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☆ Author Maryse Conde, winner of ‘alternative’ Nobel Literature Prize, dies at 90
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Paris (Reuters) — Guadeloupe-born author Maryse Conde, who wrote about colonialism, slavery and the French-Caribbean diaspora, died in southern France on Monday at the age of 90. Often cited as a potential winner of the Nobel prize for literature, Conde was awarded the New Academy Prize in Literature in 2018, created after the Swedish Academy postponed that year’s literary Nobel in the aftermath of a rape scandal. “A literary giant, Maryse Conde paints a picture of sorrow and hope, from Guadaloupe to Africa, from the Caribbean to Provence. “Segu” won Conde several awards, including a Fulbright scholarship, and she went on to teach literature at Columbia University in New York, several other US universities and at the Sorbonne in Paris. French Foreign Trade and Language minister Franck Riester said Conde was a leading light of French literature and theatre.

Persons: Maryse Conde, Conde, Emmanuel Macron, “, ” Conde, “ Segu ”, Salem, Mamadou Conde, Richard Philcox, Philcox, Franck Riester Organizations: Paris, —, New, Swedish Academy, New Academy, Columbia University, Sorbonne, Agence France, Presse, Foreign Trade Locations: — Guadeloupe, French, Caribbean, France, Guadaloupe, Africa, Provence, Mali, Brazil, New York, Paris, Pointe, Guinean, Apt

☆ Venezuela battles record wildfires worsened by Amazon drought
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Billy Stockwell | Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Reuters —Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region. An aerial view shows a burned forest after a forest fire in Henri Pittier National Park on March 30. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/ReutersA Bolivarian National Police helicopter flies over during a wildfire in the Henri Pittier National Park on March 29. The fires are blanketing with smoke Guayana City, Venezuela’s largest urban center in the Amazon, according to a Reuters witness. In Venezuela, Lozada, firefighters and other experts said the government response was lacking.

Persons: Manoela Machado, ” Machado, “, ”, Carlos Carruido Perez, Henri Pittier, Leonardo Fernandez Viloria, Henri, Jose Rafael Lozada, Michael Coe, Lozada, Juan Carlos Hernandez, ” Lozada, Oxford’s Machado, William Lopez Organizations: Reuters —, Satellites, University of Oxford, Henri, Reuters, Bolivarian National Police, NASA, Universidad de Los, Research, AFP, Getty, “ Firefighters Locations: Reuters — Venezuela, Venezuela, South America, Pacific, Brazil’s, Brazil, Henri, Uverito, Manhattan, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Brazil’s Roraima, Roraima, Naguanagua, Carabobo State

☆ Mike Tyson says he is still a huge draw despite age
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Mike Tyson will be 58 when he takes on Jake Paul on July 20 in Texas but he said fans are still clamouring to see the former heavyweight champion in action. I’m getting billions of views from just talking to somebody about fighting,” Tyson told Reuters. “Everybody, even most of the athletes, they’re jealous, that’s whack … I say in your prime you couldn’t draw a million people, man. “Why you think he wants to fight me and not anybody else?” Tyson said of Paul, who has a 9-1 record with six knockouts. “The other guys, their parents might not even come watch them.

Persons: Mike Tyson, Jake Paul, Paul, ” Tyson, they’re, Mike, ’, “, Tyson, Roy Jones Jr Organizations: CNN, T, Netflix, Reuters, USA Locations: Texas, Arlington

☆ Covid casts long shadow over New Zealand paddler Jones
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The 35-year-old’s ambitions of reaching a fifth Olympics once seemed fanciful as she spent more than a year recovering after being diagnosed with long Covid in early 2022. “I’d get really tired from just going out and mowing the lawn or going for a walk,” she told Reuters in an interview. Jones speaks to the media at Vector Wero Whitewater Park in Auckland, New Zealand this week. Long Covid provided multiple reminders of how quickly things can unravel. “But I guess you just don’t know where you can get (Covid) from or when it’s going to hit.

