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India Diwali 2024: Use of firecrackers renews debate on air pollution in Delhi

November 1, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

NEW DELHI (AP) — As India prepares for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, people are divided over whether to set off fireworks to celebrate, worsening the country's chronic air pollution. Diwali, celebrated on Thursday, is all about socializing and exchanging gifts with family and friends. Many Indians light earthen oil lamps or candles. But […]

India Diwali 2024: Firework smoke pushes air pollution in Delhi to dangerous levels

November 1, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

NEW DELHI (AP) — A thick layer of toxic smog enveloped India's capital on Friday Smoke from fireworks used to celebrate Diwali Hindu festival of lights, Air pollution has reached dangerous levels. According to SAFAR, India's main environmental monitoring agency, New Delhi's air quality index fell into the “severe” category. In many areas, levels of […]

October 31, 2024, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris 2024 presidential election news

November 1, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

Prominent conservative women are pushing back against billionaire Harris campaign representative Mark Cuban, who argued that former President Trump would never surround himself with “strong, intelligent women.” “@mcuban, I was the CEO and owner of a professional sports team JUST like you,” former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., said Thursday in response to Cuban on […]

Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps

October 31, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival Festival of Lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the banks of the Saryu River in a northern Indian city they believe is the birthplace of the deity Lord Ram. Diwali is […]

Spain is searching for bodies after the once-in-a-century flood that killed 95 people

October 31, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

Survivors of the worst natural disaster to hit Spain this century woke up to images of devastation on Thursday after villages were wiped out by monstrous flash floods that claimed at least 95 lives. The death toll is expected to rise as search efforts continue, officials remove bodies from vehicles and an unknown number of […]

The North Korean troops sent to Russia may be happy about their presence there, even if they face intense fighting

October 31, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The thousands of boys Soldiers that North Korea sent to RussiaThe soldiers reportedly slated to help in the fight against Ukraine include many elite special forces, but that hasn't stopped speculation that they are being slaughtered because they have no combat experience, unfamiliarity with the terrain and probably in the […]

The LA Dodgers win the World Series in 5 games, beating the New York Yankees

October 31, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

NEW YORK (AP) — You have to hand it to Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees certainly did. When New York let LA back into World Series Game 5, the star-studded Dodgers did what they had done all year – they went ahead and finished the game. After taking advantage […]

Russia fines Google $20.5 trillion – more than the entire world's GDP

October 30, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

Russia fines Google .5 trillion – more than the entire world's GDP

Why fine Google $1 million when you can fine Google $20.5 decillion? A Russian court has ordered Google to pay a fine worth more than the world's GDP – plus an additional penalty of $1 million a day – after the tech giant allegedly blocked pro-Moscow propaganda channels on YouTube. The absurd amount would be […]

At least 64 people are killed in the deadly flash floods in Valencia, Spain

October 30, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

At least 64 people have died in eastern Spain after flash floods washed away cars, turned village streets into rivers and shut down train lines and highways – the worst natural disaster to hit the European country in recent memory. Emergency services in the eastern Valencia region confirmed a death toll of 62 on Wednesday. […]

Flash floods in Spain claim dozens of lives and paralyze railway lines

October 30, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — At least 64 people have died in eastern Spain after flash floods washed away cars, turned village streets into rivers and shut down rail lines and highways. This is the worst natural disaster to hit the European country in recent times. Rainstorms that began on Tuesday and continued overnight caused flooding […]