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The situation regarding climate disasters is likely to get more extreme. This year, a powerful El Nino developing in the Pacific Ocean is poised to unleash additional heat into the atmosphere, | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/11/world/climate-disasters-new-normal/?utm_content=buffer12289&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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As many as 61,000 people may have died in Europe's sweltering heat waves last summer, according to new research, suggesting countries' heat preparedness efforts are falling fatally short. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/11/world/europe-heat-wave-deaths-experts/?utm_content=bufferd3f90&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Turkey agreed to support Sweden’s NATO bid in a major breakthrough for the military alliance’s push to strengthen its defenses following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/11/world/turkey-sweden-nato-join/?utm_content=buffer923c4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Russia’s top military commander was shown on state television Monday for the first time since the abortive mutiny by Wagner mercenaries aimed at ousting him. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/10/world/gerasimov-appears-since-wagner-mutiny/?utm_content=bufferec484&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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In a multimedia series, The Guardian becomes the latest British institution to confront — and apologize for — its role in the slave trade. | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/10/world/the-guardian-slavery-history/?utm_content=buffer39c5a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Among the world's biggest consumers of fuel, militaries account for 5.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a 2022 estimate, but they're not bound by climate agreements to report or cut emissions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/10/world/military-emissions-climate-change-impact/?utm_content=buffer1ef42&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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In Ukraine's Bucha, a physical transformation is underway. But behind the veneer of revitalization, the pain still lingers. | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/09/world/ukraine-remaking-bucha/?utm_content=buffer22fcb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Ukraine has for days warned of the grave threat at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility, most recently saying Russian forces had mined several reactors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/09/world/ukraine-nuclear-plants/?utm_content=buffer8bad3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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A panel of AI-enabled humanoid robots told a news conference that they could eventually run the world better than humans. But the robots said they felt humans should proceed with caution when embracing the tech. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/08/world/science-health-world/ai-robots-regulation-news-conference/?utm_content=buffer4687a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The United States has announced that it will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for the first time as Kyiv's forces face tough fighting in their counteroffensive against invading Russian troops. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/08/world/us-cluster-bombs-ukraine/?utm_content=buffer9d04e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The U.S. has fully destroyed its decadesold stockpiles of chemical weapons, a milestone hailed as completing the elimination around the world of all known stores of the agents of mass death. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/08/world/us-destroys-chemical-weapons/?utm_content=buffer5d3ce&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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For more than six months, the U.S. have been wrestling with one of the most vexing questions in the war in Ukraine: whether to ship them cluster munitions. | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/07/world/biden-weighs-sending-ukraine-controversial-weapons/?utm_content=buffer482b5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The past three days were quite likely the hottest in Earth’s modern history, as an astonishing surge of heat across the globe continued to shatter temperature records from North America to Antarctica. | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/07/world/science-health-world/global-heat-records-broken/?utm_content=buffer44b8c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Following her arrest by Swedish authorities in late June, Greta Thunberg is now facing the possibility of a six-month prison sentence.

Thunberg, a twenty-year-old climate activist, has been charged with disobeying police orders during a protest that blocked road access to an oil port in Malmö.

https://amp.dw.com/en/sweden-charges-greta-thunberg-with-disobeying-police/a-66129176

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Eisai’s Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi gained full approval from U.S. regulators, a move that will help widen insurance access to the first drug cleared based on its ability to slow progression of the mind-robbing disease. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/07/world/science-health-world/eisai-alzherimers-drug-u-s-approval/?utm_content=buffer46a0b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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"Defending protesters in court is my version of protest." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/07/world/young-russian-lawyers-defend-protesters/?utm_content=buffer6494e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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New data on military aid to Ukraine has highlighted a significant change in the balance of heavy weapons on the nation’s battlefields after more than 16 months of war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/07/world/ukraine-battlefield-weapons-balance-shift/?utm_content=buffer5e0b1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that the mutinous chief of Russia's Wagner group was still in Russia with thousands of fighters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/07/world/prigozhin-in-russia-belarus-says/?utm_content=buffer61555&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Spain is forging ahead on hydrogen — will the rest of Europe be ready in time? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/06/world/spain-green-energy-hub-too-fast/?utm_content=buffer0e2ee&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The human rights situation in Belarus is catastrophic, and only getting worse, the United Nations special rapporteur on the country said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/05/world/rights-belarus-catastrophic-un/?utm_content=buffer5a8b5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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