Backlink: THE BL The international scientific journal “New Scientist” reported on August 23rd that the heat wave in China was the worst recorded in human history. Although the heatwave has begun to ease, most farmers along the Yangtze River fear the damage from the extreme weather will be severe. Some economists said the affected […]
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Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES The Colorado River Basin meanders through seven U.S. states and supplies water to Lake Powell in the Upper Basin and Lake Mead in the Lower Basin. In turn, these reservoirs deliver water and power to millions of Americans. Pointedly, these drops threaten hydropower generation and municipal water needs for 40 million […]
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Backlink: NEWS WEEK Russian state-owned firm Gazprom has halted gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to western Europe for three days as Moscow faces accusations that it is weaponizing energy. Russia’s energy giant announced that maintenance work required a halt to natural gas flows to Germany from Wednesday to Saturday. Germany has […]
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Backlink: NEWS WEEK Ukraine’s counter-offensive in occupied Kherson is wrecking Russia’s “thinly held” defenses in the region that was seized by Moscow in the early stages of the war, the U.K. Ministry of Defense recently said. The British defense ministry said in an intelligence update Wednesday that Ukrainian armored forces have continued to assault Russian […]
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Backlink: THE BL Rare weather is happening in many parts of China. High temperatures and droughts appear in southern China; the great northern desert was flooded by torrential rains. According to NetEase on August 23, floods have recently occurred in the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang. The Yuqi area of the Northwest Sinopec oil field with 50 […]
Backlink: VISIONTIMES U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, operating out of Arizona, seized thousands of rainbow-colored fentanyl pills over the weekend that smugglers attempted to sneak into the United States over the border with Mexico. Officers in the border community of Nogales, which borders Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, seized 625,000 pills after conducting five separate […]
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Backlink: THE BL The badminton community was stunned by former superstar Ye Zhaoying’s statements at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She said that in the semi-final match against compatriot Gong Zhichao, Chinese officials ordered her to lose so that her teammate could have a better chance of winning the gold medal in the final against […]
Backlink: THE BL NTD reported that Qin Zewen represented China at the 71st Miss World Global Finals 2022. Qin is currently accused of falsifying academic and work records. At the moment, Miss World organizers have also stepped in to investigate the incident. Chinese media introduced Qin, 25, as a person with a degree in computer engineering […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES A third of all residents in one Toronto-area homeless shelter are students who are unable to afford rent in the city’s massively inflated housing bubble, a staff member told the media. The shocking figure was made public during an Aug. 25 Bloomberg article carried in Canada’s Financial Post by Mark Aston, an employee at […]
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Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES From grandmothers to college students, Americans have many reasons for aiding ‘Coyotes’. This is the second article in a series on illegal drug and human smuggling along Arizona’s border with Mexico. CASA GRANDE, Ariz.—Mexican drug cartel money drives international human smuggling operations in the United States, said Sam, owner of a private […]
Backlink: NDTV But Taiwan has been particularly upset recently by Chinese drones flying very close to islands it controls next to China’s coast, which President Tsai said was part of Beijing’s “grey zone” warfare. The more China provokes the more calm Taiwan must be, but restraint does not mean there cannot be “strong countermeasures” […]
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Backlink: REUTERS France accused Moscow on Tuesday of using energy supplies as “a weapon of war” after Russia’s Gazprom (GAZP.MM) cut deliveries to a major French customer and said it would shut its main gas pipeline to Germany for three days this week. European governments are trying to coordinate a response to soaring energy costs for […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES As Germany grapples with an energy crisis — due in large part to the country’s desire to curb its dependence on natural gas from Russia — Russia appears to be burning off millions of cubic meters of gas, every day, that experts say would previously have been exported to Germany. A newly […]
Backlink: REUTERS Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged Russian troops to flee for their lives as his forces launched an offensive near the city of Kherson, saying Ukraine’s military were taking back their territory though Russia said the assault had failed. […]
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