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Image A photo of Fuad Shukr, from a wanted poster released by the U.S. State Department. Rewards for Justice, via Associated PressIt was not immediately clear whether Mr. Shukr, also known by his nom de guerre al-Hajj Mohsin, survived the Israeli assassination attempt. Assaf Orion, a retired Israeli brigadier general, described Mr. Shukr as “an experienced veteran” who had worked intensively to develop Hezbollah’s precision-guided missile apparatus. Analysts say the munitions are a particular concern for Israeli military planners. “It’s kind of run by committee, but Fuad Shukr is more or less first among equals,” he said, adding that Mr. Shukr reported directly to Mr. Nasrallah.

Persons: Fuad Shukr, Shukr, guerre, Hajj Mohsin, ”, Hassan Nasrallah, Mustafa Badreddine, Assaf, Matthew Levitt, Mohanad Hage Ali, Mr, Levitt, “, Nasrallah, Ronen Bergman Organizations: U.S, U.S . State Department . Credit, Justice, Associated, The State Department, Hezbollah, Washington Institute for Near, Carnegie Middle East, Israel Locations: Beirut, Golan, Syria, American, Israeli, Lebanon

☆ Israel targets Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike after deadly Golan Heights attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Tamara Qiblawi | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Beirut CNN —Israel says it has launched a strike in Beirut, Lebanon, targeting a Hezbollah commander that it blamed for a deadly attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. An Israeli official identified the target of the strike as Fu’ad Shukr, also known as al-Hajj Mohsin. Israel wanted to send “a very strong message” with tonight’s strike, according to a senior Israeli official, but hopes to avoid further escalation. Hezbollah denied responsibility for the strike but did say it had fired at Israeli military targets in the area. Tuesday’s attack is of a different caliber, marking the largest Israeli escalation with the powerful Lebanese militant group since October 8.

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The tragedy is sadly far from unique; extreme heat is turning ordinary activities deadly. Heat is the deadliest type of extreme weather, and the human-caused climate crisis is making heat waves more severe and prolonged. What heat does to your heartVideo Ad Feedback A rise in heat and humidity pushes the heart rate up. In extreme heat, your heart must work much harder to keep your body’s internal temperature stable. Blood flow to your brain decreases in extreme heat as breathing speeds up and blood vessels constrict inside your neck and skull.

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☆ Opinion: We built our world for a climate that no longer exists
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Opinion Jeff Goodell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But it’s evidence of one of the central truths of our time, and one that is becoming more and more apparent every day: We have built our world for a climate that no longer exists. But less than two months earlier, a sudden windstorm in the city blacked out electricity for more than a million people. How many blackouts will it take before we realize today’s power grid was built for yesterday’s climate? One clear example: the incredible decline in the cost of renewable power in recent years. In virtually every part of the world, electricity generated by renewable power is cheaper than electricity generated by fossil fuels.

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☆ Opinion | The Tragedy at This Year’s Hajj Is Just the Beginning
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A potter’s field burial site on Hart Island was receiving 24 bodies each day, as many as the city typically used to bury there in a week. Last month in Karachi, Pakistan, temperatures approached 120 degrees Fahrenheit and hospitals reportedly treated thousands for heatstroke. A nonprofit operating four mortuaries registered 128 deaths in a single day, mostly of people on the margins of society. In June, more than one-third of the country’s population was under extreme heat advisories, but immediately after Independence Day things intensified. In Palm Springs, Calif., temperatures reached a record 124 degrees, Las Vegas broke its own previous record by three degrees and in Death Valley, Calif., temperatures reached 129, within one degree of the all-time, anywhere-in-the-world modern record.

