Ammonites Thrived Until Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Struck | Mirage News
09 Jul
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Ammonites Thrived Until Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Struck | Mirage News

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Top Stories Tamfitronics The Cretaceous period ended with a bang 66 million years ago when an asteroid more than six miles across collided with the Earth off of the Yucatan Peninsula. The resulting prodigious environmental change to land, sea, and atmospheric habitats ultimately led to the famous extinction of the dinosaurs, but also sounded the death knell of other charismatic fossil groups such as ammonite mollusks.Ammonites are well known for their beautiful, pearlescent coiled shells, and had flourished in the Earth's oceans for much longer than the iconic dinosaurs, having originated more than 350 million years before their extinction.Ammonites basking under the Late Cretaceous sun. Artwork by Callum Pursall (@cpursall on X)Some paleontologists, however, have argued that the number of ammonite species, their diversity, was actually declining well before their extinction at the end of...
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How this year of elections is set to reshape global politics
09 Jul
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How this year of elections is set to reshape global politics

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Politics tamfitronics By Mark John, Sumanta Sen and Anand Katakam (Reuters) - Elections are taking place this year in countries home to almost half of the world's population, from Taiwan's general election in January to the U.S. presidential race in November. The votes come amid growing economic and geopolitical strife, with the Ukraine war, conflicts in the Middle East and rising trade tensions between the United States and China, the world's two largest economies. In some countries, there are concerns about the resilience of democracy itself as political discourse has polarized or been warped by disinformation. Many of this year's elections will not be free and fair - or their results will be disputed. Half-way through the biggest year for elections in history, here are some common themes that have emerged in Reuters' reporting...
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Women gradually rise in Japanese politics but face deep challenges
09 Jul
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Women gradually rise in Japanese politics but face deep challenges

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Politics tamfitronics TOKYO: Eight years ago, Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor. She won her third term as governor Sunday, and one of her closest rivals was a woman.Multiple women competing for a top political office is still rare in Japan, which has a terrible global gender-equality ranking, but Koike’s win highlights a gradual rise in powerful female officials and a society more open to gender balance in politics. That said, even if a woman eventually becomes prime minister, politics here is still overwhelmingly dominated by men, and experts see a huge effort needed for equal representation.“There are growing expectations for women to play a greater role in politics,” said parliamentarian Chinami Nishimura, a senior official with the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. “In politics or...
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Attempts by NDC to drag Manhyia Palace into partisan politics unfortunate – NPP
09 Jul
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Attempts by NDC to drag Manhyia Palace into partisan politics unfortunate – NPP

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Politics tamfitronics The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it intends to politicise the Manhyia palace. Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Mustapha Gbande, had suggested that the NPP intends to use the selection of Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, a royal from the Manhyia palace, to drag the revered traditional institution into partisan politics. But in an interview with Citi NewsHaruna Mohammed, the Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, described Gbande’s comments as unfortunate.“Unfortunately, when people are identified by where they come from, there is no doubt that Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh is from a royal gate and that is a fact. The chief touted this particular angle of which Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh comes.“Where lies the drawing of the Asantehene or the palace...
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