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Minqaria bata was around the size of a pony (3-4 meters long) and closely resembles the European species of duckbill dinosaur. Credit: Raul MartinFossils of pony-sized duckbill dinosaurs from Morocco have been discovered by an international team of scientists. Their analysis reveals a surprising connection between the dinosaurs of Europe and Africa.How did duckbill dinosaurs, a group that evolved in North America, end up in Morocco? At the end of the Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago, high sea levels and the breakup…

A United Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft is seen taking off from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines is planning to launch flights to Marrakesh, Morocco, and Medellin, Colombia, and ramp up its service to Asia, in the carrier's latest bet that consumers will continue to shell out for trips abroad.The flights from United's Newark, New Jersey, hub to Marrakesh are scheduled to begin Oct. 24 using a Boeing 767-300ER. The carrier's Houston-to-Medellin flight is slated…

The first time that DYSTINCT ever attended a soccer match was in Qatar to watch his beloved Morocco beat Spain in the Round of 16 at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It just so happened that his track “Ghazali” — a fun love song with Belgian artist Bryan MG, featuring a strumming guitar infused with a fresh spin on Moroccan chaabi music — served as the victory song for Morocco each time they won. “I stayed and I saw everything with my own eyes there,” a jovial DYSTINCT recalls over Zoom from his hotel room in Côte…

Map detailing seismicity surrounding the High Atlas Mountains, including M 5 and larger seismicity predating the 2023 Al Houz Earthquake (orange circles), the 2023 Al Haouz mainshock (fuchsia circle), and aftershocks (blue circles). Credit: The Seismic Record (2023). DOI: 10.1785/0320230040 In their rapid characterization of the magnitude 6.8 Al Haouz earthquake in Morocco, researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey's National…

Pan-African e-commerce giant Jumia Technologies will end the running of its food delivery arm this month in Nigeria and six other markets where it has footprints on the continent. The decision is part of a cost-cutting push aimed at refocusing the company on expanding its online retail business. Jumia Foods, which accounted for 11 per cent of Jumia’s gross merchandise value – the value of goods sold via its platform – in the nine months to September has never recorded a profit since it commenced business. In…

HCLTech has announced the launch of its Global Delivery Center (GDC) in Rabat, Morocco. The GDC is the company’s first facility in Morocco and is part of the company’s nearshore strategy to serve global enterprises. It will deliver transformation projects to clients across HCLTech’s portfolio themes of digital, engineering, cloud, AI and software. The launch follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between HCLTech and the Government of Morocco in 2022 to invest in the technology sector. Roshni Nadar Malhotra,…

Apple Pay, the feature that allows people to make contactless payments using an iPhone or an Apple Watch, is now available in Morocco for the first time.Moroccan customers of one bank can now sign up to use Apple Pay and make secure and private payments. People will also be able to make payments online using Apple Pay as well.Customers of CIH Bank in Morocco were given the news of Apple Pay support via a post to Twitter.Apple Pay expansionCIH Bank's tweet says that customers "can now pay with your iPhone and your watch…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Friday said it had signed four significant agreements related to the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project. The NNPCL in a statement by Garba Deen Muhammad, the chief corporate communications officer of the company, said the four memoranda of understanding (MoU) were signed on Friday in Abuja as part of the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project. It said these tripartite MOUs were signed between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and the…

Scientists have discovered a new species of mosasaur, a giant sea-dwelling lizard that dates back to the age of the dinosaurs, that stands out because of its unique, star-shaped teeth.It’s thought that mosasaurs and other marine reptiles were on a rapid evolutionary path until about 66 million years ago when a 6-mile-wide (10-km-wide) space rock called the Chicxulub impactor, slammed into the Earth off the coast of what's now the Gulf of Mexico, wiping out the dinosaurs and around 90% of life on the planet.The…

<!----> LG Energy Solution (LGES) signed an agreement to procure lithium from a producer based in Morocco, as the South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer looks to diversify its sourcing of battery minerals to help its customers qualify for government incentives in various global markets.…