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USA suspends WHO funding

The current pandemic could be prevented, according to Trump, if the organization did not spread the "misinformation" presented by China, in which the virus first appeared last year. The United States is the largest contributor to the WHO, sending about 22 percent of its budget to the organization last year. "Today, I ordered the World Health...

The fate of the US Open should be decided by the end of June, reports USTA

The January Australian Open managed to play despite the raging Australian fires, the French Open was moved at the turn of September and October, Wimbledon was canceled for the first time since World War II. What about the US Open? Usually the final grandslam of the season takes place in New York, the pandemic of the coronavirus most affected city...

Astronomers have captured the greatest explosion of an unprecedented supernova

The Pan-STARRS telescopes at Haleakala on the Hawaiian island of Maui were first seen in February 2016, and scientists have now presented the results of their research. An unprecedented supernova with the catalog designation SN2016aps preceded the connection of two giant stars, each of them 50 times larger than the Sun. Around 1000 years before...

Fewer passengers and higher prices. Flying changes after a pandemic

Airlines may have to reduce the number of passengers on each flight due to social distancing guidelines. IATA head Alexandre de Juniac stated that "one seat in each row will be emptied" on short flights if required by authorities. This could result in a significant reduction in capacity, for example, a Ryanair aircraft that normally holds 189...