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France24 Food security and seeds: Inviting wild relatives to the table

 

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Food, fuel shortages possible if rail disruptions continue

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Coronavirus outbreak: Number of confirmed cases on cruise ship in Japan rises

 

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Australia - Melbourne hits by hail storm with rain

 

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Huge Dust Storm And Lightning In NSW, Australia

 

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Infrasound from fireball seen from Singapore-Johor on 12 Feb
Earth Observatory of Singapore

 

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Going Hungry In Singapore, A Cheap Food Paradise | Special Report, Part 1/2

 

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《焦点访谈》防疫不松劲 复工加把劲 20200221

 

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Southern US flooding submerges homes, cars

UK floods 2020 Uncharted territory ITV News

 

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Locust plague Turns Bahrain Sky Black

Desert locusts invade South Sudan
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/19/WS5e4d3164a310128217278c85.html

China deploys army of 1 lakh ‘duck troops’ to counter locust attacks
https://theprint.in/environment/chi...duck-troops-to-counter-locust-attacks/369425/

Locust swarms under control in Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahsa
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1631816/saudi-arabia

Rajasthan government to prepare anti-locust strategy based on Field Study
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...based-on-field-study/articleshow/74261747.cms
Times of India

 

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Australia Fire Animal Rescue

 

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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Earlier on Feb 18

 

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[中国新闻] 防控复工两手抓 中国多地有序开展复工复产 | 新冠肺炎疫情报道

 

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China sends locust extermination staff to Pakistan
https://bingepost.com/china-sends-locust-extermination-team-to-pakistan/39164/

It is understood that a swarm of locust have reached Iran coast but Iran is down playing the threat at the moment. The main swarm entering Yemen is actually from India. The other source is Ethiopia, Djibouti, Africa.

At this point, there are many sites which spread news and rumours like chain letter on Number of Locust and that of India Army no food, retreat. It is spreading like wild fire, hence read with extreme discretion.

 

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Canada is starting to evacuate their citizen from Africa back to Canada.

Due to situation now all of the citizens there has NOT been notified.

 

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As it is now, situation also worsen in Iran. Yes, both the China Chinese and the Canadian they have to pay their way to go home.

In the case of Ah long, he has to be quarantine 14 days. Currently he is back at ChangSha.

 

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ChengDu is the factory where they make China J-20 fighter jet, but they making mask now.

 

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