Category: Life
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There have been ‘hottest’ years recorded in the last 8 years in the world
The last 8 years have been the hottest 8 years recorded since 1960, when instrument-based temperature measurements were made in the world, where air temperatures are higher every 10 years than the previous 10 years. “Average temperatures in the world have risen 3 degrees above the average in northwest Siberia.” Global warming continues to be…
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US Treasury Secretary Yellen’s ‘extraordinary precaution’ warning
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged Congress to take “immediate action” to increase or suspend the debt limit, saying the country is expected to reach its debt limit on January 19. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has written a new letter to the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, regarding the debt…
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Not Now, Europe. Second War Threatens to Explode
As Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine heads towards its one-year anniversary, another European flashpoint is in danger of reigniting a second war on the continent. Kosovo was at the center of the last all out-war in Europe in the late ‘90s and tensions there have never fully dissipated. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has this week put his army on its…
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More than 60 killed in blizzard wreaking havoc across U.S.
The death toll from the historic blizzard across the United States climbed to 64 on Tuesday, as record snowfall blocked roads, hindering rescue operations, officials said. Confirming seven additional fatalities in Buffalo, Mayor Byron Brown said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” that the storm was “probably worse than anything that this city has seen in over 50…
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The Middle East’s journey to 50 billion trees
Announced at Cop27, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ambition to plant the equivalent of six-and-a-half trees for every person on earth Trees, with their natural ability to sequester carbon — to draw it from the atmosphere and lock it up as wood — are an easy-to-understand way of tackling the climate emergency. Opening…