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As World Heats, Energy for Air-Conditioning Could Double by 2050
[ad_1] The future facing a warming planet: As global temperatures rise, more people will turn to air-conditioners to ward off the heat. But the rise in cooling buildings and other spaces, which is also driven by rising incomes, population growth and urbanization, means that the world could use more than double the electricity it does now to stay cool, according…
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Can Boris Johnson Keep His Cool at U.K.’s Covid Inquiry?
[ad_1] Boris Johnson, the ousted prime minister who led Britain through the pandemic, will testify before an official inquiry on Wednesday, giving his first detailed public account of how he grappled with a rampaging virus that divided his government, laid the seeds for his political downfall and nearly killed him. Mr. Johnson, who left Parliament earlier this year after he…
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Tuesday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] Israel invades southern Gaza The Israeli military has begun an invasion of southern Gaza, according to an analysis of satellite imagery, evidence of a long-awaited operation that could decide the fate of its war with Hamas and create more peril for Palestinian civilians. The images showed dozens of armored vehicles in the area and berms erected to fortify their…
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Accounts of Sexual Violence by Hamas Are Aired Amid Criticism of U.N.
[ad_1] The body of one woman had “nails and different objects in her female organs.” In another house, a person’s genitals were so mutilated that “we couldn’t identify if it was a man or a woman.” Simcha Greinman, a volunteer who helped collect the remains of victims of the Hamas-led Oct. 7 assault on Israel, took long pauses as he…
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Global Carbon Budget Report Finds Fossil Fuel Emissions Still Rising
[ad_1] Despite years of commitments from countries to slash the emissions of greenhouse gases that are warming the planet, they are still on the rise. Carbon dioxide released from burning fossil fuels is expected to rise by 1.1 percent in 2023 compared with 2022, scientists found in an extensive peer-reviewed analysis published this week. Researchers from the Global Carbon Project,…
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Harris Takes Forceful Tone With Israel in a Foray Into Mideast Diplomacy
[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris’s trip to the Middle East over the weekend was both a major foray into wartime diplomacy and an effort to show that the administration is taking a harder line with Israel about the civilian toll of its war against Hamas. The message was aimed at leaders in the region as Israel begins a new phase…
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Tuesday Briefing: Israel Expands Operations Across Gaza
[ad_1] Israel expands operations across Gaza Israel widened its military campaign against Hamas in southern Gaza yesterday, with armored vehicles rolling closer to its main city and strikes pummeling urban areas. Israel has signaled for days that it is preparing a ground invasion of the south, where it says Hamas fighters and commanders are hiding. The Israeli military said that…
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Israeli Forces Near Khan Younis in Southern Gaza
[ad_1] Conditions in the city are grim, with little access to running water or sanitation. People are sleeping in the open, and aid workers have largely stopped distributing water and flour because of the intensity of the fighting and Israeli bombardments, U.N. officials have said. More than 20,000 people have taken refuge at a training center in the city that…
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Police in Spain and Italy Seize 68,000 Gallons of Adulterated Olive Oil
[ad_1] Law enforcement agencies in Spain and Italy have arrested 11 people who ran a “food fraud operation” that produced more than 260,000 liters, or roughly 68,000 gallons, of olive oil that was sold as high-quality but in reality was “unfit for consumption,” officials said on Monday. Officers from the Spanish Civil Guard and the Italian Carabinieri raided several locations…
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Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial Resumes Amid War
[ad_1] The corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel resumed on Monday, bringing back into focus the legal and political challenges he faces even as he presides over the Israeli military’s war in Gaza. Israeli courts stopped hearing non-urgent cases after Hamas launched its surprise attack from Gaza on Oct. 7, but on Friday the country’s justice minister,…
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