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NASA, USAID Invite Media to Launch of New SERVIR Central America Hub

NASA, USAID Invite Media to Launch of New SERVIR Central America Hub

Science and Nature
NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) welcome media to the main launch event of the brand-new SERVIR Central America local center, situated in Costa Rica, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 11 a.m. EST. The occasion will be hosted by NASA SERVIR Program Manager Daniel Irwin, U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador William H. Duncan, and an agent from El Salvador's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN). Central America is the current addition to SERVIR's international network, a NASA and USAID effort that has actually been running in Asia, Africa, and Latin America given that 2005. Executed by the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), SERVIR Central America will reinforce environment durability, sustainable resource management, and biodivers...
Lebanese cease-fire efforts inch ahead as Israel maintains intense barrage

Lebanese cease-fire efforts inch ahead as Israel maintains intense barrage

General
BEIRUT-- An Israeli airstrike flattened a structure near among Beirut's busiest traffic junctions Friday, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel maintained its heightened barrage even as diplomacy focused on protecting a cease-fire revealed tentative indications of development.Pushing its offensive versus the Iran-backed militant group, Israel has today stepped up airstrikes versus the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburban areas-- an escalation that has actually accompanied signs of motion in U.S.-led diplomatic contacts towards ending the dispute.Among numerous airstrikes on Friday early morning, the attack struck near the Tayouneh junction in a location where the residential areas satisfy other parts of the city, a more main target than the majority of that Israel has actually struck. T...