Persons: Luuka Jones, Jones, “ I’d, “, Phil Walter, Valerie Adams, Barbara Kendall, I’ve, ”, Long Covid, I’m, ’ ”, Chris Froome, Jonathan Toews, Covid Organizations: Reuters, Paris, Beijing, Rio Games, Vector, Getty, Zealand, Olympic, British, de Locations: Tokyo, Zealand, Marne, Auckland , New Zealand, Beijing, New Zealand

☆ Vaughan Gething to become Welsh first minister and Europe’s first Black leader
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, meaning he will become the first Black leader of the semi-autonomous government in Wales. Devolution, Welsh solutions to Welsh problems and opportunities is in my blood,” Gething, currently minister for economy, added. Keir Starmer, leader of Britain’s Labour Party, which opinion polls show as likely to win power in a national election due later this year, congratulated Gething in a statement. Drakeford will resign as first minister of Wales on March 19, the Labour Party said in a statement, with the Welsh parliament, the Senedd, formally set to elect the next leader on March 20. Also congratulating Gething on the win, Conservative British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on social media that he was committed to working together constructively.

Persons: Reuters — Vaughan Gething, ” Gething, Mark Drakeford, Keir Starmer, Gething, Vaughan, ” Starmer, Drakeford, Rishi Sunak Organizations: Reuters, Welsh Labour Party, “, Welsh, Britain’s Labour Party, UK Labour Party, Wales, Labour, Labour Party, Conservative British Locations: Wales, Zambian, Britain

☆ Shell waters down 2030 carbon emissions target in latest fossil fuel industry backslide
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Fossil fuels are the main driver of the human-caused climate crisis, and science shows deep, sustained reductions to emissions are required this decade. In an annual update on its energy transition strategy on Thursday, Shell said it will target a 15-20% reduction in net carbon intensity of its energy products by 2030 compared with 2016 intensity levels. Measuring emissions by intensity means a company can technically increase its fossil fuel output and overall emissions while using offsets or adding renewable energy or biofuels to its product mix. The company retired a previous target to reduce its carbon intensity by 45% by 2035. Shell also maintained its target to halve emissions from its own operations, known as Scope 1 and 2 emissions, by 2030, saying it had already achieved more than 60% of that target.

Persons: Shell, Wael Sawan’s, “, ”, Backtrack, Mark van Baal, ” Shell Organizations: CNN Locations: “, Paris, Singapore, Germany

☆ Libyan leaders agree to form new unified government
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters —Three key Libyan leaders said on Sunday they had agreed on the “necessity” of forming a new unified government that would supervise long-delayed elections. The leaders are the president of the Presidential Council (PC) Mohamed Menfi, the head of High State Council (HSC) Mohamed Takala, who are both based in Tripoli, and Aguila Saleh, speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Benghazi. In a joint statement, the three leaders also called on the UN Mission in Libya and the international community to support their proposals. Dbeibah has vowed not to cede power to a new government without national elections. Last week, Central Bank governor Sadiq Kabir wrote to parliament asking it to approve a new unified government and a national budget over GNU extent spending.

Persons: Mohamed Menfi, Mohamed Takala, Aguila Saleh, ”, General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, ” Menfi, Menfi, Abdulhamid, Dbeibah, Sadiq Kabir Organizations: Reuters, Presidential Council, High State, UN, Arab League, Government of National Unity, GNU, Central Bank Locations: Libya, Tripoli, Benghazi, Cairo, UN, NATO

☆ Hong Kong plumber’s Olympic breakdancing dream goes down the toilet
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The 30-year-old, who is also known as ‘Ex,’ finished 52nd at the World DanceSport Federation Olympic qualification event in Hong Kong in December, and 130th globally, putting paid to his chances of performing on the biggest stage of all this summer. If I were to push myself like I did in previous years, I might not even be able to. After being added to the Paris programme in 2020, breaking was dropped for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. After representing Hong Kong in competitions from Brazil to Japan, Cheung said breaking needed as much exposure as possible to flourish. It’s important for promoting the culture,” said Cheung, who sported tattooed arms and silver tunnel earrings.

