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☆ Severe drought has returned to the Amazon. And it’s happening earlier than expected
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

In several rivers in the southwestern Amazon, water levels are the lowest on record for this time of year. Boats sit on the bank of the Acre River, the main water source for the city of Rio Branco, which is facing water shortages in Acre state, Brazil on Friday. The next day, Acre state declared an emergency amid an impending water shortage in its main city. Boats in the community of Polo Benfinca sit on the bank of the Acre River in Brazil on Friday. Marcos Vicentti / APIn Acre, the drought has already caused water supply shortages in several areas of its capital, Rio Branco.

Persons: Brazil — Holder, ”, Marcos Vicentti, It’s, ” Julie Messias Organizations: Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, Farmers, Associated Press Locations: BRASILIA, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, Acre, Rio Branco, Acre state, Madeira, Purus, Mexico, Amazonas, Porto Velho, Envira, Polo

☆ Antarctica heat wave sends temperatures 50 degrees above normal
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

This is the second significant heat wave Antarctica has endured in the last two years. That unprecedented heat wave was made worse by climate change, according to a 2023 study published in Geophysical Research Letters. Climate change contributed 3.6 degrees of warming to the heat wave and could worsen similar heat waves by 9 to 10.8 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, the study found. Climate Change Institute, University of Maine Climate Change Institute, University of Maine Slide left to see temperatures observed during this heat wave and right to see what normal temperatures should be. But other research in the last few years has demonstrated that melting in East Antarctica, where this heat wave is happening, is becoming equally troubling.

Persons: David Mikolajczyk, Mikolajczyk, ” Thomas Bracegirdle, University of Maine Bracegirdle, ” Bracegirdle, it’s, Ted Scambos, Bracegirdle, Amy Butler, Butler, ” Organizations: CNN, East Antarctica –, Antarctic Meteorological Research, Data Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Antarctic, Reds, Institute, University of Maine, Research, University of Colorado, Northern Hemisphere, Southern, NOAA’s Chemical Sciences, Change Institute, East Antarctica, National Academy of Sciences, “ Locations: Antarctica, East Antarctica, Bismarck, North Dakota, University of Colorado Boulder, Northern, East, Scambos, West Antarctica

☆ Move Over Hot Chicken, There’s a Hotter Chicken in Town
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Ligaya Mishan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the summer of 2019, the American fast-food chain Panda Express introduced a limited-time-only special it called Sichuan hot chicken. Never mind that the dish would have been unrecognizable to anyone in Sichuan, a province in southwestern China. The menu promised numbing Sichuan pepper in the sauce. But all seemed to agree that the hot chicken was not, in fact, hot. Nor did it offer much of the heady tingle of Sichuan pepper (not a chile, despite its name), which at its most potent can make your entire mouth buzz like a hive.

Persons: fryer, Chiles, carmine, gentlest Organizations: Panda Locations: Sichuan, China

☆ Iceland Braces for Another Volcanic Blast. Should We Worry?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Sarah Hurtes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Once revered as the abodes of the gods, some bring forth diamonds from the depths of the earth. But they also spit lava, shake the earth, unleash towering walls of water and repaint the world’s skies. “We’re going through a volcanic crisis,” said Matthew J. Roberts, the managing director of the Icelandic Meteorological Office. “This is perhaps the most intense period of volcanic activity affecting an urban environment at the moment.” Officials are now further restricting access to the likely eruption site, he said. The latest episode began on May 29, when a volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted for the fourth time since December.

Persons: “, ”, Matthew J, Roberts Organizations: Icelandic Meteorological Locations: Iceland, Grindavik

☆ I spent one night at a celebrity-loved hotel in Arizona. My $730 room felt like a house.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

As soon as I entered the property, I knew I was about to have a unique experience. The lobby building at the Hermosa Inn. Joey Hadden/Business InsiderAs I approached Hermosa Inn, I spotted sprawling estates lining Paradise Valley. According to the company's website, the Hermosa Inn was built in 1936 as a cowboy's home and art studio. It comprises small adobe structures with turquoise trimmings that look traditionally Southwestern.

