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Pakistan 's Punjab province shuts schools for 2 days to contain protests over alleged on-campus rape.
Tensions have been high on college campuses since reports of the alleged rape in the eastern city of Lahore spread on social media.
The closures in Pakistan 's most populous province affect an estimated 18 million students.
The government and police have denied that any rape occurred on a campus in Lahore .
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Polish zoo celebrates the birth of four Sumatran tiger cubs, a critically endangered species.
Officials at the Wrocaw Zoo in the southwestern Polish city of Wroclaw said the tigers were born on July 22 .
Each cub is now about double the size of a domestic cat, at over 8 kilograms ( about 18 pounds ) each.
The zoo is also celebrating the fact that the litter included three males and one female.
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U-M researchers identify genetic mutation that increases chance of having a daughter.
They found that many hidden genetic variants of sex ratio may exist in human populations.
Study's findings align with theory in evolutionary biology called the Fisher ’s principle, after British statistician and population geneticist Ronald Fisher .
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Daqua Lameek Ritter was convicted in February of a hate crime for the shooting death of Dime Doe.
Ritter shot Doe three times with a22 caliber handgun after word started getting out about Ritter 's relationship with Doe.
Defense lawyers asked for a sentence that would let Ritter out of prison someday.
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Authorities shut schools, colleges and universities in Pakistan 's eastern Punjab province on Friday .
The protests have spread since Monday over the alleged rape of a student on campus.
Police say they have not yet found any evidence of such an incident, with some blaming social media for spreading fake news.
Dozens of students, police and college employees have been injured since Monday as protesters clashed with law enforcement.
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Dozens of countries commit to helping clear war-torn Ukraine of massive amounts of mines and explosives.
Nearly a quarter of Ukraine 's territory has become covered with mines and unexploded bombs.
More than 40 countries backed the Lausanne Call for Action , committing to concrete actions towards humanitarian demining in Ukraine .
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal : " Ukraine has become the most mined country in the world".
SpacePolicyOnline.com – Your first stop for news, information and analysis about civil, military and commercial space programs
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An independent review of the joint NASA / ESA program last year concluded it would cost as much as $11 billion and had a “near-zero chance” of meeting its schedule, prompting NASA to reach out for new ideas.
The independent team, led by former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine , will not recommend acquisition strategies or partners, but examine options.
NASA also set up “ NASA analysis team” composed mostly of NASA employees to provide programmatic input.
The IRB-2’s results in September 2023 were even more troubling.
The new design had a “near-zero’ probability of meeting the launch schedule later this decade .
New design would cost at least $8-9.6 billion and perhaps as much as $11 billion .
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Letter from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif submitted to a court in Islamabad that was hearing a petition from the sister of Aafia Siddiqui.
She was convicted in 2010 on charges including attempting to kill U.S. nationals.
She became a terrorism suspect after she married a nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , a self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
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In 1646 , Rev. Isaac Jogues , 39 , a Jesuit priest and founder of the Mohawk mission, was killed in Midland , Ont . He was considered a sorcerer by the Mohawks for spreading smallpox during an earlier peace mission.
In 1748 , France and Britain signed the “Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ” under which Louisbourg , N.S. , was returned to France in return for Madras , India .
In 1951 , Canada agreed to maintain an army and air force in Europe under NATO .
In 2010 , Naheed Nenshi , a 38-year-old business professor, was elected mayor of Calgary .
Russell Williams pleaded guilty in a Belleville , Ont ., court to two counts of first -degree murder in the deaths of Jessica Lloyd and Cpl . Marie-France Comeau .
In 2011 , the federal government tabled its long-promised bill to end the Canadian Wheat Board's 60-year monopoly on western wheat and barley sales.
In 2021 , Russia suspended its mission to NATO and closed NATO ’s military liaison and information offices in Moscow .
Hong Kong banned all direct flights from Vancouver operated by Air Canada for two weeks in response to an imported COVID-19 case.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was publicly reprimanded for vacationing in Tofino on Canada 's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation .
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The Sun ’s magnetic field is responsible for storing and releasing energy, which heats the plasma in the corona and triggers solar eruptions.
This field drives much of the energy that leads to solar flares and space weather events.
Researchers from Peking University have made the first conventional measurements of the global coronal magnetic field.
Using the Upgraded Coronal Multi-Channel Polarimeter (UCoMP), the research team conducted detailed observations of the Sun .