Sri Lanka's lawmakers to elect new president on July 20th
Sri Lanka's lawmakers to elect new president on July 20th NKjXN
Let's take a look at what's going on in 'The World Now'. In Sri Lanka the president has fled the country. According to local officials, Sri Lanka's president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has flown out of the country, and is heading to the Maldives. The 73-year-old leader had been forced to announce his resignation amid protests, . . . on the back of the country's worst economic situation since its independence, marked by food and fuel shortages. . . Rajapaksa was reportedly joined by three passengers including his wife and bodyguard on a military plane on Tuesday, . . . after unsuccessfully trying to leave on two flights from Bandaranaike International Airport. The development comes as Rajapaksa planned to resign on Wednesday, . . . Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's parliament is set to reassemble on July 15th and will select the new president on July 20th. In the UK eight Conservatives are set to face off for the country's leadership position. The Conservative Party's 1922 Committee announced the nominated candidates on Tuesday ahead of the first round of voting on Wednesday. . The eight candidates set out their cases to fellow Conservative MPs in a closed session on Tuesday night, with the key issues likely to be tax cuts, serious government and honesty. A poll for the Conservative Home website found that former defence minister Penny Mordaunt is most popular with members, . . . while bookmakers have former finance minister Rishi Sunak as the lead candidate. The new British prime minister is set to be announced on September 5th. In the first six months of 2022, deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record high. Data from the Brazilian Space Agency shows roughly 3-thousand-800 square kilometers of the rainforest have disappeared. This is the greatest loss since 2016 and is a size five times greater than New York City. Further data reveals that Amazon wildfires in June were the highest in 15 years and came earlier than the usual fire season in August and September. Greenpeace Brazil has blamed the destruction of the forest on agribusiness clearing land to grow crops. Continued burning and clear-cutting is also hampering the Amazon's ability to recycle rainwater, increasing the risk of drought and tree die-offs. Scientists say that over the last century 17-percent of the rainforest has been lost.
There may be a new way to clean up microplastics from our oceans. . . using mini robot fish. Made by a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University, the soft robot fish is just 1. 3-centimeters in size. They aim to have the fish collect microplastics while providing data on real time marine pollution. The fish is controlled and powered by light, and can be safely ingested by other fish due to its biocompatible polyurethane makeup. It can even self-heal when damaged. The fish also outswims the competition, able to move at 2. 76 body lengths per second.
Let
's take a look at what's going on in 'The World
Now
'. In Sri Lanka the president has fled the country. According to local officials, Sri Lanka's president,
Gotabaya
Rajapaksa
, has flown out of the country, and is heading to the Maldives. The 73-year-
old
leader had
been forced
to announce his resignation amid protests
, .
.
.
on
the back of the country's worst economic situation since its independence, marked by food and fuel shortages.
.
.
Rajapaksa
was reportedly
joined
by three passengers including his wife and bodyguard on a military
plane
on Tuesday
, .
.
.
after
unsuccessfully
trying to
leave
on two flights from
Bandaranaike
International Airport. The development
comes
as
Rajapaksa
planned to resign on Wednesday
, .
.
.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's parliament
is set
to reassemble on July 15th and will select the
new
president on July 20th. In the UK eight
Conservatives
are set
to face off for the country's leadership position. The
Conservative
Party's 1922 Committee announced the nominated candidates on Tuesday ahead of the
first
round of voting on Wednesday.
.
The eight candidates set out their cases to fellow
Conservative
MPs in a closed session on Tuesday night, with the key issues likely to be tax
cuts
, serious
government
and honesty. A poll for the
Conservative
Home website found that former
defence
minister Penny
Mordaunt
is most popular with members
, .
.
.
while
bookmakers have former finance minister
Rishi
Sunak
as the lead candidate. The
new
British prime minister
is set
to
be announced
on September 5th. In the
first
six months of 2022, deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record high. Data from the Brazilian Space Agency
shows
roughly 3-thousand-800 square kilometers of the rainforest have disappeared. This is the greatest loss since 2016 and is a size five times greater than
New
York City.
Further
data reveals that Amazon wildfires in June were the highest in 15 years and came earlier than the usual fire season in August and September. Greenpeace Brazil has blamed the destruction of the forest on agribusiness clearing land to grow crops. Continued burning and
clear
-cutting is
also
hampering the Amazon's ability to recycle rainwater, increasing the
risk
of drought and tree
die
-offs. Scientists say that over the last century 17-percent of the rainforest has
been lost
.
There may be a
new
way to clean up microplastics from our oceans.
.
.
using
mini robot fish. Made by a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University, the soft robot fish is
just
1.
3-centimeters
in size. They aim to have the fish collect microplastics while providing data on real time marine pollution. The fish
is controlled
and powered by light, and can be
safely
ingested by other fish due to its biocompatible polyurethane makeup. It can even self-heal when damaged. The fish
also
outswims
the competition, able to
move
at 2. 76 body lengths per second.
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