Persons: Cheung, ’, ”, “ I’m Organizations: Reuters, Paris Games, World DanceSport, Olympic Locations: Hong Kong, Chung, “, Paris, Los Angeles, Brazil, Japan

☆ Israeli President Herzog opens Holocaust museum in Amsterdam amid domestic protest
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Reuters —Israeli President Isaac Herzog attended the opening of the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam on Sunday amid pro-Palestinian protests demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Human rights group Amnesty International put up detour signs around the museum to direct Herzog to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. Demonstrators protest against Israel's President Isaac Herzog attending the opening of the new National Holocaust Museum. Peter Djeong/APPeople protested with signs and Palestinian flags near the museum. The museum told media that it had invited Herzog before the Hamas attack and Israel’s subsequent offensive in Gaza.

Persons: Isaac Herzog, “, Herzog, Peter Djeong, Mouneb, Erev, Herzog’s, ”, Israel, ” Herzog Organizations: Reuters, National Holocaust Museum, ” Health, Hamas, Amnesty, International Court of Justice, AP, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Palestinian Community, Socialists International, Court of, Israel, Labor Locations: Amsterdam, Israel, Gaza, The Hague, South Africa, Nazi Germany

☆ These 8,200-year-old cave paintings are the earliest ever found in South America
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Neuquen, Argentina Reuters —Archaeologists have discovered the earliest dated cave paintings in South America in Argentine Patagonia, dating back 8,200 years. These proved to be the earliest direct dating of cave paintings in South America,” said Dr. Guadalupe Romero Villanueva, author of the research published in the Science Advances journal. The Argentinean archaeologist said the discovery indicates that the production of cave art began in the Huenul cave about 8,000 years ago and that the practice of painting the particular pattern seen in the cave was sustained for a period of at least 3,000 years. A general view of the Huenul 1 cave where scientists discovered the oldest dated cave art in South America, with nearly 8,200 years old, in Neuquen, Argentina March 3, 2024. Villanueva said there are other places in South America that could have older cave paintings, but which only have relative dating, like Argentina’s Cueva de las Manos, with cave paintings dating back 9,500 years.

Persons: “, ”, Guadalupe Romero Villanueva, Miguel Lo Bianco Miguel Lo Bianco, Romero Villanueva, Villanueva, Cueva, las Organizations: Argentina Reuters —, Argentine, REUTERS, National Council for Scientific, Research, las Manos Locations: Neuquen, Argentina, South America, Argentine Patagonia, Chilean, Buenos Aires, Patagonia

☆ More than 500 dead seabirds wash up on French beaches
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Hundreds of seabirds have been found dead on French Atlantic beaches, exhausted by unusually heavy winter storms that prevent them from feeding, environmentalists said. More than 500 common guillemots - seabirds related to penguins and puffins - have been found dead along the French Atlantic coast since the year began, French League for Birds has estimated. Scientists say it is likely the birds died from exhaustion due to difficult conditions at sea. Guillemots cannot survive without food for two or three days, as they have few energy reserves and need to feed almost constantly. “In storms like we have seen recently, these birds find it hard to feed properly and will die of exhaustion,” Fort said.

Persons: Antoine Prevel, Shepherd France, ”, Jerome Fort, ” Fort Organizations: CNN, French League for Birds, France’s National Center for Scientific Research

☆ Nigeria: Suspected insurgents kidnap 50 people in northeastern region
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —Suspected Islamist insurgents kidnapped 50 people, mostly women, in northeastern Nigeria this week, local officials and a resident said on Wednesday, the latest mass abduction by fighters who have waged an insurgency for more than a decade. They were ambushed by gunmen and made to walk across bushy paths into neighboring Chad, the official said, adding that three of the kidnapped women managed to escape. The Nigerian Army did not respond to a request for comment. Barkindo Saidu, head of Borno’s emergency agency, said he was traveling to the area to assess the situation but was not yet ready to declare the people missing. The agency is in charge of camps housing thousands of Nigerians displaced by the insurgency.

