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By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Astronomers working with South Africa’s SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with Elon Musk’s Starlink will protect their groundbreaking observations, a senior scientist said. Discussions to bring Musk’s internet service Starlink in South Africa have already been contentious, with parent company SpaceX criticising local …

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By Shivansh Tiwary NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Ethiopian Airlines is looking to order at least 20 regional or small narrowbody jets as it moves to expand its domestic fleet and replace some ageing aircraft, the airline’s chief executive told Reuters on Monday. “We are evaluating three aircraft models, the E-2 from Embraer, the A220 from Airbus, …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A gauge of South African manufacturing sentiment fell further in May, with survey respondents citing persistent logistical issues that have held back demand. The seasonally-adjusted Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) sponsored by South African bank Absa declined to 43.1 points from 44.7 in April. It was the seventh straight month that the headline PMI …

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By Mark Gleeson CAIRO (Reuters) -Unfancied Pyramids of Egypt might have been crowned African champions on Sunday, but their Croatian coach Krunoslav Jurcic said they still faced a struggle to assert themselves in their own country. The club – who changed their name, moved to Cairo and won promotion to the Egyptian top flight seven …

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CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt unveiled plans on Sunday to build a desert city that will see about 7% of Egypt’s annual Nile River quota rerouted from fertile delta land to pass by upscale glass-fronted housing units and eventually a large agricultural project. Egypt, facing mounting water shortages, power constraints, and a deepening economic crisis, wants the …

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