Persons: Yorkers, ” Jeff Goodell, Mikhail Chester Organizations: New, Edhi Foundation, Las Locations: New York City, Hart, Karachi, Pakistan, Palm Springs, Calif, Las Vegas, Death Valley, California, Phoenix

Huda Omari sat outside a broker’s office in Jordan for two days, waiting for her visa to make the annual hajj, or pilgrimage, to Saudi Arabia. In Egypt, Magda Moussa’s three sons pooled their resources to scrape together nearly $9,000 to realize a dream of accompanying their mother to the hajj. When she got the go-ahead for the trip, she said, relatives and neighbors in her village ululated in celebration. The dayslong pilgrimage is a profound spiritual journey and an arduous trek under the best of circumstances. But this year, amid record heat, at least 1,300 pilgrims did not survive the hajj, and Saudi authorities said that more than 80 percent of the dead were pilgrims who lacked permits.

Persons: Huda Omari, Magda Moussa’s, Omari, Moussa Organizations: Saudi Locations: Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

☆ The Arizona primary where the MAGA movement is devouring itself
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

"He is running a very bigoted race," Hamadeh told me of Masters, "and MAGA and the America First movement is bigger than that." An anti-Hamadeh yard sign, paid for by the Masters campaign, beside one of Hamadeh's own signs in the 8th district. "This guy, he lost against Mark Kelly because he's a weirdo," Hamadeh told me. "I think that warrants some investigative journalism," Hamadeh told me. "I can't vote for you," one woman, apparently not a prospective constituent, told Hamadeh as she shook hands with him after the event, "but I'll give you a donation."

Persons: Abe Hamadeh, Hamadeh, I've, He's, Donald Trump, Kari Lake, MAGA, Blake Masters, Peter Thiel protégé, who's, It's, Bryan Metzger, Ben Toma, Debbie Lesko, Sen, Anthony Kern, There's, Trent Franks, Israel, there's, Lesko, —, Abraham, Abe, Ron Paul, Prophet Muhammad, Jesus, fashioning, he's, Trent, They're, MAGA bromides, JD Vance, Ohio, Masters, Vance, Ted Kacynski, Blake, Mark Kelly, Kari, Brandon Bell, Trump, Clarence Thomas, Thiel, Hamadeh's, Arizona Republic —, Rebecca Noble, Toma Organizations: Service, Republican, GOP, Arizona, Capitol, Trump, Masters, Supreme, Daily, University of, Maricopa County Attorney's, US Army Reserve, Republican Party, Senate, Sun City, Justice, Republicans, Sun City West, Stanford University, FBI, Thiel Capital, Fox News, Arizona Republic, Sun, Arizona House Locations: Phoenix, Arab American, Arizona, America, Tucson, North Phoenix, Washington, There's, Maricopa County, Mecca, Chicago, Skokie, United States, Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Vatican, Thailand, Japan, Sun City, crazies, Scottsdale, it's

☆ Young People Demand Change Ahead of Britain’s Election
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Megan Specia | Nikolay Nikolov | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

4:30After the Storm, a Fight for Survival in MozambiqueNOW PLAYINGYoung People Demand Change Ahead of Britain’s Election0:55Israel Orders Evacuations in Gaza City as Palestinians Report Strikes0:21Bodies Found Near Mount Fuji’s Crater0:39Bolivia’s Military Staged Apparent Coup Attempt1:48Following Protests, Kenya’s President Refuses to Sign Tax Bill0:12Evan Gershkovich Appears in Russian Court1:02Nairobi Police Use Live Rounds, Tear Gas and Water Cannons on Protesters1:22Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Must Serve in Military, Supreme Court Rules0:38Kenyan Protesters Storm Parliament as Lawmakers Pass Tax Increases1:02More Than 1,300 Die During Extremely Hot Hajj Pilgrimage0:41

Persons: Evan Gershkovich Organizations: Storm, Survival, Mozambique NOW, Young, Water Cannons, Kenyan Protesters Storm Locations: Mozambique, Israel, Gaza City, Nairobi

☆ For many Muslim pilgrims, a dangerous unauthorized Hajj is the only option
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Magdy Samaan | Clamping Down On Unauthorized Pilgrimage | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

