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‘Last one standing’: Delta variant poses threat to New Zealand’s Covid-free bubble
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Last week was a sharp reminder for Dr Siouxsie Wiles, one of New Zealand’s most prominent pandemic communicators, of how close the country’s recent brush with Covid was. A Sydney tourist, infected with the Delta varia...
Farm plan poses ‘catastrophic’ threat to Zambian park vital for fruit bats
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Plans to create a huge commercial farm next to a national park in Zambia could have a “catastrophic” impact on wildlife, conservationists have warned, threatening vital habitat for bats undertaking the world’s biggest...
End of lockdown poses Boris Johnson one of his toughest decisions
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At some point towards the end of next week Boris Johnson will make one of the trickier decisions even of this pandemic period: whether to lift the final tranche of Covid rules. Some of those watching the closest will ...
Light pollution from satellites ‘poses threat’ to astronomy
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Artificial satellites and space junk orbiting the Earth can increase the brightness of the night sky, researchers have found, with experts warning such light pollution could hinder astronomers’ ability to make observa...
Surge in migrants seeking to cross Mexico border poses challenge for Biden
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The number of migrant children and families seeking to cross the US-Mexico border has increased to levels not seen since before the coronavirus pandemic – a challenge for Joe Biden as he works to undo the hardline imm...
UK universities’ closeness to China poses risks, says Jo Johnson
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The former universities minister Jo Johnson has warned of the “poorly understood” risks of increasingly close collaboration between UK universities and China. A study led by Johnson identified a significant increase i...