Jonathan Swan, who wrote the Axios story, stands by his reporting, he says . A source who was at a hurricane briefing at the White House told the outlet that the President once said of hurricanes, "I got it". "To change a Category 5 hurricane into a Category 2 hurricane you would have to add about a half ton of air for each square meter inside the eye, or a total of a bit more than half a billi... [Full Article...]
Relations between Hanoi and Beijing have soured in recent weeks with a Chinese oil exploration ship and its coast guard escorts sailing in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone. China redeployed a government-owned survey vessel - with armed escorts - into the waters off Vietnam earlier this month, the U.S. said. "China is resolutely opposed to this", Mr Geng told a daily news briefing on Friday. [Full Article...]
Journalists crowd around French President Emmanuel Macron and his United States counterpart, Donald Trump , as they sit for lunch on a terrace at the ornate Hotel du Palais in the Atlantic resort of Biarritz today. France will deploy more than 13,000 police officers, backed by soldiers, to keep protesters away from the summit venue. Leaders are to meet at an informal dinner Saturday, where th... [Full Article...]
Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil, official data showed Saturday, amid growing worldwide pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro to put out the worst blazes in years. He instead attributes the blazes to increased drought, and accuses environmental groups and NGOs of whipping up an "environmental psychosis" to harm Brazil's economic interests. [Full Article...]
This sent major shockwaves on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones index shedding 623 points, or 2.3 per cent, on Friday (local time). The S&P 500 index was up 15.70 points at 2,862.81, while the Nasdaq composite was up 53.78 points at 7,805.55. [Full Article...]
Iran's tanker fleet is under intense scrutiny as the US seeks to cut off the Islamic republic's ability to sell crude, normally the country's main export earner. Greek officials said the ship would be unwelcome after the USA threatened sanctions against anyone aiding the tanker, while a stop in Turkey would also pose complications in an already fraught relationship. [Full Article...]
And Dorian could get a bit stronger still. The island remains in crisis nearly two years after Hurricane Maria, the deadliest natural disaster in USA history, killed nearly 3,000 people in September 2017. "It is still far too early to speculate on whether Dorian will ever impact Florida". Strong wind shear can lead to the demise of tropical storms or low-end hurricanes. [Full Article...]
Some environmental activists have criticised the planned move, warning that building a new city in the middle of a forest could harm the environment. The site of the new capital, 2,000km (1,250 miles) north-east of Jakarta, is one of the regions least prone to the natural disasters that regularly hit the archipelago of 17,000 islands. [Full Article...]
Jonathan Swan, who wrote the Axios story, stands by his reporting, he says . A source who was at a hurricane briefing at the White House told the outlet that the President once said of hurricanes, "I got it". "To change a Category 5 hurricane into a Category 2 hurricane you would have to add about a half ton of air for each square meter inside the eye, or a total of a bit more than half a billi... [Full Article...]
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Relations between Hanoi and Beijing have soured in recent weeks with a Chinese oil exploration ship and its coast guard escorts sailing in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone. China redeployed a government-owned survey vessel - with armed escorts - into the waters off Vietnam earlier this month, the U.S. said. "China is resolutely opposed to this", Mr Geng told a daily news briefing on Friday. [Full Article...]
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Journalists crowd around French President Emmanuel Macron and his United States counterpart, Donald Trump , as they sit for lunch on a terrace at the ornate Hotel du Palais in the Atlantic resort of Biarritz today. France will deploy more than 13,000 police officers, backed by soldiers, to keep protesters away from the summit venue. Leaders are to meet at an informal dinner Saturday, where th... [Full Article...]
Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil, official data showed Saturday, amid growing worldwide pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro to put out the worst blazes in years. He instead attributes the blazes to increased drought, and accuses environmental groups and NGOs of whipping up an "environmental psychosis" to harm Brazil's economic interests. [Full Article...]
This sent major shockwaves on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones index shedding 623 points, or 2.3 per cent, on Friday (local time). The S&P 500 index was up 15.70 points at 2,862.81, while the Nasdaq composite was up 53.78 points at 7,805.55. [Full Article...]
Iran's tanker fleet is under intense scrutiny as the US seeks to cut off the Islamic republic's ability to sell crude, normally the country's main export earner. Greek officials said the ship would be unwelcome after the USA threatened sanctions against anyone aiding the tanker, while a stop in Turkey would also pose complications in an already fraught relationship. [Full Article...]
And Dorian could get a bit stronger still. The island remains in crisis nearly two years after Hurricane Maria, the deadliest natural disaster in USA history, killed nearly 3,000 people in September 2017. "It is still far too early to speculate on whether Dorian will ever impact Florida". Strong wind shear can lead to the demise of tropical storms or low-end hurricanes. [Full Article...]
Some environmental activists have criticised the planned move, warning that building a new city in the middle of a forest could harm the environment. The site of the new capital, 2,000km (1,250 miles) north-east of Jakarta, is one of the regions least prone to the natural disasters that regularly hit the archipelago of 17,000 islands. [Full Article...]