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  From :- BBC  World News   By :-  Jasmin Fox-Skelly  Edited by :- Amal Udawatta   Chris Howes (Credit: Chris Howes) Ancient bacteria, trapped in caves for millions of years, live in a miniature world of terror. Their only food source is each other. The survival tactics they develop make them resistant to almost all antibiotics. Now scientists hope to use their tricks to inspire new drugs and treatments. Deep underground, plunging 1,604ft (489m) beneath the Chihuahuan Desert in southern New Mexico, lies the Lechuguilla Cave, a cavern which stretches on for 149 miles (240km). There is no light, and little to eat either. Any living thing must eke out an existence under conditions of near starvation. "You can go in an entrance and travel for 16 hours in one direction before you get to the end of it," says Hazel Barton, professor of geological sciences at the University of Alabama.  "So you're a very, very, very long way from the entrance. You're iso...

   From :- BBC world News    By :-   Basillioh Rukanga   Edited by :- Amal Udawatta AFP via Getty Images Starlink owner Elon Musk is the world's richest man Namibia has rejected an application by Elon Musk-owned Starlink for a licence to provide satellite internet services in the country, dealing the company a second setback in southern Africa. The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran) announced the decision without giving reasons for its refusal, but noted that Starlink's Namibian subsidiary did not have local ownership. Starlink has not yet commented on the decision. It operates in about 25 African countries but has faced regulatory challenges in others, including South Africa, where ownership rules have also blocked its entry. Namibian law requires that at least 51% shares in any telecommunications company must be owned by citizens or local entities. Namibia is a former colony of Germany, and was under the rule of South Africa's whi...