Maui's displaced grow anxious as wildfire recovery drags on (www.reuters.com)
106 people dead, 86% of the destroyed/damaged buildings are residential, and only 27% of Lahaina’s disaster area has been searched. This will only get worse.
China approves expansions at three nuclear power plants (www.reuters.com)
Nuclear power generation has a considerably smaller carbon footprint than fossil fuel plants, but can dispatch power more consistently and reliably than weather-dependent renewable sources such as wind or solar. Source post: reuters.com/…/china-approves-expansions-three-nuc…...
At least 36 feared dead after landslide at Myanmar jade mine (www.reuters.com)
At least 36 feared dead after landslide at Myanmar jade mine (www.reuters.com)
Exclusive: Fear of tech 'brain drain' prevents Russia from seizing Yandex for now -sources (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1290809...
Russia to launch lunar spacecraft in race to find water on moon (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1290504...
Ukraine announces 'humanitarian corridor' for ships stuck in Black Sea ports (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1290446...
Smoke from forest fires engulfs city in Russia's far east (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1253039...
British water companies face $1 billion lawsuits over pollution - law firm (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1247812...
Biden vowed to reform immigration detention. Instead, private prisons benefited (www.reuters.com)
The stalled reform coincided with a boom in private prison revenues from ICE contracts during the Biden administration and an increase in the percentage of detainees being held in private facilities, according to an analysis of ICE data by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) shared exclusively with Reuters.
CoreWeave raises $2.3 billion in debt collateralized by Nvidia chips (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from !aistuff...
Fitch highlighted Jan. 6 insurrection in talks with Treasury ahead of US downgrade (www.reuters.com)
In a move that took investors by surprise, Fitch downgraded the United States to AA+ from AAA on Tuesday, citing fiscal deterioration over the next three years and repeated down-to-the-wire debt ceiling negotiations that threaten the government’s ability to pay its bills.
Poland rushes troops to border, Belarus denies helicopter violation (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/950244...
Dutchman running from Amsterdam to Kyiv to buy ambulances for Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/950066...
Italian government plans to tackle taxi shortage (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/949532...
Victims hope pope's Portugal visit to shine spotlight on clerical abuse (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/949432...
Spain's cava makers seek creative fixes as drought threatens grape harvests (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/949057...
Drones hit Ukraine's Kharkiv, injuring one and damaging dormitory -officials (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/914720...
Ukraine and Croatia agree on use of Croatian ports for grain exports (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/901974...
Several injured when tourist bus plunges off mountain road in northern Spain (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/901912...
Greece and Cyprus welcome EU bid to re-engage with Turkey, but urge caution (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/901405...
Greece and Cyprus welcome EU bid to re-engage with Turkey, but urge caution (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/901405...
Niger junta says France planning strikes to free Bazoum (www.reuters.com)
Russia's Prigozhin says Wagner is not recruiting now, may do so in future (www.reuters.com)
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a voice message published on Monday that his Wagner group was not currently recruiting fighters but was likely to do so in future....