Persons: Joey Hadden Locations: Hermosa, Paradise, Southwestern

CNN —France is still facing travel disruption a day after saboteurs targeted high-speed railway lines in an attack coinciding with the start of the Olympics. They recovered an “amount of evidence” following the operation, Darmanin told CNN affiliate France 2. Authorities should not rule out industrial espionage, Persson told CNN on Friday, saying that a railway staffer, or someone who built the tracks including construction workers, could also be to blame. Railway staff and police work to repair one of several sites where vandals targeted France's high-speed train network, in the northern villege of Croisilles, on Friday. CNN has previously reported on a host of suspected Russian attacks across Europe.

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☆ Two Landslides Kill 229 People in Ethiopia
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Lynsey Chutel | Kumerra Gemechu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first landslide struck the village in the Geze district between 8:30 and 9 a.m. on Monday, said Habtamu Fetena, who heads the local government’s emergency response. Nearly 300 people from two neighboring villages ran to the area to help and began digging through the mud by hand, he said Tuesday. Then about an hour later, without warning, more mud slid down the hillside above the village, and killed many of those trying to help. “They had no clue that the land they were standing on was about to swallow them,” Mr. Fetena said. The village hit by the landslides lies in a region that is increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including long droughts followed by strong storms and more frequent and intense rainfalls, experts said.

Persons: Habtamu Fetena, “, ” Mr, Fetena Locations: Ethiopia, Geze

More than 150 people were killed in southwestern Ethiopia on Monday after a landslide flattened several houses in a village following days of heavy rain, and neighbors who rushed to dig out those buried under the mud were hit with a second landslide about an hour later. The first landslide struck the village in the Geze district between 8:30 and 9 a.m. on Monday, said Habtamu Fetena, who heads the local government’s emergency response. Nearly 300 people from two neighboring villages ran to the area to help and began digging through the mud by hand. Then about an hour later, without warning, more mud slid down the hillside above the village, and killed many of those trying to help their neighbors.

Persons: Habtamu Fetena Locations: Ethiopia, Geze

☆ Biden’s Fate Hangs Over Baldwin and Democrats in Congress as Voters Question His Fitness
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Catie Edmondson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat seeking re-election, has noticed voters returning to the same question in recent days as she crisscrosses her state to make the case for her campaign: Does she think President Biden can win in November, and should he even try? “Typically, I’ll go to an event; I’ll share my remarks,” Ms. Baldwin said in an interview on Friday at a newly opened campaign office in southwestern Wisconsin. “And then people come up one by one and — at first in a whisper — are really concerned.”A soft-spoken two-term senator who has carved out a reputation for her cross-party appeal, Ms. Baldwin easily cruised to victory in 2018, and her race this year was never expected to be ultracompetitive, even in this crucial swing state. But rising concerns about Mr. Biden’s age and fitness to run have introduced new risks for Democratic candidates like Ms. Baldwin just 100 days out from Election Day, imperiling even seats that were once considered relatively safe for the party. That has left Democrats already anxious about losing the White House to former President Donald J. Trump contemplating the prospect of widespread losses in Congress that could leave the party locked out of power altogether during a Trump presidency and well beyond.

Persons: Tammy Baldwin, Biden, ” Ms, Baldwin, imperiling, Donald J, Trump Organizations: Wisconsin Democrat, Democratic, White, Trump Locations: Wisconsin

Gavin Newsom of California, had previously said he would not challenge Ms. Harris. He often rambles incoherently in interviews and at campaign rallies and has confused names, dates and facts just as Mr. Biden has. Mr. Biden consistently maintained that his experience was an advantage, enabling him to pass landmark legislation and manage foreign policy crises. He maintained that he was the Democrat best equipped to defeat Mr. Trump given that he did so in 2020. On the international front, Mr. Biden revitalized international alliances that frayed under Mr. Trump, rallying much of the world to stand against Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

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CNN —At least 12 people have died and 31 others are missing after a bridge partially collapsed in China’s northern province of Shanxi, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Authorities said a portion of the bridge in Zhashui County in the city of Shangluo collapsed on Friday evening after recent rains and flash flooding. As of 12 p.m. local time (12 a.m. ET) Saturday, search and rescue operations were ongoing after 17 cars and 8 trucks fell into the river, state media reported. Parts of China have been grappling with devastating floods, just weeks after scarce rainfall and sweltering temperatures created drought conditions.

