation is bordered by Egypt ...
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Why Trump and South Africa Are at Odds
Instead, it addressed South Africa, freezing aid to the country among other measures over its government’s alleged “egregious actions.” “We will not be bullied,” South Africa’s ...
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South Africa condemns Trump 'propaganda' after US freezes aid
South Africa on Saturday condemned as "propaganda" claims by US President Donald Trump that a new law would enable Pretoria to expropriate land from white farmers. Trump issued an order freezing ...
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Trump stops South Africa aid over land act intended to address apartheid legacy
WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order vowing to stop “aid and assistance” to South Africa over “human rights violations” including a land reform act ...
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The world’s hottest town that lies abandoned in African desert with 50C heat
Lying deep in the African desert sits the colourful and supersaturated hot springs of the world's 'hottest' town. Dallol, in the Dallol woreda of northern Ethiopia, holds the official record for ...
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Eastern and Southern African leaders hold unprecedented summit to seek way out of Congo conflict
Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...
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Trump freezes aid to South Africa over controversial land law, claiming discrimination against White farmers
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at freezing assistance to South Africa over a controversial law that allows the government to seize farmland from ethnic minorities ...
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Some Afrikaners Cheer as Trump Amplifies Claims of Persecution
An executive order from President Trump on Friday put the weight of U.S. influence behind a hotly disputed claim in South Africa that Afrikaners were the “victims of unjust racial discrimination.” ...
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2 mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants found in southeastern Libya
Libya authorities uncovered nearly 50 bodies this week from two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert in the latest ... the chaos-stricken North African country CAIRO -- Libya ...
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See the Miniature Portrait of Mary Magdalene That Raphael Painted When He Was Only 20
The delicate oil painting measures less than 15 inches tall and about 5 inches wide. Raphael painted the portrait of the saint around 1503, when he was about 20. Experts say that Saint Mary ...