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Last week’s decision by the US president to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital is bound to backfire, hastening the demise of the Jewish state and banding Muslims together, Iran’s defense minister has said. And should conflict break out in the region, Washington will have to bear responsibility, General Amir Hatami said. “(Trump‘s) move will […]
Fog Creek Software, a small tech company based in New York, put in place a formal “climate leave” policy this fall that gives its employees time off to respond to extreme weather and other climate-linked disasters. Since Fog Creek shared the policy online earlier this month, the California-based Cylinder Digital has adopted it, and more […]
Hundreds of artificial intelligence (AI) specialists from Austria and Canada urge their governments to “stand against weaponizing AI.” The experts warn that a lack of action in this field would allow machines – not people – to decide who lives or dies. Hundreds of members of the Austrian and Canadian AI communities signed open letters […]
Lucas Jackson/Reuters Five years ago, Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast with a record-setting 14-foot surge. Winds gusted up to 80 mph, and tides were especially high due to the full moon. It wreaked havoc on the shores of the Northeast, killing at least 100 people. When Sandy made landfall in Atlantic City on the night […]
REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate Hurricane Nate flooded the Gulf Coast as it made landfall in the US over the weekend. The center of the storm first hit land at the mouth of the Mississippi River, then again near Biloxi, Mississippi. Before that, the storm killed at least 22 and caused heavy flooding in Central America. Nate was […]
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has been relentless. Storm after storm has formed, pelting the Caribbean, US, and Mexico with relentless rains, punishing winds, and dangerous storm surge. This year has seen 13 named storms so far (the designation tropical storms get when their winds exceed 39 mph), making it an “extremely active” year according to the […]
Published time: 10 Sep, 2017 11:49 Satellite images have revealed a spooky, face-like formation in the eye of Hurricane Irma as the deadly storm is poised to make landfall in the US. After roaring its way along the Caribbean leaving a trail of carnage in its wake, the Category 4 hurricane is now set to […]
Published time: 9 Sep, 2017 14:09 Residents of Caribbean islands hit by Hurricane Irma are bracing themselves for more upheaval as Hurricane Jose threatens to wreak further havoc on the already storm-ravaged region. READ MORE: Stream of planes flees Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma (IMAGES) On Friday, 21 people were killed and thousands displaced in […]
Share this article From Hurricane Irma hitting US shores, the possible location of the secret to happiness and the negative impact Donald Trump is having on US tourism, here’s your wrap of travel news that has people talking this week. Hurricane Irma set for US landfall Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm—and the most powerful […]
Russian president Vladimir Putin is confident that there will be no conflict with the use of weapons of mass destruction in North-East Asia, he said at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok. “We hope it will not come to a conflict with the use of weapons of mass destruction in North-East Asia”, Russian president […]
