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Young herdsman Roman takes part in the 'Alpabzug' (drive from the mountain pasture), on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, on the Saemtis Alp in Bruelisau, Switzerland.
Swiss Alps: Meteorologists climb record 5,298 meters before finding zero degrees during heatwave
GENEVA — Switzerland's heatwave is expected to continue until Thursday, with highs of 37°C.The Swiss weather service had to climb to a record altitude of almost 5,300 meters to record the zero-degree 'freezing point' — or isotherm — at a time when much of the country is on heatwave alert."The radiosonde from Payerne [a weather station in north-western Switzerland] on the night of 20 to 21 August 2023 measured the 0°C isotherm at 5,298 m, which is a record since measurements began in 1954", weather service MétéoSuisse said on Monday morning.The previous record was set on 25 July last year at 5,184 meters.Temperature decreases with altitude, and depending on the season and weather conditions, the altitude above which the temperature falls below 0°C...
August 21, 2023

Swiss Alps: Meteorologists climb record 5,298 meters before finding zero degrees during heatwave

Police arrest Lucy Letby at her home
UK nurse Lucy Letby to be sentenced for murdering seven babies
LONDON — Nurse Lucy Letby is due to be sentenced after being found guilty of murdering seven babies, making her the UK's most prolific child serial killer in modern times.The 33-year-old was also convicted of trying to kill six other infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital.The trial lasted for more than 10 months and is believed to be the longest murder trial in the UK.She has indicated she will not be in court for the hearing.Her legal team said she also does not want to follow proceedings via a videolink from prison, the reasons for her non-attendance at Manchester Crown Court have not been disclosed.If Letby does fail to show up to the hearing, she will not hear the families' victim impact statements — where people have a chance to tell the court about how a crime has...
August 21, 2023

UK nurse Lucy Letby to be sentenced for murdering seven babies

The Luna-25 craft blasted off from far-east Russia on Aug. 11.
Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon
MOSCOW — Russia’s unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say. It was Russia’s first Moon mission in almost 50 years.The craft was due to be the first ever to land on the Moon’s south pole, but failed after encountering problems as it moved into its pre-landing orbit.It was set to explore a part of the Moon which scientists think could hold frozen water and precious elements.Roscosmos, Russia’s state space corporation, said on Sunday morning that it had lost contact with the Luna-25 shortly after 14:57 p.m.(11:57 GMT) on Saturday.Preliminary findings showed that the 800kg lander had “ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon”, it said in a statement.It said a special commission would look...
August 20, 2023

Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon

A fire resulting from an alleged drone strike on a railway station in Kursk, Russia.
Russia says Ukrainian drone injures five at Kursk railway station
MOSCOW — Russia says that a Ukrainian drone has struck a railway station in the Kursk region, injuring five people.Another drone is said to have landed in the Rostov region — which shares a border with Ukraine, like Kursk — but no injuries were reported.Russia also said it stopped a drone that was heading for Moscow, which then crashed in an unpopulated area.Allegations of drone strikes inside Russia have become increasingly common in recent months.Although Ukraine hasn’t claimed responsibility for specific drone strikes, President Volodymyr Zelensky has previously said that attacks on Russian territory are an “inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process”.Footage verified by the BBC shows smashed windows and a fire burning at the railway station in Kursk, which is about 150...
August 20, 2023

Russia says Ukrainian drone injures five at Kursk railway station

An aircraft drops water on the flames as the fire advances in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Overnight drop in temperatures helps Tenerife firefighters battle wildfire
TENERIFE — Improved weather conditions helped firefighters make advances overnight in their battle to tame a wildfire raging out of control for the past five days on the tourist island of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, authorities said Sunday.“The night was very difficult but thanks to the work of the firefighters, the results have been very positive” Tenerife governor, Rosa Dávila said at a news conference early Sunday.The Canary Islands emergency services said in a tweet on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that firefighters had been able to work in “better weather conditions than expected.”Dávila said that more than 12,000 people have been evacuated from their homes since the fire started Tuesday. Up to Saturday more than 8,000 hectares of pine...
August 20, 2023