He was among the more than 1,300 pilgrims who died during this year’s Hajj as temperatures in Saudi Arabia reached record levels. The tragedy, resulting in one of the highest Hajj death tolls in years, has brought attention to the shadowy industry of unauthorized pilgrimage agents. It is unclear how many unauthorized pilgrims made it to this year’s Hajj, but Saudi news outlet Al Sharq Al Awsat reported Tuesday that 141,000 such pilgrims received free medical treatment during the Hajj season. Clamping down on unauthorized pilgrimageBefore this year’s Hajj season started, Saudi authorities warned pilgrims against using agents selling unauthorized Hajj packages and had been in contact with other governments in an effort to crack down on the trend. Authorities had also arrested some illegal agents and issued warnings about penalties for those found to assist unauthorized pilgrims.

Persons: Cairo CNN —, Mahmoud, Salem, “, Abdelzaher Abdo Salem, Om Waleed, Abdelzaher, Mount Arafat, Salem’s, ” Mahmoud, –, Atef, ”, ” Aglan, Aglan, Al Sharq Al Awsat, Hania Hassan Salama, Salama, Mustafa Mohammed, Ahmad, General Muhammad bin Abdullah Al, Rafiq Maqbool Organizations: Cairo CNN, Al, Ma’aisam, Saudi, Egyptian Travel Agents Association, CNN, Hajj, Authorities, Public Security, Hajj Security Locations: Cairo, Abdo Salem, Mecca, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Salem, Abdelzaher, Mount, Mina, “, AFP, Saudi, Medina , Saudi Arabia

☆ At Least 11 Americans Among Those Dead in Hajj Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Jacey Fortin | Kate Selig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At least 11 Americans were among those who died while making the Islamic pilgrimage of hajj to Saudi Arabia this month in searing temperatures, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, adding that it was possible that more deaths could be confirmed in the coming days. The daughter, Saida Wurie, said she and her brothers had not yet been told where their parents, Isatu and Alieu Wurie, had been buried. She says she plans to travel to Saudi Arabia as soon as she learns where they are. “Losing a loved one is hard,” she said on Tuesday. “But then not being able to bury them is just an indescribable feeling.”

Persons: Saida Wurie, Alieu Wurie, ” Organizations: U.S . State Department Locations: Saudi Arabia, Maryland

☆ Heat Is Killing Thousands, and Big Events Have Not Adjusted
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Damien Cave | Somini Sengupta | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At large events all over the world, the scenes of extreme heat stress are starting to look familiar. And lines of the faithful — whether they seek religion, music, ballot boxes or sport — sweating under slivers of shade. And in many ways, that heavy toll was just the latest sign that crowd control and heat waves fueled by climate change are on a dangerous collision course. During India’s recent election, dozens of poll workers died on the job. Even as heat kills more people today than any other extreme weather event, there is still a dangerous cultural lag.

Organizations: Boy Scouts Locations: Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Australia, Europe, North America

☆ More than 1,300 people died during Hajj, many of them after walking in the scorching heat
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

More than 1,300 people died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced Sunday. All but 31 of them were unauthorized pilgrims, according to two officials in Cairo. Egypt has revoked the licenses of 16 travel agencies that helped unauthorized pilgrims travel to Saudi Arabia, authorities said. Those agencies left pilgrims in limbo in Mecca and the holy sites in scorching heat, the newspaper said. AP journalists saw pilgrims fainting from the scorching heat, especially on the second and third days of the Hajj.

Persons: Fahd bin Abdurrahman, Jalajel, Egypt's, Mina Organizations: Sunday, Saudi Health, Saudi, Saudi National Center for Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Locations: Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Riyadh, Cairo . Egypt, Mecca's Al, Muaisem, Egypt, Ahram, Indonesia, India, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Malaysia, U.S, Islam

☆ ‘We are happy he’s buried in Mecca,’ says daughter of man who died in Hajj heat wave
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Sentono had registered for the Hajj in 2018 and traveled to Mecca with his 83-year-old wife and neighbors from the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, Jumartiyah said. Some 241,000 Indonesian pilgrims were scheduled to make the journey to Mecca this year, according to Indonesian officials – the country’s largest ever quota. Mecca, the holy city that is central for Hajj pilgrims, saw temperatures soar to a record 125 degrees Fahrenheit (51 Celsius) on Monday. “Everybody is affected by deadly heat and sadly I am not surprised by (the Hajj) death toll,” he added. “Spending time outdoors in the extreme Mecca heat is risking death … so I am afraid there will be more deadly Hajj pilgrimages in the future.”

