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Climate endgame: Risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’
Aug 07, 2022 14:34Dr Luke Kemp, a climate scientist at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk said “There are plenty of reasons to believe climate change could become catastrophic, even at modest levels of warming,” adding, “Climate change has played a role in every mass extinction event. It has helped fell empires and shaped history.
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Extreme heatwaves: Surprising lessons from the record warmth
Aug 07, 2022 14:14Unprecedented temperatures are coming faster and more furiously than researchers expected, raising questions about what to anticipate in the future.
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Europe heads for drought as France faces historic drought, Rhine drying
Aug 06, 2022 14:57A continent-wide heat wave has swept Europe with rising temperatures above 40C for the first time on record resulting in a historic drought situation in France, England and putting Rhine River on the brink of drying up.
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Eurozone inflation hits new record as energy, food prices surge
Jul 29, 2022 19:43Inflation in European countries using the euro currency has once again hit a new record as energy prices go up due to Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine and the coronavirus pandemic.
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US selling $8.4 billion worth of fighter jets and other weapons to Germany
Jul 29, 2022 06:49The United States will sell $8.4 billion worth of fighter jets and other weapons to Germany, according to the Pentagon.
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Russia doing better than expected despite sanctions: IMF
Jul 27, 2022 08:27Russia’s economy is doing better than expected despite Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the war in Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund says in a new report.
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WHO declares monkeypox a global public health emergency
Jul 25, 2022 15:12The World Health Organization on Saturday July 23 formally classified monkeypox as a "public health emergency of international concern," warning that the viral disease is spreading rapidly across the globe.
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Brutal heatwave, wildfires engulf Europe, 2000 dead in Spain, Portugal
Jul 22, 2022 08:15More than 2,000 people have died in Spain and Portugal in recent weeks amid record-breaking temperatures, accompanied by massive wildfires that have forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
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Italian PM wins confidence vote but key coalition allies boycott voting
Jul 21, 2022 12:23Italian Premier Mario Draghi has won a confidence vote in the parliament, but the government crumbled when three large parties of his main coalition partners snubbed a confidence by mass abstentions, virtually dooming any prospects for the embattled premier’s unity government’s survival.
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Scorching heat wave sparks wildfires in Europe
Jul 14, 2022 11:42Thousands of firefighters battled more than 20 blazes that raged on Wednesday across Portugal and western Spain, menacing villages and disrupting tourists' holidays amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of Europe.