Persons: Reuters —, Boko, Falmata Bukar, Barkindo Saidu Organizations: Reuters, Civilian, Task Force, Nigerian Army Locations: Nigeria, Boko Haram, Islamic, West Africa Province, Borno, Chad, Cameroon, Lake Chad

☆ Dutch man confirmed as world’s longest-living heart transplant recipient
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

He says he is proof that living a long time with a heart transplant is possible. In 1984, the Netherlands had yet to perform its first heart transplant, so cardiologist Albert Mattart referred the teenager to Harefield Hospital in England. Janssen underwent transplant surgery in June that year after a heart became available following a tragic car crash in which two young adults died. The average life expectancy for heart patients after a transplant is 16 years, according to Janssen’s current cardiologist, Casper Eurlings. Transplant patients “need to maintain a healthy lifestyle and be active.

Persons: Bert Janssen, ”, Albert Mattart, Janssen, Piroschka Van De Wouw, Magdi, “, “ I’ve, Casper Eurlings, Harold Sokyrka, ” Eurlings, Yacoub, ” Janssen Organizations: Reuters, Harefield Hospital, Guinness World Records, Guinness . Transplant Locations: Netherlands, England

☆ Global carbon pollution hits record high even as renewables surge
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Global carbon pollution from energy hit a record high last year, driven partly by increased fossil fuel use in countries where droughts restricted hydropower production, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report published Thursday. Global emissions from energy rose by 410 million metric tons, or 1.1%, in 2023 to 37.4 billion metric tons, the IEA analysis showed. “Without this effect, emissions from the global electricity sector would have fallen in 2023,” the IEA said. In China, emissions from energy rose by 5.2%, with energy demand growing as the country recovered from COVID-19-related lockdowns, the report said. China, however, also contributed around 60% of global additions of solar, wind power and electric vehicles in 2023, the IEA said.

Organizations: CNN, International Energy Agency, Energy, European Union Locations: Paris, United States, China, COVID

☆ Anant Ambani pre-wedding bash: Celebrities, tycoons jet to Indian billionaire heir’s celebrations in Jamnagar
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New Delhi Reuters —Charter jets for tycoons and celebrities, a performance by Rihanna and directions to don “jungle fever” outfits when visiting an animal rescue center — that’s how billionaire Mukesh Ambani is kickstarting big fat Indian wedding celebrations for his son. The occasion of the moment that has India transfixed is a three-day pre-wedding jamboree for his youngest son Anant Ambani, 28, who is set to marry his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant, 29. Anant is a director at Reliance’s new energy business and one of Ambani’s three children who are the heirs to his empire. Ambani also made headlines with his daughter Isha’s wedding in 2018 which was described by some as a mini-Davos summit. Guests to Anant Ambani’s celebrations are set to savor 500 dishes created by around 100 chefs.

Persons: Rihanna, Mukesh Ambani, Ambani, Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant, Anant, David Blaine, Bill Gates, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Gautam Adani, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Bob Iger, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Anant Ambani’s Organizations: Delhi Reuters —, Reliance, Forbes, Disney, Reliance’s, Encore, Former U.S, Reuters Locations: Delhi, India, Jamnagar, Reliance’s, Gujarat, Davos, Former, New Delhi, Mumbai

☆ Daniela Klette: Red Army Faction suspect arrested in Germany
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —Daniela Klette, a member of Germany’s notorious Red Army Faction (RAF) militant group, has been arrested in Berlin after decades on the run from armed robbery and attempted murder charges, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The arrest comes after a broadcast two weeks ago on the cold case show Aktenzeichen XY, in which a police appeal for information about three members of the group who are still at large, yielded 250 tips. Markus Heusler, the prosecutor on the case, confirmed that the woman detained on Monday, now aged 65, was Klette. She, along with the two other remaining fugitives from the gang, Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub, belong to the group’s so-called third generation. The charges facing Klette, along with Garweg and Staub, relate to millions of euros’ worth of armed robberies and at least one attempted murder committed between 1999 and 2016.

