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How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa displacing thousands

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-16T00:01:08+00:00

Adaptation to frightening new normal and reducing emissions further and faster is critical, scientists warnDozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when floods struck the coasts of west Africa last month.Now scientists have concluded that the rains that caused the floods were supercharged by climate breakdown. Global heating, they say, turned what should have been a routine weather event into a climate catastrophe. Continue reading...

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How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa, displacing thousands

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-16T00:01:08+00:00

Adaptation to frightening new normal and reducing emissions further and faster is critical, scientists warnDozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when floods struck the coasts of west Africa last month.Now scientists have concluded that the rains that caused the floods were supercharged by climate breakdown. Global heating, they say, turned what should have been a routine weather event into a climate catastrophe. Continue reading...

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China and Xi Jinping seen more favourably than the US and Trump in poll of major countries

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-15T23:46:30+00:00

Global views appear to have flipped in Beijing’s favour, driven in part by tensions between the Trump administration and US allies, a new Pew survey showsThe world has largely viewed the US more favourably than China for years, but those opinions have flipped in Beijing’s favour this year, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center, a remarkable shift driven in part by tensions between the Trump administration and US allies.More people have favourable views of China than the US in 25 out of the 36 countries and territories that were surveyed, including Canada and Mexico. The poll was

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A Cold War bunker gets a luxury makeover as 'doomsday' condos

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-15T23:35:39+00:00

A former Canadian government nuclear bomb shelter in rural Nova Scotia may soon be home to the country’s first large-scale luxury survival shelter.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : l’AIEA déplore la mort, dans une frappe de drone, de l’ingénieur en chef de la centrale nucléaire de Zaporijia

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-15T23:34:32+00:00

La Russie accuse l’Ukraine d’avoir assassiné Alexandre Iakovlev alors qu’il se trouvait à bord d’un véhicule, dont le conducteur a également perdu la vie. Le directeur de l’Agence internationale de l’énergie atomique, Rafael Grossi, a condamné ce meurtre, sans l’attribuer à quiconque.

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Drained reflecting pool reveals Trump’s ‘American flag blue’ liner is now closer to gray

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-15T23:28:40+00:00

Trump’s effort to revamp the landmark stretched well past the goal of having it ready by the Fourth of JulyThe newly drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s bottom surface has noticeably faded since it was lined with a protective coating in a color Donald Trump called “American flag blue” this spring.An Associated Press reporter and photographer viewed the fenced-off reflecting pool on Wednesday from the top of the Washington Monument. The new liner appears grayer than when the pool was repainted and refilled with water in early June. Debris that had been visible earlier this week after the

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Messi contro Yamal: dal bagnetto alla finale dei Mondiali

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-15T23:09:42+00:00

Due assist, la festa in campo, un’altra finale a 39 anni Di fronte troverà il suo erede nel Barcellona a cui ha posato per l’Unicef da giovanissimo

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‘We screwed up the comms’: JD Vance admits errors over Epstein files release

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-15T23:06:14+00:00

Vice-president tells Joe Rogan administration botched handling and should have released all documents from startJD Vance, the US vice-president, agreed with criticism that the Trump administration botched the handling of the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, telling podcast host Joe Rogan that “we absolutely screwed up the comms”.The Department of Justice’s repeated moves to delay the release of documents related to the convicted sex offender drew bipartisan disapproval last year. The files have been one of the most significant political liabilities to Donald Trump since his second term be

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Midterm, Trump gioca d’anticipo e già parla di urne manipolate

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-15T23:00:00+00:00

Stasera discorso alla nazione. Il Washington Post: “Tutto nasce da un rapporto Fbi sul 2020”. Nel mirino le macchine per il conteggio. Il presidente vuole usare ogni mezzo a disposizione

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Gemella del gol

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-15T23:00:00+00:00

La rubrica Happy Days

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Via il ministro dei droni, Zelensky silura Fedorov

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-15T23:00:00+00:00

Si era scontrato con il generale Syrsky accusato di corruzione. Von der Leyen a Kiev per l’accordo sui velivoli senza pilota

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