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Helicopters drop water bombs in a bid to quell a wildfire near Cape Town's Table Mountain which has spread to University of Cape Town campus and engulfed numerous buildings. IMAGES
Puebla, Mar 27 (EFE).- A student at a university in the central Mexican state of Puebla has used genetic techniques to create a new, larger variant of the Flemish Giant, already regarded as the largest breed of rabbit.Flemish Giants can weight anywhere from 6 kg (13.2 lbs) to 10 kg (22 lbs) and exist in a range of colors, including black, blue, fawn, sandy and various shades of gray, as well as white. (Camera: GABRIELA GARCIA).SHOT LIST: GIANT RABBITS BRED BY KIRO YAKIN IN PUEBLA, MEXICO.SOUND BITES: KIRO YAKIN, A UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND BREEDER.TRANSLATIONS: - This breed is called the Flemish Giant Rabbit. This is the largest breed in the world and in Mexico.- Many breed them because they give larger and better meat with less time.- Other people and farmers keep them as house pets because they are sedentary. You'll find them lying around on the ground most of the time.
Cape Town (South Africa), Mar 12 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Nic Bothma).- South African students protested Friday in Cape Town over the high price of tuition fees. South African minister of higher education Blade Nzimande said on Monday that the National Students Financial Aid Scheme, which provides study loans to poor students, is experiencing a funding shortfall.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN CAPE TOWN.
College campuses across the U.S. are seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases. More than half of colleges across the country reported "spikes" in positive coronavirus cases. According to UPI, the data suggests that students and others may be "super-spreaders". Since the start of the pandemic, many colleges and universities across the country closed their campuses. Researchers say the data "confirm the widespread fear in early fall that colleges could become the new hot spots".
Colombian police fire tear gas at demonstrators in Bogota as they try to occupy the National University, stopping traffic and disrupting public transportation. IMAGES