Persons: Xi Jinping Organizations: CNN, CCTV, Authorities, Reuters Locations: China’s, Shanxi, Zhashui County, Shangluo, China, Henan, Sichuan, Hanyuan County

☆ Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face military court martial charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who in March pleaded guilty in a civilian court to willfully retaining and leaking classified intelligence, is now facing charges in military court, the Air Force announced. Teixeira — who was arrested last April after allegedly sharing classified intelligence on the social media platform Discord — is being charged with disobeying a direct order and obstructing justice under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, an Air Force spokesperson said. The Air Force requested the new charges against Teixeira in May and the charges were officially referred on July 2. CNN has previously reported that three internal Air Force memos revealed multiple instances in which his leadership observed and warned that he was inappropriately accessing classified information. His court martial trial will be held at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, the Air Force spokesperson said, but the date has yet to be determined.

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☆ China's robotaxi push sparks concerns about job security for drivers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Wuhan is the largest operational region for Baidu's Apollo Go, one of the largest robotaxi operators in China. CNBC was unable to independently verify the document, which claimed the taxi company had to stop operating four of its 159-car fleet since April due to falling income. Ride-hailing drivers on the riseA surge of new companies and ride-hailing drivers have meanwhile prompted some local governments to restrict the industry. China had more than 7 million registered ride-hailing drivers as of the end of May, according to the Ministry of Transport. In comparison, the U.S. had nearly 400,000 taxi and ride-hailing drivers, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs in 2022, according to the latest available figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Persons: Baidu, robotaxis, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Baidu, Bloomberg, Getty, BEIJING, Weibo, CNBC, Ministry of Transport, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: Wuhan, San Francisco, Phoenix , Arizona, Beijing, Guangzhou, robotaxis, China, Wuhan city, Guyuan, Ningxia, Guiyang, That's, U.S

☆ Russia pledges to discharge Indians fighting for Moscow in Ukraine, New Delhi says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russia has promised to discharge Indian nationals who were “misled” into joining its army to fight in Ukraine, India’s foreign secretary said Tuesday. “The Russian side promised the early discharge of all Indian nationals from the service of the Russian army,” he said. “The trafficked Indian Nationals were trained in combat roles and deployed at front bases in Russia-Ukraine War Zone against their wishes,” the CBI statement said. In neighboring Nepal, lawmakers have called on the Russian authorities to provide figures for its nationals fighting in Ukraine. The Russians position themselves a few hundred meters back as support,” said Suman Tamang, after he returned from Russia.

Persons: ”, Narendra Modi “, Vladimir Putin, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Putin, Bimala Rai Paudyal, Kwatra, “, ” Kwatra, Imran Mohammad, Asfan Mohammed, Asfan, ” Imran, Suman Tamang, Ramchandra Khadka, ” Khadka Organizations: CNN, Indian, Indian Ministry, Russian, Kremlin, India’s, Bureau of Investigation, Indian Nationals, CBI Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Moscow, New Delhi, South Asia, Nepal, India, Indian, Hyderabad, Bakhmut –

☆ As Violence Surges, Can Pakistan Protect Its Chinese Projects?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Zia Ur-Rehman | Christina Goldbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a busy port city along Pakistan’s southwestern coast, a newly built security barrier and hundreds of new checkpoints safeguard Chinese workers. Across Pakistan, authorities are hurrying to bolster security for Chinese workers after a surge in militant violence targeting Chinese-funded megaprojects. That investment in Pakistan, which began in 2015 as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, involves around $60 billion of planned projects. Tens of thousands of Chinese workers are thought to be in Pakistan, though estimates vary widely. Chinese investment has proved critical since support from the United States tapered off after the war in neighboring Afghanistan ended in 2021.