Persons: Heru Jumartiyah, Ngatijo Wongso Sentono, ”, Sentono, Jumartiyah, “, ” Jumartiyah, Pariyem, –, CNN ‘, Ahmad, Maximiliano Herrera, ” Herrera Organizations: CNN, Saudi, Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs Locations: Indonesian, Mecca, Indonesia, Mina, Yogyakarta, Hajj, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, ”

On Today’s Episode:Democrats Lean on Abortion Rights Message for Anniversary of End of Roe, by Katie GlueckFor Biden and Trump, a Debate Rematch With Even Greater Risks and Rewards, by Lisa Lerer, Shane Goldmacher, Jonathan Swan and Maggie HabermanPilgrim Deaths in Mecca Put Spotlight on Underworld Hajj Industry, by Emad Mekay and Vivian NereimGunmen Attack Synagogues and Churches in Russian Republic, by Anton Troianovski and Ivan Nechepurenko

Persons: Lean, Roe, Katie Glueck, Trump, Lisa Lerer, Shane Goldmacher, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman Pilgrim, Emad Mekay, Vivian Nereim, Anton Troianovski, Ivan Nechepurenko Organizations: Biden Locations: Mecca, Russian Republic

☆ More Than 1,000 Hajj Pilgrims Died. Here’s What to Know.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Cassandra Vinograd | Vivian Nereim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At least 1,300 people died during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca this year. It was unclear whether the death toll was higher than usual, as each year pilgrims die from heat stress, illness and chronic disease. But the toll has raised questions about whether Saudi Arabia made adequate preparations for intense heat and the influx of unregistered pilgrims who, the authorities say, relied on illicit tour operators to skirt the official permit process. Here’s what to know about this year’s hajj. The hajj, a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, is one of the five pillars of Islam, and all Muslims who are physically and financially able are obliged to perform it at least once in their lives.

Locations: Mecca, Saudi Arabia

☆ Egypt to revoke licenses from Hajj tourism companies over illegal pilgrimages amid reports of hundreds of deaths
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Zahid Mahmood | Housam Ahmed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Egyptian government will revoke the licenses of 16 Hajj tourism companies involved in making illegal pilgrimages to Mecca and refer the company’s managers to the public prosecutor amid fears hundreds of Egyptians could have died in this year’s Hajj. The decision was made in a cabinet meeting on Saturday after a report highlighted the dubious nature of how some tourism companies operate. The official toll among Egyptians stands at 31, but it is being reported by Reuters news agency and other outlets that as many as 500 to 600 Egyptians died during the pilgrimage. A CNN tally puts the total dead from Hajj at nearly 500 but the figure is likely to rise. Muslim pilgrims perform the farewell circumambulation or "tawaf", circling seven times around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca.

Persons: Mostafa Madbouly, ”, Ahmed Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Getty, Egyptian Locations: Mecca, Hajj, AFP, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, ”

☆ Pilgrim Deaths in Mecca Put Spotlight on Underworld Hajj Industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Emad Mekay | Vivian Nereim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The deaths of more than a thousand pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the hajj have put a spotlight on an underworld of illicit tour operators, smugglers and swindlers who profit off Muslims desperate to meet their religious duty to travel to Mecca. Some pilgrims this year described watching people faint and passing bodies in the street as temperatures hit 120 degrees or higher. On Sunday, in an interview on state television, the Saudi health minister, Fahd al-Jalajel, said that 83 percent of the more than 1,300 deaths occurred among pilgrims who had not had official permits. “The rise in temperatures during the hajj season represented a big challenge this year,” he said. “Unfortunately — and this is painful for all of us — those who didn’t have hajj permits walked long distances under the sun.”