Persons: Daniela Klette, Markus Heusler, Burkhard Garweg, Ernst, Volker Staub, Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, Garweg, Staub, ” Organizations: Red Army Faction, Reuters, RAF Locations: Berlin, Cologne

☆ Senegal’s Macky Sall vows to step down when official term ends but no new election date announced
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters —Senegal President Macky Sall said on Thursday that April 2 will be the end of his mandate as president of the West African nation. His announcement came after the country’s Constitutional Council, the highest election authority, ruled last week that a 10-month postponement of the vote was unlawful. Sall said however that he cannot issue a decree to hold the election before a national dialogue takes place. He said that candidates who had not been approved by the Constitutional Council would also be invited to the dialogue. “If we find consensus, I will issue the decree immediately to set the date; if consensus is not found, I will refer the matter to the Constitutional Council,” Sall said.

Persons: Macky Sall, ” Sall, Sall, Ousmane Sonko, Karim Wade, Abdoulaye Wade, ”, Bassirou Diomaye Faye Organizations: Reuters, Constitutional, “, firebrand, Constitutional Council Locations: Senegal, West African

☆ China’s climate targets at risk as coal power approvals rose in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —China, the world’s top carbon polluter, is at risk of falling short on its climate targets after approving dozens of new coal plants, according to research published Thursday. In just two years, the country has approved 218 GW of new coal power, enough to supply electricity to the whole of Brazil. China approved 114 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity in 2023, up 10% from a year earlier. China’s total power capacity is already sufficient to meet demand, but its inefficient grid is unable to deliver electricity where it is needed, especially across provincial borders, encouraging more plant construction. “This risks significant financial problems for coal power plant operators and potential pushback against the energy transition,” said Lauri Myllyvirta, CREA’s chief analyst.

Persons: CREA, ”, Lauri Myllyvirta Organizations: CNN, Global Energy Monitor, Research, Energy, Clean Locations: China, Helsinki, Brazil

☆ Man guns down 12 relatives in rare mass shooting in Iran, state media say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Reuters —A 30-year-old man killed 12 relatives, including his father and brother in Iran, official media reported on Saturday, in a rare mass shooting in the country. They said the man, who was not identified, used a Kalashnikov assault rifle and was later shot and killed by security forces in the south-central province of Kerman. They said the cause of the shooting, in a remote rural village, was a family dispute. Mass killings are rare in Iran, where hunting rifles are the only weapons people are allowed to possess. Two years ago, a dismissed employee of a state institution in western Iran shot and killed three people and injured five before killing himself.

Organizations: Reuters Locations: Iran, Kerman

☆ Kenyan delegate to meetings on Haiti security found dead in Washington hotel
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —A Kenyan official who had been in Washington for talks on a planned international security force to help Haitian police fight gangs was found dead in his hotel room this week, police in the US capital said on Thursday. Washington police said they found 39-year-old Nyamato Walter unconscious in a hotel room in downtown Washington on Tuesday morning, and pronounced him dead at the scene. No deployment date has been set, and the United Nations has yet to publish details of a fund set up to gather contributions from member states. Some other African and Caribbean countries have also pledged support, while the United States has offered funds. Heavily-armed gangs have since grown in strength and are now estimated to control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Persons: Reuters —, Walter, Haiti’s, William Ruto Organizations: Reuters, Kenyan, Washington, United Nations Locations: Washington, UN, Nairobi, Caribbean, United States, Port

☆ Eiffel Tower: Joy for maker of tallest matchstick landmark as record refusal reversed
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Paris Reuters —Guinness World Records on Thursday told Frenchman Richard Plaud that his 7.2 meter (23.6 feet) matchstick Eiffel Tower was a record height, a day after rejecting it for using the wrong matches. “For eight years, I’ve always thought that I was building the tallest matchstick structure,” he told Reuters. However, Guinness World Records initially told him he didn’t make the cut as he hadn’t used matches that were “commercially available.”The tower is nearly 24 feet tall. Richard Plaud/ReutersPlaud started off by using commercial matches, cutting the head off each. Tired of this tedious process, he asked the manufacturer if he could buy just the wooden sticks without the head, prompting Guinness to refuse his record.

