Record temperatures scorch countries from Morocco to Iraq, causing major disruptions. BAGHDAD — Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come. In coming decades, U.N. officials and climate …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Air Force is struggling to fill a shortage of 700 fighter pilots by the end of the year, even as the U.S. battles in three air wars against the Islamic State group in Iraq, Syria and Libya. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James also told …
Venezuela on Tuesday presented a timeline for a potential recall vote against President Nicolas Maduro that appeared to make a vote unlikely this year, a move slammed by the opposition as an effort to favor the ruling Socialist Party. The timing of the recall is critical because recalling Maduro in …
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CHIANG KHONG, Thailand (AP) — Dismissing its neighbors’ pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia’s poorest people. The site of the Don Sahong dam, less than 2 kilometers (1 mile) from the Lao-Cambodian border, is in an …
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More than war, climate change is making the region hard to live in “UNTIL the 1970s Basra’s climate was like southern Europe’s,” recalls Shukri al-Hassan, an ecology professor in the Iraqi port city. Basra, he remembers, had so many canals that Iraqis dubbed it the Venice of the Middle East. …
The new government unveils promising but vague economic plans, as the armed forces loom in the background IN AN open-plan office in a nondescript building in central Yangon, women sort through piles of brown folders. Three men try, with little success, to fix a photocopier; others organise piles of kyat, …
The state is “making millions” while dumping municipal solid waste into an adjacent river. That waste is feeding bugs, which are defecating on the famous landmark, turning it green. A judge in India’s environmental court this week upbraided state officials for “making millions” from tourists visiting its iconic Taj Mahal …
CELORON, N.Y. (AP) — A new statue of Lucille Ball was unveiled in the late actress’ hometown on Saturday to replace one that was so hated it was dubbed “Scary Lucy.” Hundreds of fans chanting “Lucy! Lucy!” gathered in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the western New York village of …
On Aug. 11, 1984, in an off-air radio voice check, President Ronald Reagan joked, “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes.” Today is Thursday, Aug. 11, the 224th day of 2016 with 142 …
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