floods The heavy rainfall behind deadly flooding in Europe in July was made more likely by climate change, scientists say. The floods in Germany, Belgium and other parts killed at least 220 people as towns and villages were swamped. Researchers say global heating made rainfall events like this up to […]
Daily Archives: August 23, 2021
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Dominic Cummings attends an interview with BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg in London – Jeff Overs/BBC Dominic Cummings debated Brexit and Scottish independence for more than three hours with staff at a restaurant where he was holidaying after they expressed their displeasure at having to serve him. The former Vote Leave mastermind […]
“I had waited a long time to live this moment,” Marcelino García Toral said, speaking for so many. Since he took over from Gaizka Garitano in January, the Athletic Club manager has won the Spanish Super Cup, been at two Copa del Rey finals and seen his team beat Barcelona, […]
COLORADO SPRINGS — Japanese lunar space transportation company ispace is developing its design for a larger lunar lander that will be built in the United States. The Tokyo-based company unveiled the design of the lander at the 36th Space Symposium Aug. 23. The lander, being developed by the company’s U.S. […]
Sigh, this one stung. Don’t you just hate it when the winning couple is one of the first ones to split? After getting together just weeks before the finale, with Greg being one of the last Islanders to join the villa, the fan-favorite pair managed to win season five. But they […]
Over on the PC Gamer forums, we’re raffling off a new RTX 3060-powered gaming PC provided by the creators of Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness. Black Geyser is an RPG inspired by classics such as Baldur’s Gate and Icewind Dale. It’s releasing on Steam in Early Access soon, and the […]
SAN FRANCISCO — As opera houses around the country warily resume indoor performances, two of the biggest are ushering in new leadership — along with a heightened commitment to building new audiences. In San Francisco, Korean-born Eun Sun Kim becomes the company’s first female music director and first Asian. Nearly […]
Harris’ stops in Singapore and Vietnam have assumed outsized importance for their potential to reassure foreign leaders of the United States’ continued commitment to its allies. Particularly in Vietnam where Harris heads Tuesday — as images of the 1975 fall of Saigon have stirred comparisons to evacuations in Kabul — […]