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Geneva, Apr 28 (EFE).- A total of 1.2 million people were recorded as newly internally displaced in Latin America last year, forced to abandon their homes due to natural disasters or violence. The Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre published its annual global report for 2019 on Tuesday, which gave an alarming overview of the situation in the region.Globally a total of 50.8 million people were recorded as internally displaced last year, the highest number ever reported.SOUNDBITES OF ALEXANDRA BILAK, DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT MONITORING CENTRE (IDMC).
German officials have denied a report by the Bild daily that says the country expects up to 1.5 million asylum seekers this year. Nathan Frandino reports.
World Tuberculosis Day is held on March 24 to spread awareness about a disease that, according to the World Health Organization, kills 1.5 million people globally every year and infected 9 million people in 2013.
After an absence of two years, the Singapore Grand Prix is back, run as usual at the 5.063 kilometre-long Marina Bay circuit. As always since its inception in 2008, Sunday’s 61 lap race, equivalent to 308.706 kilometres will be run entirely at night. Singapore was the very first Formula 1 race to be run from start to finish under floodlights, with over 1700 of them around the track. Even though the sun has set, it is one of the toughest races of the season for drivers, engineers and mechanics because of the heat and high humidity, while the ever present threat of rain can make for unpredictability on track.Characteristics. The street circuit is very slow and twisty, with the unforgiving walls right up against the side of the track. A high aerodynamic downforce is the order of the day, but despite that, top speeds exceed 310 km/h, thanks in part to the DRS system which can be used at three points: on the main straight, between turns 5 and 7 and between 13 and 14.Critical points. The track is very hard on the braking system, given that the drivers hit the brake pedal for about 22 seconds per lap. On the other hand, engine power is less important, with drivers only spending 44% of the lap at full throttle, but the internal combustion engine still comes under significant stress because of heat and high humidity levels. Another key element is fuel consumption with drivers often being advised to “lift and coast”, getting off the throttle early, rather than braking hard, to avoid running out of fuel in the closing stages.
Lisbon (Portugal), Sep 14 (EFE).- (Camera: Paula Fernández) More than 1.2 million students between the ages of six and eighteen return to class this week in Portugal, where the course presents a year more loaded with measures to face the coronavirus but with the hope that it will be easier than the previous ones.FOOTAGE OF A SCHOOL IN LISBON.SOUNDBITES OF RAQUEL, MOTHER OF A 9-YEAR-OLD BOY; SOFIA, MOTHER OF A 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL; JOAN, FATHER OF CHILDREN 6 AND 9 YEARS OLD.Translation:- Raquel, mother of a 9-year-old boy:"Sure. If there is no confinement I think it will be a normal year. You will only have to wear a mask, but I think there will be no interference due to the coronavirus, I think it will be easier than last year."On the mask: "It's good, it doesn't matter. It's a simple thing and you will avoid a lot of problems if everyone uses it."- Sofia, mother of a 6-year-old girl:"I think it will be a little easier but it will not be everything as before yet. There are many things that can happen, some variant that comes ... You never know."Mask: "Here in Portugal it is only compulsory from the age of 10. My daughter is 6 and still wears a mask because last year she was in the United States, the students always wore a mask during the school year and there was no interruption or no case in her class. And she managed to do the entire school year. Therefore I think that it should not only be highly recommended, as the DGS says but also mandatory for all children from 6 years of age "."He always wore it last year and he did not complain, all the students took it, it is just a matter of habit and that the parents do not say" poor children ". They get used to it."