Persons: Fahd al, ” Locations: Saudi Arabia, Mecca, Saudi

☆ ‘They saved their whole lives for this’: American woman’s heartbreak as parents die on Hajj
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Pauline Lockwood | Maija-Liisa Ehlinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Saida Wurie said it was her parents’ lifelong dream to participate in Hajj, the religious pilgrimage that brings Muslims from around the world to Saudi Arabia each year. Speaking to CNN’s Whitfield on Saturday, Wurie said she had been in close contact with her parents while they were in Saudi Arabia via a family group chat. As of Saturday, diplomats have not committed to meeting them in person in Saudi Arabia, she said. Mecca, the holy city that is central for Hajj pilgrims, saw temperatures soar to a record-setting 125 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty ImagesBut CNN has spoken to other Hajj pilgrims who said the preparations weren’t enough, with one describing seeing fellow worshipers lose consciousness and walking past bodies covered in white cloths.

Persons: Saida Wurie, They’d, “, ”, CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield, Wurie, Isatu Tejan, Alieu Dausy, Prince George’s County, CNN’s Whitfield, Arafat, Mount Arafat, Whitfield, Fadel Senna, Mina . Organizations: CNN, Kaiser Permanente, ”, Saudi Interior Ministry, US Embassy, General’s Office, US State Department, Saudi, Ahram Locations: Hajj, Saudi Arabia, Maryland, Bowie , Maryland, Kaiser, Prince George’s, Mina, Jeddah, Saudi, Mecca, AFP, Egypt, Saudi Arabian

☆ After Hajj Deaths, Egypt Suspends Companies That Took Pilgrims to Mecca
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Gerry Mullany | More About Gerry Mullany | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After hundreds of pilgrims died in the scorching desert heat during the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, the Egyptian government is taking action against tour companies that facilitated the travel to Saudi Arabia, and said on Saturday that it had suspended the licenses of 16 companies. At least 450 people died during the pilgrimage, in which travelers endured maximum temperatures that ranged from 108 degrees to 120 degrees Fahrenheit (42 to 49 degrees Celsius). But the actual number of fatalities is expected to climb far higher as governments get more accurate tallies of the deaths. In announcing the suspension of the 16 travel companies, the Egyptian government said the businesses failed to offer the pilgrims important services like medical care. said, companies were being blamed for letting pilgrims travel to Saudi Arabia on personal visas, rather than hajj visas that could have allowed them access to medical care and the holy sites.

Organizations: Associated Press Locations: Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

☆ Hajj deaths: ‘Not enough medics’ to help pilgrims with heat, witnesses tell CNN as toll mounts
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Xiaofei Xu | Masrur Jamaluddin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —There were not enough medics or basic facilities to protect Hajj pilgrims from the effects of the sweltering heat in Saudi Arabia last week, two pilgrims recently returned from Hajj told CNN, as the official death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage soared to almost 500. This years’ Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca has been held amid extreme weather conditions which saw temperatures consistently soar above average figures. Ali’s comments were echoed by another witness, 44-year-old Ahmad from Indonesia, who told CNN he saw many people falling ill and even dying from the heat. According to Ali, five hours walking every day is the minimum, but many pilgrims spent 12 hours outside per day. Because the Islamic calendar is lunar and shorter than the Gregorian calendar, the timing of Hajj on the Gregorian calendar shifts slightly each year.

