INVESTING IN PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent due to climate change. Both Europe and Southeast Asia face more natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. Lenarcic, who also marked the 20th anniversary of the devastating tsunami that hit Indonesia in 2004 during his Jakarta visit, highlighted the urgent need for effective climate strategies. “We need to identify, for instance, where the danger lies with regard to the tropical typhoons (and) storms, where there is increased danger of devastating floods and landslides, and we have to act accordingly,” he added. “The most important lesson is that you…
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Israel’s war on Lebanon has thrown a country already suffering from compounding crises – economic, banking, political – into an even deeper void. A day after the start of the war in Gaza on October 7, 2023, Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah group began exchanging strikes across the border, which have displaced tens of thousands of people on both sides. On September 23, Israel escalated its attacks on Lebanon and a few days later launched a ground invasion, pushing the number of displaced people in Lebanon above 1.2 million and killing more than 2,300. Government services for the displaced and injured have…
Shohei Ohtani delivered yet another “Are you not entertained?” moment for MLB fans on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Dodgers star put an exclamation point on his team’s battle against the New York Mets in Game 3 of the NLCS. With the Dodgers already leading 4-0 in the eighth inning, Ohtani came up to bat with two on and only one out. In what can only be described as a vulgar display of power, Ohtani turned on a 1-0 cutter from Tylor Megill and absolutely smoked it. The ball landed halfway up the upper deck at Citi Field, curving around the…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. My 26-year-old daughter recently got married. I’ve been to dozens of weddings and have enjoyed them, but this was the first time I was involved in putting a wedding together. In the months of planning for this week with my wife, I learned seven valuable lessons that can relate to business.We thought about having a traditional wedding, so we searched for a wedding venue to hold the reception. However, we ran into a problem. Our guest list included about 500 of our closest friends — most of them were my daughter’s network…
Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, went extinct in 1936Colossal Biosciences The genome of the extinct thylacine has been nearly completely sequenced, de-extinction company Colossal has announced. It says the genome is more than 99.9 per cent complete, with just 45 gaps that will soon be closed – but it has provided no evidence to back up its claim. “It’s a fairly difficult thing to get a fully complete genome of almost any organism,” says Emilio Mármol-Sánchez at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, whose team was the first to extract RNA from a preserved thylacine. For example, the last few holdouts of…
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has designated South Korea a “hostile state,” its state media said Thursday, confirming that its national assembly had amended the constitution in line with leader Kim Jong Un’s vow to drop unification as a national goal.The North’s KCNA news agency reported that the military had blasted sections of road and rail links with South Korea on Tuesday as a legitimate action against a hostile state as defined by the constitution.Sixty-six yard sections of the road and railway on the North’s side of the border were now completely blocked as part of a “phased complete…
Getty ImagesThe Online Safety Act, which aims to make the internet safer for children, became law just under a year ago in October 2023Social media companies will face punishments for failing to keep children safe on their platforms, communications watchdog Ofcom has warned.Services like Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp could face fines from the regulator if they do not comply with the new Online Safety Act – which comes into force early next year – Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes, told the BBC.Dame Melanie said it was the responsibility of the firms – not parents or children – to make…
Polish General and Chief of Staff Andrzejczak Rajmund Tomasz clearly seems to relish the thought of waging war against Russia. He has said that if Russian forces cross the border into Lithuania, within the “first minute,” NATO allies will target all of Russia’s strategic assets within a 300-kilometer radius and launch a major assault of hundreds of missiles to destroy Russia. Andrzejczak boldly declared, “We will strike directly at St. Petersburg.” What is absent is anyone even suggesting peace talks. It is all about war. Andrzejczak has perhaps revealed why Europe has been supporting Ukraine beyond common sense when the…
O’Keefe Media Group: Meta engineer admits to censoring anti-Harris posts O’Keefe Media Group released undercover video of a senior Meta engineer admitting anti-Kamala posts on Facebook and Instagram are automatically demoted. Jeevan Gyawali told the OMG undercover journalist that the Meta user is not notified when their anti-Kamala posts are censored. “Say your uncle in Ohio said something about Kamala Harris is unfit to be a president because she doesn’t have a child, that kind of sh*t is automatically demoted,” reveals Meta Senior Software Engineer, Jeevan Gyawali to an undercover O’Keefe Media journalist during a hidden camera date. He confirmed,…
Former “Bachelorette” star Josh Seiter has made headlines again, claiming that his much-publicized gender transition from male to female was an elaborate hoax.The reality TV personality, who has faced controversy in the past, shocked fans with this revelation, leaving many questioning the motivations behind the deceptive act. Seiter’s announcement has sparked a wave of backlash and confusion.Josh Seiter initially shared his intention to transition into a woman on May 20, addressing his 960,000 Instagram followers in an open letter.Article continues below advertisementJosh Seiter Announces Gender TransitionThe Chicago-based influencer and male stripper first gained fame as a contestant on Season 11…