Organizations: Initiative Locations: Pakistan’s, Karachi, Islamabad, Pakistan, United States, Afghanistan

☆ Archaeologists find marble god in ancient Roman sewer
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Rupite, Bulgaria Reuters —Bulgarian archaeologists stumbled upon unexpected treasure this week during a dig in an ancient Roman sewer — a well-preserved, marble statue depicting the Greek god Hermes. Archaeologists pictured with the statue, which was covered with soil in an ancient Roman sewer. There are a few fractures on the hands,” said Lyudmil Vagalinski, who led the team of archaeologists, adding that the statue was a Roman copy of an ancient Greek original. Heraclea Sintica was a sprawling city founded by the ancient Macedonian king Philip II of Macedon, between 356 B.C. After the earthquake, the Heraclea Sintica fell into a rapid decline and was abandoned by around A.D. 500.

Persons: Hermes, Sergieva, Reuters “, ”, Lyudmil Vagalinski, Heraclea Sintica, Philip II of Macedon Organizations: Bulgaria Reuters —, Archaeologists, Reuters, CNN Locations: Rupite, Bulgaria, Heraclea Sintica, Heraclea, Bulgarian, Pirin Macedonia, Roman

☆ Why Tahiti will host part of the Paris Olympic Games and the controversy that comes with it
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But one of the most stunning backdrops for the quadrennial competition won’t be in Paris – or France for that matter. The selection of Tahiti fulfills one of the pledges from Paris organizers, who promised to spread the Olympics throughout French territory. Tahiti became a French colony in 1880 and is now classified as an autonomous overseas country of the French Republic. Located roughly 9,700 miles and a 21-hour flight away from Paris, Teahupo’o will make for one of the far-flung host cities for an Olympic event in history. “Over the years corals (have) even covered the previous concrete tower base structure.”He added: “The new tower was never only for the Olympic Games.

Persons: Pont Alexandre III, Teahupo’o, ”, Tony Estanguet, ” Teahupo’o, “, Alexandra Dempsey, Khaled bin, “ You’re, that’s, –, Tim McKenna Organizations: CNN, Olympic, Games, Olympic Games, Oceans Foundation, International Surfing Association, Surfer Magazine Locations: Versailles, Paris –, France, Tahiti, Paris, French, French Republic, Polynesia, Teahupo’o

☆ 'A kind of civil war': Divided France on high alert for unrest amid political earthquake
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has said French voters now have a "moral duty" to halt the party's advance. The officer — a father of three who's in his 40s, and a right-leaning voter — said the polarization in French society was "very worrying, but unfortunately normal with the 'diversity' of our society." The police officer said he expected civil unrest after the vote, whichever party gained the most votes. "There will be civil unrest whoever is elected, this is France and the people speak their mind." Civil unrest possiblePolitical experts agree that the current febrile atmosphere of French politics, and antagonism between the main bodies of voters, are the ingredients for further civil unrest.

Persons: that's, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Gabriel Attal, Amel, Sebastien Salom, Gérald Darmanin, —, You've, Philippe Marlière, you've, Marlière, Jordan Bardella, Bardella, Ifop Organizations: la Republique, Nurphoto, CNBC, Front, Left, Afp, Getty, Republican, France's, Republique, Rassemblement, Anadolu, University College London, National Assembly, National, NATO, Le, Palais des Sports Locations: la, Paris, France's, France, Nantes, gomis, de, Bordeaux, Europe, Ukraine

☆ Mythical Sword’s Disappearance Brings Mystery to French Village
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Hank Sanders | William Lamb | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As legend has it, a sword from God given to Roland, an 8th century military leader under Charlemagne, was so powerful that Roland’s last mission was to destroy it. When the blade, called Durandal, proved indestructible, Roland threw it as far as he could, and it sailed over 100 miles before slicing through the side of a rock face in the medieval French village of Rocamadour. That sword, as the story goes, sat wedged in the stone for nearly 1,300 years, and it became a landmark and tourist attraction in Rocamadour, a small village in southwestern France, about 110 miles east of Bordeaux. So residents and officials there were stunned to discover late last month that the blade had vanished, according to La Dépêche du Midi, a French newspaper. An officer with France’s national police force in Cahors, a town 30 miles southwest of Rocamadour, said that the sword disappeared sometime after nightfall on June 21, and that the authorities opened an investigation after a passerby reported the next morning that it was missing.

