If you want to get to the end of this story then read it quickly because a new study has warned that once-in-a-century solar storm could plunge the world into an “internet apocalypse”. Once in about 80-100 years, due to the Sun’s natural life cycle, solar winds escalate into superstorms that could cause internet outages covering the entire Earth lasting several months, according to the University of California.
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‘Killer fish’ tackle disease in India
Thousands of “killer fish” have been released into ponds and lakes in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to stop a deadly outbreak of dengue fever. The disease is spread by mosquitoes, which breed by laying eggs in standing water. Each gambusia - or mosquitofish - can eat up to 150 mosquito larvae in just eight hours. The mosquito-killing fish have already helped control the insects in Delhi.
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Political cartoons for February 21Cartoons Saturday’s political cartoons include consequences, secrets, and more
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Crisis in Cuba: a ‘golden opportunity’ for Washington?Talking Point The Trump administration is applying the pressure, and with Latin America swinging to the right, Havana is becoming more ‘politically isolated’
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5 thoroughly redacted cartoons about Pam Bondi protecting predatorsCartoons Artists take on the real victim, types of protection, and more
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Epstein files topple law CEO, roil UK governmentSpeed Read Peter Mandelson, Britain’s former ambassador to the US, is caught up in the scandal
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Iran and US prepare to meet after skirmishesSpeed Read The incident comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