Persons: Witnesses, Zirrar Ali, ” Ali, ”, Ahmad, Fadel Senna, “, Rafiq Maqbool, Ali, that’s, Hajj ’ it’s, Ramadan Organizations: CNN, Hajj, Getty, Saudi General Authority, Statistics Locations: Saudi Arabia, Mecca, London, Indonesia, Hajj, AFP, ”, Saudi

At least 14 Malaysians, 165 Indonesians, 68 Jordanians, 35 Pakistanis, 35 Tunisians, 11 Iranians and 98 Indians have died, according to authorities in each country. According to a CNN tally, this brings the latest official death toll for this year’s pilgrimage to at least 460. The death tolls are expected to rise much further, as Saudi Arabia and Egypt have yet to release official figures. The Bernama report did not specify if the dead were members of the country’s official Hajj delegation. The government is targeting 30 million pilgrims by 2030.

Persons: Mostafa Madbouly, Abdel Fattah el, Mecca Rafiq Maqbool, Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, ”, Arafat, Prophet Mohammed, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Edward Szekeres, Handi Alkhshali, Aishwarya S Iyer Organizations: CNN, Jordanian Foreign Ministry, Crescent, Saudi, Reuters, Saudi Ministry of Health, Associated Press, AP Malaysia’s, Religious, News Agency, Hajj, India’s Ministry, External Affairs, Saudi General Authority, Statistics Locations: Mecca, Jordanian, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Mina, Saudi

☆ Official Death Toll From Hajj Pilgrimage Climbs Into the Hundreds
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Emad Mekay | Lynsey Chutel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, one of the most important events on the Muslim calendar, at least 450 died under a scorching sun as they prayed at sacred sites around the holy city of Mecca. The pilgrims, some who have saved their whole lives for the hajj, spend days walking and sleeping in tents during their journey to Mecca, the holist city for Muslims. The hajj is one of Islam’s five pillars, and all Muslims who are physically or financially able are obliged to embark on the pilgrimage. Indonesia has so far reported the most deaths, 199, and India reported 98. The number of dead is expected to rise as neither Saudi Arabia nor Egypt, where many pilgrims come from, have released death tolls for their citizens.

Locations: Saudi Arabia, Mecca, Indonesia, India, Egypt

☆ Video: New images show people on the ground at Hajj amid extreme heat
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( John Branch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Climate change: Fossil fuel use and emissions hit record highs as world struggles with deadly heat, storms and fires
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Last year was “another year of highs in our energy hungry world,” said Juliet Davenport, president of the Energy Institute. Overall, the proportion of fossil fuels in the 2023 global energy mix remained largely the same at 81.5%, down just 0.5% from the previous year. India’s fossil fuel consumption was up 8% last year and, for the first time ever, the country used more coal than Europe and North America, combined. Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesIn China, fossil fuel use soared to a new record high in 2023, up by 6%, as the end of its extended Covid lockdowns led to a rebound in fossil fuels. Fossil fuel use in major advanced economies is likely to have peaked and is beginning to fall, it found.

Persons: ’, Sharma, Anthony Behar, SIPPL, ”, Juliet Davenport, Dhiraj Singh, lockdowns, Simon Varley, Dave Jones Organizations: CNN, Energy Institute, Getty, “, US, Bloomberg, Resources, KPMG Locations: Mecca, Saudi Arabia, India, New Delhi, Queens, New York City, NY, Europe, North America, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, China, Paris

☆ A Deadly Toll as an Intense Heat Grips Saudi Arabia
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Cassandra Vinograd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Dozens of people have died amid scorching temperatures during the annual hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, according to reports from official media in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With forecasts saying that temperatures would top 113 degrees Fahrenheit, or 45 degrees Celsius, on Tuesday, Saudi officials issued advisories to pilgrims urging them to stay hydrated, minimize outdoor activities, and carry umbrellas to block direct sunlight. While Saudi Arabia had not reported deaths, news reports from a number of countries whose faithful went to the hajj suggested that the heat had proven deadly. On Sunday, Jordan’s official news agency said that 14 pilgrims had died from exposure to extreme sun and heat. On Wednesday, the agency said that burial permits had been issued for 41 Jordanian pilgrims in Mecca, but did not provide details on the causes of death.

Organizations: Saudi Locations: Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Europe, East, Africa

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