Extremely heavy rains hit Minas Gerais, Brazil on December 7, 2022, causing severe flash floods in which at least one person died. As much as 70 mm (2.75 inches) of rain fell in just 1 hour in Santa Luzia municipality, just north of the capital Belo Horizonte, causing a stream in the Palmital neighborhood to break its banks.1 The force of the water destroyed part of a house, killing one resident, Civil Defence said. Vehicles were seen floating along flooded streets of the capital, with several motorists taking refuge on vehicle roofs. Civil Defence also reported people stranded in their…
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced early Friday morning that she has officially left the Democratic Party, registering as an independent in her state and surprising very few people who have seen her as a major thorn in the side of pushing progressive aspects of her party forward while serving powerful corporate interests.”She’s driven by which corporations and lobbyists are giving her the most money — which makes her an elected mercenary, not an elected representative of the people.””In the most shocking, surprising, and unexpected news in modern American political history,” MSNBC host and commentator Mehdi Hasan tweeted with clear…
Have you ever been asked to make a cup of tea for your colleagues in the workplace? A recent survey commissioned by Samsung of around 2,000 employees in the UK showed that this is about three times more likely to happen to you if you are a woman. Women are expected to do more non-work office tasks, such as organising staff away days and cards and gifts for colleagues, than men. Even if a woman says no to a task like this, it’s likely that another women will be asked in her place. Women are fearful of being seen as…
As the Russian invasion erodes the security of Ukrainians across the country, the risk to women and girls is two-fold. “There’s no doubt that no one feels safe because of Russia’s war against Ukraine,” says Ms. Kit, “And women and girls have become even less protected from gender-based violence. Rape—usually gang rape—sexual torture, forced nudity, and other forms of abuse have been documented by journalists, human rights organizations and law enforcement agencies.” The true scale of this violence is not yet known, Ms. Kit adds, but what’s clear is that its impacts will be lasting: “We will have to work…
Officials in a North Carolina county where more than 40,000 households remain without power amid freezing temperatures declared a state of emergency on Sunday afternoon, less than 24 hours after multiple electrical substations were damaged by gunfire in an apparent act of criminal vandalism.”As utility companies began responding to the different substations, evidence was discovered that indicated that intentional vandalism had occurred at multiple sites,” Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said in a statement. The massive blackout, which began just after 7:00 pm Saturday night, is “being investigated as a criminal occurrence.” No arrests have been announced.According to The Pilot,…
The publisher of a Manhattan news site is stuck on the other side of the pond after his visa renewal was denied because he had to scale down his business in the pandemic, going from physical print to online only.A U.S. State Department official notified Briton Phil O’Brien, the founder of W42ST, on December 1 that his renewal for a E-2 work visa had been rejected because the publication was a “marginal” business. The E-2 “investor visa” classification allows certain nonimmigrants to work in the country in exchange for investing “a substantial amount of capital in a U.S. business.”O’Brien, 60,…
London’s Great Smog of December 1952 was the largest in a series of “pea soupers” which brought normal activity to a halt across the capital. The smog lasted from December 5 to December 9 and led to a large spike in hospital admissions and as many as 12,000 deaths. Pollution episodes like this one were driven by smoke from burning coal in city centres to generate power and heat homes (as recently as the 1980s power plants were still found right in the centre of London). This was then exacerbated by cold and windless winter weather: smoke + fog =…
Elbit Systems of Australia has won a contract to provide the Australian Army with Skylark I LEX Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) equipped with the Electro Optical and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) system. Designed for in-theater operation by maneuvering forces, the fully autonomous electric propelled Skylark I-LEX features mission-oriented, intuitive man-machine interface (MMI) and a 40 km Line Of Sight (LOS) communication range, which make it effective for a variety of missions including reconnaissance and force protection missions. With its certified ADS-B system, the Skylark I LEX will support the Australian Army achieve wider use cases outside of traditional…
A traveler guarding against COVID-19 leaves the railway station in Wuhan, China, in March 2020; Hurricane Irma pummels Miami in September. (Feature China/Barcroft Media, left; Warren Faidley, both Getty Images) Foreign policy might not be the primary issue of the 2020 presidential election campaign, but Americans have clear ideas on the various threats facing the United States. Recent Pew Research Center surveys find that Americans are especially concerned about the spread of infectious diseases and are more likely than not to blame China for its role in the current COVID-19 pandemic. But foreign policy experts have distinctly different perspectives. A…
WHO’s updated landmark Family Planning Handbook, launched on Tuesday, informs health workers on protecting access to family planning services during emergencies, and provides policy makers with the most current information on contraceptive options. “Family planning promotes self-actualization, empowerment, as well as health and wellbeing, and reduces maternal and infant deaths through the prevention of unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion”, said Pascale Allotey, WHO’s Director for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Drawing on lessons learned, it also expands guidance for women and young people at high risk of HIV. ‘A vital resource’ Experience from recent outbreaks shows that family planning…