Iran is caught in a wretched economic crisis. Jobs are scarce. Prices for food and other necessities are skyrocketing. The economy is rapidly shrinking. Iranians are increasingly disgusted. Trump administration Sanctions Crippling sanctions imposed by the Trump administration have severed Iran’s access to international markets, decimating the economy, which is […]
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CANBERRA, Australia — Every state in Australia has been touched by fire since the season started in September. The fires have burned over 12 million acres, an area larger than Maryland. Four hundred and eighty million animals are estimated to be killed or badly injured. Thousands of people have been […]
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UK scientists say the recent fires in Australia are a taste of what the world will experience as temperatures rise. Prof Richard Betts from the Met Office Hadley Centre said we are “seeing a sign of what would be normal conditions under a future warming world of 3C”. While natural […]
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The number of people killed as a result of the fires since September 2019 is higher than in recent years. Australia’s deadliest bushfire disaster was “Black Saturday” in February 2009, when some 180 people died in Victoria. People are urged to leave on time considering the speed of the fire […]
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Record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought have fuelled a series of massive bushfires across Australia. Although recent cooler conditions and rain have brought some respite, more than 100 fires are still burning in the states of New South Wales and Victoria. Some 28 people have so far been killed […]
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Is all of this good or bad for Israel? Iran threatened after its latest missile strike that further escalation would bring the conflict to U.S. allies in the region, including Israel. That’s not an engagement Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants. In the on-the-record portion of his Cabinet meeting on […]
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck 177 km (109.98 miles) west of Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the quake, which was 10 km deep. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake […]
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Something bright came in hot enough to spark several fires in Chile recently, and it looks like it wasn’t natural, bright, flaming objects were spotted in the sky over the island of Chiloe in southern Chile before reportedly crashing to the ground and starting a series of small fires. Resident […]
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Goodness gracious! Great balls of fire rained from the sky in Chile last week, and officials are still trying to figure out what they were and where they came from. One thing is certain: The mysterious burning objects were not meteors, according to news reports. The fiery UFOs descended on […]
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Protesters in Iran’s capital, Tehran, have demanded the resignation of senior leaders following the admission of authorities – after days of denials – that Iranian forces accidentally downed a Ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board. Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 bound for Kyiv, Ukraine, crashed minutes after […]
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After initially denying reports suggesting it had caused the crash of a Ukrainian airliner, Iran has acknowledged that it “unintentionally” shot down the plane. The announcement on Saturday came a day after officials from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom said they believed the plane was accidentally brought […]
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