China issues highest typhoon warning as Saola moves towards Hong Kong (www.reuters.com)
China issued the highest typhoon warning on Thursday as Typhoon Saola, packing winds of more than 200 kph (125 mph), headed towards the southeastern coastline, threatening Hong Kong and other major manufacturing hubs in nearby Guangdong province....
Norway oil and gas exploration round attracts bids from 25 companies (www.reuters.com)
The latest offer added 78 new blocks in the western part of the Barents Sea and 14 blocks in northwestern part of the Norwegian Sea to the already existing APA area....
Japan may take China to WTO over Fukushima-driven seafood import ban (www.reuters.com)
Mirror: archive.ph/fvPjz
Canada, citing potential dangers, warns LGBTQ travelers of US risks (www.reuters.com)
In Maui, Biden sees 'long road' ahead in recovering from deadly wildfires (www.reuters.com)
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday praised the “remarkable resiliency” of the people of Maui, after wildfires killed more than 114 people on the Hawaiian island two weeks ago, and said America would stand by them for as long as it takes....
Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 (www.reuters.com)
Focus: Historic drought, hot seas slow Panama Canal shipping (www.reuters.com)
The Panama Canal Authority has reduced maximum ship weights and daily ship crossings in a bid to conserve water. Maritime transportation experts fear such events could become the new normal as rainfall deficits in the world’s fifth-wettest country spotlight climate risks affecting the ocean shipping industry that moves 80% of...
Earth, wind and fire (www.reuters.com)
But warmer temperatures weren’t the driving factor in Maui, which saw only “a small background signal of climate change,” said the climatologist Frazier....
How Mexican narcos use remittances to wire U.S. drug profits home (www.reuters.com)
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...