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Salla (Finland), Feb 14 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Juanjo Galán).- The remote town of Salla, in Finnish Lapland, has become world-famous thanks to an original campaign on social media that aims to raise awareness on climate change through a false candidacy to host the Summer Olympics in 2032.The campaign, called "Save Salla, save the planet", has gone viral and has already reached more than 250 million people through social media since its launch in late January, according to its promoters. SOUNDBITES OF ERKKI PARKKINEN, SALLA MAYOR.
They say that we know more about the infinite expanse of the cosmos than we know about our own oceans. Well one new Russian underwater drone called the Glider 2.0 might be able to close the gap. The 8 foot long autonomous underwater robot was tested outside St. Petersburg in the Leningrad Oblast on Wednesday. However, the military has also taken note of his modern day robotic Jacques Cousteau. The torpedo-like Glider 2.0 can operate completely autonomously, has stealth capabilities, and can stay in the sea for up to six months at a time between refueling and service. This makes it ideal for military purposes, including surveillance and reconnaissance. In essence, the Glider 2.0 will make an excellent underwater spy. A new modification of the Glider is already being worked on. Developers are planning on increasing its speed and equipping it with a folding water propeller.
'Mini Team Sky' asks some tough questions of winning Tour de France cyclists
Speaking in Moscow on Tuesday, Russian Minister of Sports Vitali Mutko commented on the World Anti-Doping Agency's report which alleges to have uncovered state-sponsored doping programmes for Russian athletes at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He slammed WADA, saying that it became a "punitive organisation" and it "places itself above the movement: it dictates the rules, it extends the lists and includes an endless amount of medication into the lists, it doesn't care about athletes, about their health".
Professor Richard McLaren presented the findings of his World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commissioned report into allegations of Russian state sponsored doping at a conference in Toronto on Monday. He described the methodology allegedly used by Russian authorities to cover up doping by the country's athletes at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.
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