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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

Cars That Think

In early 2017, in the forest highlands of eastern Guinea, a man I’ll call Jacob began a journey that would take him across five Saharan countries and multiple failed sea crossings. It’s feasible because traffickers often hand a satellite phone to migrants and tell them to call for help once they are in international or European waters.

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An Arsenal of Mysteries: The Terrifying Allure of a Remote Caribbean Island

Baua Electric

Still, I could feel it when we crossed into the Mona Passage proper, where the waters of the Atlantic and the Caribbean come together in a cauldron of treacherous crosscurrents. As we bumped along, I wondered what it was like to bring, say, a passel of guinea pigs from Colombia to Puerto Rico in the bottom of a wide canoe.

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SpaceX aces 60th operational Starlink launch after string of scrubs

Teslarati

Following the quick deployment, the rocket’s pair of reusable fairing halves were likely still 10 or 20 minutes away from touching down on the Atlantic Ocean under their GPS-guided parafoils, where they will eventually be scooped out of the water for future flights. days since the year began.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

Green Car Congress

The global community is generally improving on a number of issues, such as health outcomes related to drinking water and sanitation and protection of marine ecosystems, while on other issues significant challenges remain. Substantial populations still suffer from poor air quality, most notably in India, China, and Pakistan.

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