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“The science is clear: we are far from meeting global climate goals. 2023 was the warmest year on record by a huge margin. Leading international datasets say the first eight months of 2024 will also be the warmest on record,” said WMO Secretary General Celeste Saulo. She called for “urgent and ambitious action” to support […]

Hayk Harutyunyan, a 22-year-old displaced photographer from Nagorno-Karabakh, holds the key to his home in Nagorno-Karabakh. A tattoo of the “We Are Our Mountains” monument, a symbol of Nagorno-Karabakh, can be seen on his arm. Credit: Gayane Yenokian/IPS by Nazenik Saroyan (Yerevan, Armenia) Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Inter Press Service YEREVAN, Armenia, Sep 18 (IPS)

The death toll from flooding in the Czech Republic has risen to four, police said on Wednesday. The body of a 70-year-old woman, who had been missing for days, was found in the municipality of Kobylá nad Vidnavkou. The location is in the Jeseník district in the north-east of the country. The region in the

Islamist insurgents in Burkina Faso have stepped up attacks on civilians, carrying out house-to-house killings, slitting throats and targeting Christian worshippers, according to a report by activist group Human Rights Watch (HRW). Data was cited showing that more than 6,000 people were killed in the West African state in the first eight months of the

Italy is expected to become the world’s largest wine producer again in 2024 as French vineyards struggle with unfavourable weather conditions, according to figures from each country’s agricultural authorities. After a disastrous harvest in 2023, Italy’s production will recover by eight percent to 41-42 million hectoliters, Coldiretti, the country’s main agricultural organization, said on Wednesday.

Lebanon’s interim Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with the country’s Disaster and Crisis Management Committee on Wednesday and discussed “possible scenarios” in the event of prolonged Israeli attacks. The meeting came a day after Hezbollah beepers exploded across Lebanon in an operation Israel blamed for killing at least 12 people and wounding nearly 2,800. Environment

Latin American payment processor PayRetailers is expanding into Africa, now offering a unified, simple payment solution across 12 countries. According to PayRetailers, the expansion is a game changer for cross-border online merchants who see Africa as their next strategic growth frontier. PayRetailers offers a simple, user-friendly and scalable experience for businesses looking to grow their

Two people were killed in a shooting at the Moscow offices of Russian retailer Wildberries on Wednesday, Russian media reported. The CEO blamed the incident on a failed takeover attempt by her ex-husband. Wildberries reported that gunmen accompanying Vladislav Bakalchuk, the husband of CEO Tatyana Bakalchuk, illegally entered the company’s office building in central Moscow

The increase in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank over the past year has been unprecedented. Since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack and the start of the war, there have been more than 1,000 attacks, according to a new report of the International Crisis Group. The peak, which has international alarm raisedis often

Read the full story on Backfire News Tesla is apparently testing its affordable electric car in public Expectations are high that Tesla will unveil a new vehicle to add to its growing product lineup. But if an image of a tiny, yellow thing is the new Tesla, the EV will be tiny and funky, though