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Ethiopia’s Forest in the Clouds: Unusual Plants and Wildlife Live in the Harenna Forest

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A range of unusual plants and wildlife lives in the Harenna Forest, but they face pressure from development. There are few places in Ethiopia—or the world—quite like the Harenna Forest. Spread across the southern slopes of the Bale Mountains, it is the second-largest stand of moist tropical forest in Ethiopia and the largest cloud forest in the country. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image of the forest on February 5, 2021. The forest grows in highland areas at elevations of 1400 to 3200 meters (4,600 to 10,500 feet) above sea level. From the mostly treeless Sanetti Plateau, an escarpment drops sharply into a series of forested ecosystems defined by altitude, including areas where bamboo, tree heather, fig, fern pines, hagenia, and wild coffee thrive. Forest wildlife includes monkeys, baboons, bushbucks, warthogs, lions, leopards, hyena, and wild dogs. While there are dense tracts of forest sou...
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Former Argentina World Cup star Cavallero charged with manslaughter

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Pablo Cavallero, a former Argentina goalkeeper has been charged with manslaughter after his involvement in a fatal car crash. The 26-cap international goalkeeper – who spent much of his career in Spain – was reported to have hit 57-year-old Juan Rivero with his vehicle on Route 2 near Etcheverry, Argentina. Ambulances rushed to the scene from a nearby toll booth on the motorway, but Rivero died at the scene. ( The Sun ) 
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Portugal prepared to send its vaccine doses to Africa

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Portugal is set to allocate 5 percent of its share of coronavirus vaccine doses to African nations. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa disclosed on Friday at the end of an EU session. His country’s donation would focus on countries where Portuguese is the main language. The proposal follows a suggestion from French President Emmanuel Macron, who has urged rich nations to share 4 or 5 per cent of their vaccine doses with needier countries. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has also shown interest in the idea. Costa’s statement builds on promises made by all 27 EU national leaders on Thursday to extend aid amid the crisis. (dpa) 
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US rapper Safaree calls marriage biggest mistake, ex-wife reacts

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Jamaican-American rapper, songwriter Safaree Lloyd Samuels popularly known as Safaree has said getting married is one of his biggest mistakes he has made in life. This is coming just a day after he shared loved-up photos of his wife Erica Mena. Taking to the microblogging platform, Twitter, the rapper said he will never get married again and he is walking away from the current one before he ends up in jail. In a since-deleted Twitter post, the Love & Hip Hop: New York personality wrote, “I mean this from the bottom of my heart getting married was 1 of my BIGGEST mistakes and it will never happen again. I’m walking away before I End up in jail over some dumb shit. Nobody is worth my freedom!!!” Safaree, who dated Nicki Minaj for years, married Erica Mena in October 2019, and they share a daughter, Safire Majesty Samuels, born in 2020. See tweet below; Erica took to Twitter to respond to Safaree’s claims, saying that the feelings are mutual. She also added tha...
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Vanessa Bryant blasts Meek Mill over insensitive lyrics about “Kobe”

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Vanessa Bryant, the wife of late Basketball legend, Kobe Bryant, has called out popularly American rapper Meek Mill, over disrespectful lyrics about her husband. The 33- year- old took to Instagram to talk about the song titled “Don’t worry” which reads: “This b**ch I’m f**kin’ always tell me that she love me, but she ain’t ever showed me / Yeah, and if I ever lack, I’m goin’ out with my chopper, it be another Kobe.” Vennessa says the Rapper didn’t go the right way in remembering her husband. She said she doesn’t listen to his songs but the memory he is trying to keep is a disrespectful one. According to her: “Dear @meekmill, I find this line to be extremely insensitive and disrespectful. Period. “I am not familiar with any of your music, but I believe you can do better than this. “If you are a fan, fine, there’s a better way to show your admiration for my husband,” she continued. “This lacks respect and tact.” However, Mill has said he later apologized to Vanes...
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US Supreme Court orders Trump to submit tax records

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a New York City prosecutor to obtain the tax returns of former President Donald Trump, as part of a criminal investigation. The ruling is a big blow to Trump’s quest to conceal details of his finances. The justices rebuffed Trump’s request to put on hold an Oct. 7 lower court ruling directing the former Republican president’s longtime accounting firm, Mazars USA, to comply with a subpoena to turn over the materials to a grand jury convened by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, a Democrat. Trump’s tax records are not supposed to become public as part of prosecutors’ investigation, but the apex court’s action is a blow to Trump because he has for so long fought on so many fronts to keep his tax records shielded from view. The ongoing investigation the records are part of could also become an issue for Trump in his life after the presidency. Trump has called it ‘a fishing expedition’ and ‘a continuation of the witch hunt...
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Tottenham did not deserve to lose at West Ham: Mourinho

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Jose Mourinho has said Tottenham deserved to win against West Ham as they fell 2-1 to their London rivals. In Mourinho’s post-match interview, the Portuguese tactician said the result was saddening. He praised the team for the way they played in the second half. In contrast, West Ham did not play in the second half and only defended, he said. “The result is there. They have the points and we have the sadness and the frustration. The good feeling is the way the team played, especially in the second half. “No doubt the team wanted to win, no doubt the team was fighting together for a different result, and I believe we deserved a different result. “They didn’t play in the second half, they just fought and defended. ” We played, we created chances, we scored a goal, should score more, hit the post twice, had fantastic crosses across the face of goal waiting for a touch, even sometimes an own goal. “We had great positions from the edge of the box, shots that normally you think t...
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