Persons: Paris Reuters —, Frenchman Richard Plaud, Plaud, I’ve, ”, Richard Plaud, Reuters Plaud, Guinness, “ We’re, Mark McKinley Organizations: Paris Reuters, Paris Reuters — Guinness, Records, Reuters, World Records, Guinness World Records

☆ Iceland volcano erupts again, molten rocks spew from fissures
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Live video from the area showed fountains of bright-orange molten rock spewing from fissures in the ground, in sharp contrast to the still-dark night sky. “Warning: A volcanic eruption started north of Sylingarfell,” the country’s meteorological office said on its website. Marco Di Marco/APIntense earthquake activity began around 5:30 a.m. and the outbreak itself started some 30 minutes later, it added. Thursday’s eruption took place some way from Grindavik and was unlikely to pose a direct threat to the town, Icelandic geophysicist Ari Trausti Gudmundsson told Reuters. Icelandic authorities in November started building dykes that can help divert burning lava flows away from homes and critical infrastructure.

Persons: Marco Di Marco, Ari Trausti Gudmundsson, ”, Isavia Organizations: CNN, AP, Met Office, Reuters, Keflavik Locations: Iceland, Reykjanes, Sylingarfell, Grindavik, Icelandic, U.S ., Kentucky

☆ Australia to allow workers to ignore unreasonable after-hours calls and messages from bosses
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters —Australia will introduce laws giving workers the right to ignore unreasonable calls and messages from their bosses outside of work hours without penalty, with potential fines for employers that breach the rule. Similar laws giving employees a right to switch off their devices are already in place in France, Spain and other countries in the European Union. The provision stops employees from working unpaid overtime through a right to disconnect from unreasonable contact out of hours, Burke said. The bill also includes other provisions like a clearer pathway from temporary to permanent work and minimum standards for temporary workers and truck drivers. A deal had been reached between Labor, smaller parties and independents to support this bill, Greens leader Adam Bandt said on Twitter.

Persons: Tony Burke, Burke, isn’t, they’re, Anthony Albanese, Adam Bandt, ” Bandt, ’ Organizations: Reuters, European Union, Labor, ”, Greens, Twitter Locations: Australia, France, Spain

☆ Havana waves and high winds hurl jellyfish and seaweed into the streets
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —An unusually strong cold front slammed Cuba’s north coast on Tuesday, with white-capped waves flooding streets with seawater, causing scattered power outages and littering the capital Havana with blowing trash and downed branches. People navigate through a flooded street on a raft in Havana, on February 6, 2024. Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty ImagesAt dawn, the water flowed through some city streets like coastal rivers, moving jellyfish, seaweed and flotsam several blocks landward. “The climate has changed.”Havana, a coastal city built centuries ago on the Gulf of Mexico, is particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels and strengthening storms brought on by human-caused climate change, scientists and city planners have said. Rising sea levels threaten some coastal cities like Havana and could completely wipe from the map low-lying states in parts of the South Pacific Ocean.

Persons: Yamil Lage, ”, Jaqueline Dalardes Organizations: CNN, Getty, UN Locations: Havana, Florida, Cuba, AFP, of Mexico

☆ Charles Coste: Oldest living French medalist gets another chance to shine at Paris 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Coste, who turns 100 on Thursday, won a track cycling Olympic gold in the team pursuit with Pierre Adam, Serge Blusson and Fernand Decanali. “It was a great honor to receive the medal from President Auriol, but the most valuable one is the Olympic medal,” Coste told Reuters. Coste, who was born in 1924 – the last time Paris hosted the Summer Olympics – needs a walker to move around, but his memory is fresh. Fernand Decanali, Pierre Adam, Serge Blusson and Charles Coste stand atop the podium at the 1948 Olympics. “There was no TV then, our only goal was to get the gold medal.

Persons: Charles Coste, Pierre Adam, Serge Blusson, Fernand Decanali, Fausto Coppi, Vincent Auriol, Auriol, ” Coste, Paris, ”, Coste, Legion d’Honneur, “, It’s Organizations: Reuters, Prix des Nations, de France, Giro, AFP, Getty, Legion, City, of Bois Locations: London, Paris, “, Coste, France, Colombes

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