A female orangutan who was likely starving was evacuated Wednesday from an area razed by fire on the Indonesian island of Borneo, officials said, as the country rescues hundreds of animals affected by the blazes. Indonesia has for weeks struggled to control fires that have razed parts of Sumatra, Borneo and Papua islands, sending choking […]
Read MoreThe world’s coral reefs face an existential threat from rising seawater temperatures that trigger widespread bleaching, a problem driven by climate change and compounded by this year’s intense El Nino phenomenon. But a new lab study by scientists at Stanford University finds that simply placing healthy, colorful coral in contact with their bleached counterparts is […]
Read MoreThe White House was facing mounting questions Wednesday over new press secretary Katie Zacharia’s legal credentials, after a faltering first day in the job when she gave an inconclusive answer about where she had passed the bar exam. A US watchdog group filed a complaint with the State Bar of California, asking it to investigate […]
Read MoreAnti-government protests in Albania’s capital left several official buildings badly damaged and at least one on fire on Wednesday as demonstrations spiralled into violence for a second straight night. Protesters and riot police clashed in Tirana as thousands of demonstrators rallied for better university conditions and demanded Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation. Over several hours, […]
Read MoreSpaceX boss Elon Musk said Wednesday that any disruptions reported by Ukraine in using the Starshield satellite communications system would be the responsibility of the US government, not his company.”Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government. Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS,” Musk […]
Read MoreO secretário do Tesouro americano, Scott Bessent, pediu nesta quarta-feira uma ação maior do Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI) para combater as políticas que afetam a concorrência, um comentário que pareceu dirigido à China.”Autoridades políticas de todo o mundo mantêm discussões difíceis sobre como sustentar sistemas baseados no mercado em meio a políticas que geram distorções […]
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Der Drogenbeauftragte der Bundesregierung, Hendrik Streeck (CDU), hat das ab diesem Donnerstag geltende bundesweite Alkoholverbot an Bahnhöfen begrüßt. “Alkohol ist nicht die Ursache jeder Auseinandersetzung, aber er kann Konflikte verschärfen und Hemmschwellen senken”, sagte Streeck der “Rheinischen Post”. Deshalb begrüße er das bundesweite Alkoholkonsumverbot der Deutschen Bahn (DB) “ausdrücklich”. Bahnhöfe müssten Orte sein, “an denen […]
Read MoreDer ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj hat den US-Technologieunternehmer Elon Musk zur Wiederherstellung des Satelliten-Kommunikationsdienstes Starlink in der Ukraine aufgefordert – kurz darauf meldete das ukrainische Verteidigungsministerium eine Verbesserung der Verbindungen. “Wenn die Angriffe weitergehen und Starlink nicht funktioniert, werden natürlich Menschen sterben”, sagte Selenskyj am Mittwoch in einem Interview mit dem Journalisten Piers Morgan. Die […]
Read MoreUkraine on Wednesday accused the United States of helping Russia by failing to warn it of incoming missile strikes and hobbling Kyiv’s military response through changes to the Starlink system it uses on the battlefield. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on US tech billionaire Elon Musk to restore Starlink, which Kyiv says has been slowed […]
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