Restrictions are reimposed for hundreds of thousands of people in catalonia. Also ahead egypt is to hold elections for any council of senators 16 years after the chamber was dissolved. Saturday saw the highest number of coronavirus cases worldwide since the start of the pandemic and the majority of those new infections were recorded in latin america the region has now surpassed europe in the number of covert 900 cases some 2 and a half 1000000 and that figure is growing rapidly the statistics are being driven up the way by brazil which has reported more than one and a half 1000000 infections while more than 63000 people have died through in chile are quickly approaching 300000 cases mexico has also been reporting record new infections it now has the 2nd highest death toll in latin america after brazil and listened around preeti is monitoring developments in the region from bogota. The situation is getting worse in other countries that have been successful at least at the beginning and
The quest to go higher, faster, and farther during the first halfcentury of aviation. Hi, im jeremy kinney. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of this story of higher, faster, and farther in the history of aviation. But first i want to talk about the air and space museum overall. The air and space museum has over 8 million visitors a year between the National Mall building and the stephen f. Udvarhazy center. Were looking at over 500 aircraft and helicopters. Of those aircraft, about 67 are on display on the National Mall building. So, what supports these artifacts is up to 60,000 individual small and medium artifacts. But what were going to talk about today is the story of higher, faster, and farther, which is scene sooen as a cliche in many ways throughout the history of aviation but actually has a real meaning to it, in which we look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. And so, the idea of flying
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