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By Michael Laitman Hurricane Ian left a trail of devastation that will take weeks to assess, years to repair, and who knows what new adversities will happen in the meantime. According to scientists, climate change likely did not cause Ian, but it did intensify it. Unless we implement far more fundamental instruments of correction, we […]

A company that has received billions of pounds in green energy subsidies from UK taxpayers is cutting down environmentally-important forests, a BBC Panorama investigation has found. Drax runs Britain’s biggest power station, which burns millions of tons of imported wood pellets – which is classed as renewable energy. The BBC has discovered some of the […]

North Korea on Tuesday has fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, forcing Japan to issue evacuation notices and suspend trains, as the North escalates tests of weapons designed to strike regional U.S. allies. It was the most significant missile test by North Korea since January, when it […]

Minister of Commerce and Chairman of the General Authority for Foreign Trade Dr. Majid Abdullah Al-Qasabi, on a four-day official visit, has lead a government delegation to Morocco with the participation of officials from 12 government institutions and representatives from the private sector from over 60 Saudi companies. Al-Qasabi on Monday is scheduled to meet […]

After a two-year pause brought on by the pandemic, New York state officials are restarting their system for identifying struggling schools. In doing so, officials want to begin to “shift the narrative” about how low-performing schools are viewed by the public, state officials said Monday during the Board of Regents meeting. “When we talk about […]

The White House on Monday denounced the crackdown by Iranian security forces against peaceful protests in Iran, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. “We’re alarmed and appalled by reports of security authorities’ responding to university students’ peaceful protests with violence and mass arrests,” she told reporters traveling with President Joe Biden to Puerto Rico. […]

Saudi Arabia has won its bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games (AWG) in NOEM’s TROJENA, the Kingdom’s Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Faisal announced Tuesday. The announcement came after Prince Abdulaziz, who is also the President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC), headed a delegation to the General Assembly […]

President Biden, has pledged to make federal fleet electric face slow start. Biden promised to lead by example on climate change by moving swiftly to convert the sprawling U.S. government fleet to zero-emission electric vehicles. According to a report on Monday October 3, 2022, efforts to eliminate gas-powered vehicles from the fleet have lagged. Biden […]

The Umrah visa has been extended from one to three months for all Umrah performers of all nationalities, Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah said. He made this announcement during his two-day official visit to Tashkent where the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Saudi minister at the conclusion of the Dr. […]

The new British government has dropped plans to cut income tax for top earners. This, according to the government, is part of a package of unfunded cuts that sparked turmoil on financial markets and sent the pound to record lows. In a dramatic about-face, Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng said Monday he won’t scrap the top […]

In the wake of hacks of big companies like American Airlines and DoorDash, the feds need to boost cybersecurity for consumers, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday. Noting that Uber and U-Haul have also been targeted within the past 30 days, the New York Democrat called on the Federal Trade Commission to pressure businesses […]

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Sunday he sees no imminent invasion of Taiwan by China but said China was trying to establish a “new normal” with its military activities around the island. A visit to Taiwan early in August by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi enraged China, which subsequently launched military […]

Classes were suspended and moved online Monday at Iran’s leading technology university in Tehran after clashes erupted overnight between students and security forces, local media said. “Sharif University of Technology announced that due to recent events and the need to protect students … all classes will be held virtually from Monday,” Mehr news agency reported, […]

The Arab Parliament have re-elected Adel Abdulrahman Al-Asoumi as its speaker for a new two-year term of office. Al-Asoumi collected 51 votes at a special session attended by 66 members and designed to choose the speaker of the parliament and four deputies. The Arab Parliament is scheduled to hold its first meeting following the elections […]

The Yemen government has said it got a positive attitude to the updated UN proposal for extending and expanding the truce “out of keenness to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people.” “The main goal of the armistice is to stop the bloodshed resulting from the Houthi militias’ war, and ensure free movement of individuals […]

Border checks for British travelers introduced after Brexit have caused Eurostar’s peak capacity to drop by 30 percent. The rail operator is also facing “unique” financial pressures in the aftermath of the pandemic, having been hit hard by travel restrictions. It also says it is dealing with a shortage of engineers. MP Huw Merriman, chair […]

At least 174 people have died in a fatal football stampede in the Javanese region of Malang, Deputy East Java Governor Emil Dardak said on Sunday. The stampede resulted in the death of many in a horrifying outbreak of violence at a soccer match in Indonesia. The rival clubs of Persebaya Surabaya and Arema Malang […]

Critics of Mayor Adams’ plan to house asylum seekers in refugee-style tents slammed it as “illegal” and “inhumane” Friday as questions continued to loom over how exactly — and whether — his administration intends to comply with the state’s right to shelter law. “This pitch was sold as a state-of-the-art facility with food, beds and […]

Venezuela on Saturday released seven Americans imprisoned in the South American country in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicholas Maduro’s wife who had been jailed for years by the United States on drug smuggling convictions, a senior U.S. official said. The swap of the Americans, including five oil executives held for […]

After being encircled by Ukrainian forces, Russia has pulled troops out Saturday from an eastern Ukrainian city that it had been using as a front-line hub. It was the latest victory for the Ukrainian counteroffensive that has humiliated and angered the Kremlin. Russia’s withdrawal from Lyman complicates its internationally vilified move to annex four regions […]