Overnight drop in temperatures helps Tenerife firefighters battle wildfire

In this image made from video released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna-25 automatic station takes off from a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. — courtesy Roscosmos State Space Corporation/AP
Russia’s lander experiences ‘emergency situation’ while approaching lunar surface
MOSCOW — The Luna 25 spacecraft reported an “emergency situation on board,” Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Saturday.An incident occurred as the spacecraft was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit, according to Roscosmos.“During the operation, an emergency situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be performed with the specified parameters,” Roscosmos said in a Telegram post.“The management team is currently analyzing the situation,” the space agency added.It’s not yet clear if the issue will prevent the lunar lander, which was slated to land near the moon’s south pole as soon as Monday, from attempting a touchdown.Russia’s Luna 25 lander mission marked the country’s first attempt at landing a spacecraft on the...
August 20, 2023

Russia’s lander experiences ‘emergency situation’ while approaching lunar surface

Rescuers work at a site of a Russian missile strike. One of the buildings to be hit by this morning’s strikes in Chernihiv was the city’s theater.
Seven dead as Russian missile hits center of Ukraine’s Chernihiv city
KYIV — At least seven people died including a six-year-old girl and 90 others were injured after a Russian missile strike hit a central square in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, Ukrainian officials said.Saturday’s strike — in a city close to the Russian border and far from the frontlines — hit a theater and a university.The girl killed died from her injuries in hospital, Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said.“Her mother is in grave condition. The police officers provided first aid to the girl. Unfortunately, doctors were unable to save her upon arrival at the hospital due to a heavy blood loss,” he added.Klymenko said the strike happened while people were leaving church with “baskets of blessed apples.” Saturday is a major holiday in the...
August 19, 2023

Seven dead as Russian missile hits center of Ukraine’s Chernihiv city

Lucy Letby has been convicted of killing babies on the neonatal unit where she worked. — courtesy SWNS
Lucy Letby: Concerns inquiry will not have enough powers
LONDON —Concerns have been raised that the inquiry looking into the murders and attempted murders of babies by Lucy Letby will not go far enough.An independent inquiry has been ordered following the nurse’s conviction for the crimes at a hospital in Chester.But MP Samantha Dixon said a judge should lead this while MP Dr. Caroline Johnson said the right approach is being taken.The government said the inquiry would aim to provide answers to the families.Letby was found guilty on Friday of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital following a 10-month trial.She was found not guilty on two attempted murders and the jury could not reach verdicts on six others.The Department of Health said the independent inquiry aimed to provide answers...
August 19, 2023

Lucy Letby: Concerns inquiry will not have enough powers

Rising sea levels are threatening the future of low-lying islands in the South-West Pacific. — courtesy WMO/João Murteira
Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO
GENEVA — Heatwaves sweeping large parts of the world offer yet another reminder that extreme weather events boosted by human-induced climate change have become “the new normal”, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Friday.Weather agency Spokesperson Clare Nullis said that heat warnings have been issued by many weather services across Europe this week, including in France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland.Meanwhile, parts of the Middle East were expected to see temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius in the coming days, and Japan was experiencing a “prolonged” heatwave which shattered temperature records.Speaking to reporters about the recent massive wildfires fueled by the hot and dry conditions in Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, Nullis highlighted the...
August 19, 2023

Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO

Slovak peacekeepers on patrol inside the UN buffer zone in Cyprus. — courtesy UNFICYP
Guterres condemns assault against UN peacekeepers in Cyprus
NEW YORK — The UN chief has condemned an assault on Friday by Turkish Cypriot security forces against ‘blue helmets’ serving with the peacekeeping force on the divided Mediterranean island.Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement issued on behalf of Secretary-General António Guterres that several members of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) had been injured while UN vehicles had also been damaged inside the buffer zone that divides the Turkish Cypriot north and Greek Cypriot south.Dujarric said the peacekeepers had been preventing unauthorized construction work in the Pyla/Pile area, “in accordance with their mandate” provided by the UN Security Council.According to news reports, Turkish Cypriot bulldozers moved in to clear UN vehicles, bollards and barbed...
August 19, 2023

Guterres condemns assault against UN peacekeepers in Cyprus

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