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Story Enabling & Support ESA supports Moon mission carrying first European rover 03/06/2025 5037 views 63 likes Read
ESA
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Enabling & Support 03/06/2025 5026 views 63 likes Japanese lunar exploration company ispace will attempt to land its RESILIENCE spacecraft on the Moon no earlier than 5 June (CEST) 2025. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) global network of ground...
Story Applications Biomass poised for liftoff to unveil forest secrets 28/04/2025 2456 views 24 likes Read
ESA
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Applications 28/04/2025 2456 views 24 likes After years of careful design and preparation, ESA’s Earth Explorer Biomass satellite is set for launch tomorrow, 29 April at 11:15 CEST, aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana....
EDITORIAL: Always Be Prepared!
St. Lucia Times
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May 31, 2025
The 2025 Atlantic and Caribbean Wet/Hurricane Season is here, running from June 1 to November 30. Forecasters are urging everyone to prepare for what could be a highly active season. The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH)...
ESA’s Biomass; on the launch pad, the mission and Europe’s Spaceport
SatNews
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April 23, 2025
ESA’s Biomass satellite, encapsulated within a Vega-C rocket fairing, has been rolled out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of liftoff, planned for 29 April at 11:15 CEST. Once in orbit, this latest Earth Explorer...
Brazil, Guianas to mount joint operation against illegal mining, mercury smuggling
Demerara Waves
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April 20, 2025
Last Updated on Sunday, 20 April 2025, 20:40 by Writer Participants at the first operational meeting of the “Guyana Shield” held in French Guiana from April 3 to 4. At left is France’s Ambassador to Guyana Nicholas de Lacoste. Brazil, French...
The last word: why half of the world's languages could vanis...
Modern Ghana
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There are around 7,000 languages spoken in the world, but that number is shrinking. Unesco estimates that half could disappear by the end of the century. So how are languages lost, and what does that mean for the people who speak them? Despite the...
Amazon illegal gold mines drive sex trafficking in the Brazil-Guyana border
Mongabay
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May 29, 2025
Poverty and poor border controls have allowed young women to be trafficked into the sex trade catering to illegal gold miners in Brazil’s border areas with countries like Guyana and Venezuela. Research by the Federal University of Roraima...
Story Applications Forest mission sealed within rocket fairing for liftoff 16/04/2025 1414 views 32 likes Read
ESA
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Applications 16/04/2025 1414 views 32 likes With the launch of ESA’s Biomass satellite scheduled for 29 April, preparations at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, have reached a key milestone. The satellite has now been sealed inside the...
Mystery virus spreading silently is more deadly than first thought – and there's no jab
Daily Star
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May 5, 2025
Scientists have dropped a public health bombshell about the Oropouche virus, also dubbed sloth fever, revealing it's way more widespread and vicious than we ever thought. This nasty bug has been tearing through South America for the last year and...
End of flu in mainland France, but very active in several overseas territories
Entrevue
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April 10, 2025
Public Health France announces the end of the epidemic in mainland France, after a particularly deadly season. However, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and Mayotte remain on alert. The 2024-2025 flu season will have left its mark. According...
Maybe Money Can't Buy Happiness, But It Can Buy Longevity...
Zero Hedge
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How long you live depends a lot on where you’re born... Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao illustrates this phenomenon in the above map, which uses 2025 life expectancy at birth projections from the UN World Population Prospects published last year....
Suriname Poised For Cash Inflow From Newly Discovered Oil
International Business Times
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May 24, 2025
Suriname, South America's smallest country, is preparing for an inflow of cash from a huge offshore oil find, with the president insisting the population will receive a direct share of the wealth. The Dutch-speaking nation of about 600,000 people...
Suriname poised for cash inflow from newly-discovered oil
eNCA
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PARAMARIBO - Suriname, South America's smallest country, is preparing for an inflow of cash from a huge offshore oil find, with the president insisting the population will receive a direct share of the wealth. The Dutch-speaking nation of about...
UPSC Prelims 2025 Special: Revision Checklist for important International Organisations and Places in News that aspirants shouldn’t miss
The Indian Express
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May 21, 2025
Are You Prelims Ready? The UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2025 is scheduled for May 25. With the clock ticking, revising Current Affairs—especially International Bodies and Places in News—is crucial for every aspirant. Here’s a...
French-made patrol vessel will boost Guyana’s security capacity
Demerara Waves
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April 4, 2025
Last Updated on Thursday, 3 April 2025, 23:01 by Writer Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in French Guiana, Major General Marc Le Bouil The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in French Guiana, Major General Marc Le Bouil on Thursday said...
Open Source Report for Monday, May 19, 2025
The Cipher Brief
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May 19, 2025
The Cipher Brief curates open source information from around the world that impacts national security. Here’s a look at today’s headlines, broken down by region of the world. THE TOP HEADLINES Report for Monday, May 19, 2025 Trump to speak on...
Mapped: Life Expectancy by Country in 2025
Visual Capitalist
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May 22, 2025
Mapped: Life Expectancy by Country in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways Western European...
Meet The Amazonian Bird Of Prey That Can, And Does, Attack Humans — A Biologist Explains
Forbes
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The idea of “birds attacking humans” exists in the More folklore and mythology of various civilizations. Here’s scientific proof that it actually happens.Less getty Very few birds in the world have been known to attack humans. One rare example is...
Polio in Europe: Why Vigilance Is More Crucial Than Ever
Medscape
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April 17, 2025
In an article published recently, experts from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe question the feasibility of achieving poliomyelitis (polio) eradication...
Not ‘Manifest’ but an ‘Inclusive’ Destiny: A Case for Decolonizing Space Exploration
E-International Relations
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May 12, 2025
Scientists, scholars, and space enthusiasts have long envisioned humans traveling to distant galaxies and settling on different planets, making space exploration a subject of much interest to scientists and social scientists. The technological...