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Electricity from sugar cane now accounts for 14 percent of the Mauritius' needs and, when combined with other renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydro, provides nearly a quarter of daily consumption
World
01.08.2024
In Mauritius, sugar cane means money, renewable energy
InSight is designed to study the interior of Mars like never before, using seismology instruments to detect quakes and a self-hammering mole to measure heat escape from the planet's crust
World
01.08.2024
NASA's InSight lander 'hears' wind on Mars
A handout picture taken and released by the Italian fire and rescue service shows emergency services staff treating victims of the stampede at a nightclub in Cornaldo
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01.08.2024
Six dead in stampede at Italian nightclub: firefighters
US President Donald Trump started his day with more criticism of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election
World
01.08.2024
Trump denies collusion after major revelations in Russia probe
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Venezuelans went to the polls on December 9, 2018, as seen at this voting station in Caracas
World 01.08.2024
Weary Venezuelans go to polls with record low turnout predicted
Several countries have decriminalised the use of cannabis, and some have legalised its use
World 01.08.2024
Malawi MPs back bid to draft bill on medical marijuana use
South Sudanese cholera patients and medical staff at the Juba Teaching Hospital in the capital in 2014
World 01.08.2024
South Sudan vaccinates health teams in Ebola epidemic
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, seen here waiting to address the UN General Assembly in September, has told visiting officials US sanctions constitute "economic terrorism"
World 01.08.2024
Iran seeks regional front against US 'economic terrorism'
Khan has long been vocal about Pakistan's role in the war on terror
World 01.08.2024
Pakistan will no longer fight someone else's war: Imran Khan
The Yemeni conflict has left 14 million people on the brink of starvation
World 01.08.2024
Yemen rebels open to more talks if 'progress' made in Sweden
This 1968 NASA file image shows a view of the far side of the moon as taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward from high altitude across the Southern Sea
World 01.08.2024
China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing
An Iraqi man waves his national flag in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on December 10, 2017, during a gathering celebrating the end of the three-year war against the Islamic State (IS) group
World 01.08.2024
A year after IS defeat, Iraq in throes of political crisis
Belisario Betancur, Colombia's president from 1982 to 1986, pictured on May 19, 2016 in Bogota, Colombia
World 01.08.2024
Former Colombian president Belisario Betancur dies at 95
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