Persons: Roland, Charlemagne Organizations: France’s Locations: Rocamadour, France, Bordeaux, Cahors

☆ Termessos: The hidden ‘eagle’s nest’ city that Alexander the Great couldn’t conquer
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Barry Neild | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Termessos, Turkey CNN —Alexander the Great tried to conquer Termessos but failed. He reputedly called the city an “eagle’s nest.”Later, the Romans had more success in controlling the city. Barry Neild/CNNClimbing higher up the hillside on a rocky path sprouting with fragrant wild sage, there’s more evidence of how sophisticated life in Termessos would’ve been. Further up, the upper city walls give commanding views of the forest below and offer a good vantage point over anyone trying to sneak up for an invasion. In Termessos, the location is particularly significant, as it sits opposite a mountain that was once sacred to the city’s inhabitants.

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Beryl is set to emerge in the Gulf of Mexico this weekend after it roars through the Caribbean and Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. The National Hurricane Center’s forecast calls for Beryl to restrengthen as it tracks across the southwestern Gulf of Mexico this weekend. It will then push toward Mexico’s coast and make landfall Sunday night in far northeastern Mexico. Anyone from Mexico’s eastern Gulf Coast to Texas and even Louisiana should keep a close watch on the forecast in the coming days. Even if Beryl makes landfall in northeastern Mexico, wind and rain from the cyclone will likely impact parts of the US’s Gulf Coast.

Persons: Beryl, restrengthen Locations: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Mexico, Gulf, Texas, Gulf Coast, Louisiana

☆ Putin and Kim Jong Un are getting alarmingly close, and it's put US ally South Korea in a predicament
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewRussia and North Korea's newfound friendship has left key US ally South Korea in a predicament with few good options. Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Pyongyang, where he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un further strengthened their partnership. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: A TV at Yongsan Railway Station shows North Korea's fired Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un drive a Russian Aurus limousine during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea. With Putin supporting North Korea, tensions are higher between Pyongyang and Seoul, and the two could find themselves on the brink.

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☆ Ukraine says it thwarted a coup plot
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Lex Harvey | Mariya Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Ukraine has foiled an alleged plot to overthrow the government that “would have played into Russia’s hands,” security officials in the war-torn country said Monday. In a Telegram post, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claimed the plot organizers planned to trigger a riot in Kyiv on June 30 as a distraction to seize control of the Ukrainian parliament and remove the military and political leadership from power. Concerns have grown over the future of US military support for Ukraine with the potential for another Donald Trump presidency on the horizon. During last week’s presidential debate, Trump questioned whether the United States should continue to fund Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Trump’s comments on the war in Ukraine were “worrying,” Ukrainian politician Oleksiy Goncharenko told CNN.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelensky, “, ” Zelensky, Donald Trump, Trump, Oleksiy Goncharenko Organizations: CNN, Security Service of Ukraine, Russia Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Dnipro, Vilniansk, United States, Ukrainian

☆ 'Shadow Stand-Ins': How Workers Secretly Outsource Their Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Related storiesThough Remi recruited people she knew, shadow stand-ins are often sourced from a complex online web of faceless providers. Facebook Groups are a popular forum for recruiting shadow stand-ins, providing a two-sided marketplace where workers and providers can connect to one another. The dustup highlighted a key drawback to shadow stand-ins: While alluring, things can go horribly wrong. "It required a lot of micromanaging," said a backend engineer in Pennsylvania who hired shadow stand-ins to help him juggle multiple jobs. Pay rates for shadow stand-ins are "definitely more than what people earn in their regular payday, that's for sure," he said.

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☆ I spent $38,000 to take my toy poodle on a private jet to Japan. I want to plan a trip for my other dogs next.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Faye Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The second trip came with a significantly higher price tag of $38,000. Gladys TsoiOur first trip to Japan included two other poodle friends, while our second trip in April 2024 was a family affair with my parents and brother. For the second trip, we opted for a private jet both ways. Gladys TsoiOur second trip, which took place in April, lasted 8 days and covered 10 prefectures. Our road trip took us through Fukuoka, Oita, Yufuin, Kumamoto, Beppu, Nagasaki, Yanagawa, Sasebo, and Itoshima.

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