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Russia blocks GPS on hundreds of RAF flights

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Russia has jammed the GPS on hundreds of RAF flights flying through Eastern Europe this year, with Grant Shapps’ flight on its way back from Poland in March. An in-depth analysis has revealed the dangers of such practices for both civilian and military flights and provides insight into the extent of Russian interference in aviation. … Read more

‘Living rocks’ off Saudi Arabia’s Sheybarah Island offer a glimpse of how life on Earth began

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LONDON: It was a kind of accidental discovery, Volker Vahrenkamp admits with a smile. “Sometimes these things need a little luck.” Vahrenkamp, ​​a professor of geology at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal, on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, had set out with a team of colleagues to investigate a coastal geological … Read more