Month: July 2022

Study: Climate Change Made UK Heat Wave Hotter, More Likely

Human-caused climate change made last week’s deadly heat wave in England and Wales at least 10 times more likely and added a few degrees to how brutally hot it got, a study said. A team of international scientists found that the heat wave that set a new national record high at 40.3 degrees Celsius was made stronger and more likely by the buildup of heat-trapping gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. They said Thursday that temperatures were 2 to 4 degrees Celsius warmer in the heat wave than they would have been without climate change, depending …

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Macron Hosts Saudi Crown Prince With Oil, Iran, Rights on Agenda

French President Emmanuel Macron hosts Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday as part of increased Western efforts to court the major oil-producing state amid the war in Ukraine and faltering talks to revive a nuclear deal with Iran. French opposition figures and human rights groups have criticized Macron’s decision to invite to dinner at the Elysee Palace a man Western leaders believe ordered the murder in 2018 of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The visit to Paris by the de facto Saudi ruler, comes two weeks after he held talks in Saudi Arabia with U.S. President Joe Biden. …

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Russian Missiles Hit Kyiv, Chernihiv Regions

For the first time in weeks, Russia launched missiles Thursday at Ukraine’s capital area, Kyiv, and the northern Chernihiv region, in what Ukraine alleged was retaliation for its continued resistance to Moscow’s invasion. Russia attacked the Kyiv region with six missiles launched from the Black Sea, wounding 15 people, five of them civilians, a Ukrainian regional governor said. Ukraine said it had shot down one of the missiles but that Moscow’s forces had hit a military compound in the village of Liutizh outside the capital, destroying one building and damaging two others. Kyiv regional Governor Oleksiy Kuleba linked the attacks …

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Нова суддя КСУ рекомендувала не розглядати подання про обмеження терміну базування іноземних військ в Україні

Це був її науковий висновок як доцентки кафедри Київського національного університету імені Т. Шевченка на запит Конституційного суду …

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Ракетний удар по Кропивницькому: загинули 5 людей, багато поранених

Унаслідок ракетного удару російських військ по Кропивницькому загинули п’ятеро людей, ще 25 отримали поранення, повідомив у телеграмі голова Кіровоградської ОВА Андрій Райкович.  Райкович також повідомив, що російські ракети влучили в ангари. «Тип ракет встановлюється. Поки що не знайдено уламків ракет. Експерти працюють. Паралельно йде ліквідація наслідків ракетного удару. Було два попадання в ангари. Є загиблі, поранені. Нині 25 уже доставлені до медичних закладів. П’ятеро загиблих. Є матеріальні втрати», – сказав він під час брифінгу.    …

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US Proposes Swapping Prisoners With Russia

The United States said Wednesday it has made a “substantial proposal” to Russia, which people familiar with the matter described as a prisoner swap that would send convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout back to Moscow to secure the release of American professional basketball star Brittney Griner and accused spy Paul Whelan. The proposal was made several weeks ago, in June, although nothing has come of it to date even as officials from the two governments have discussed it. But U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, while declining to discuss details of the would-be deal, told reporters in Washington he …

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