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When it will next rain in south London as extreme heat warning issued
The end of this week is set to swing into another full-fledged heatwave, with a four-day amber warning for extreme temperatures from the UK Health Security Agency.
The warning for Thursday, August 11 to Sunday, August 14 comes as…
Global oil markets to be fairly balanced in 2024 – Vitol
The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. Picture taken November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSINGAPORE, Nov 15 (Reuters) -…
Ukrainian director calls for trials of Soviet-era ‘war crimes’
The Russian state should be tried for historical crimes committed by the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa has said before the premiere of his new documentary, The Kiev Trial, at Venice.Speaking at a press conference,…
Man charged after Toronto mosque worshippers assaulted, taxi driver and woman wearing hijab
A 28-year-old man is facing more than a dozen charges in connection with three suspected hate incidents in Toronto that saw a taxi driver, as well as a woman wearing a hijab sprayed with a foreign substance and…
Lost in Space: Is a Giant Void Driving the Universe Apart?
The recent “Hubble tension” in cosmology, marked by conflicting expansion rate measurements, raises questions about the standard cosmological model. A new theory posits that a giant, underdense void could account for these…
Japan cracking down on illegal taxis as tourism boom drives demand
Japanese authorities are stepping up surveillance of unlicensed taxis at Narita airport near Tokyo, as a spike in the number of arrivals increases demand for transport into the capital.
Transport ministry officials…
Post Politics Now: Biden heads to flood-stricken Kentucky ahead of bill signings this week
The package proposes hundreds of billions of dollars in fresh spending, financed in part through new taxes, including a corporate minimum tax that would require firms with more than $1 billion in annual profits to pay a tax rate of at…
Face mask effectiveness: What science knows now
When the COVID-19 pandemic took off in 2020, so too did questions over the effectiveness of wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the virus. Now, three and a half years later, what does the science say? In an interview for 60…
Hours on the floor, crashing in a fevered haze: N.S. residents share more stories of ER
Nova Scotians continue to share stories of ordeals in the province's hospitals, experiences that lead to consequences more serious than just a long wait for care.Missy Johnson, who lives in Lower Sackville, said her father got into a car…