Hurricane Risks Remain High in Atlantic Even as La Nina Fades
May 13 2021, 9:59 PM
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(Bloomberg) La Nina and its hold over global weather patterns has faded, but thereâs little hope this will blunt Atlantic storms this hurricane season.
(Bloomberg) La Nina and its hold over global weather patterns has faded, but thereâs little hope this will blunt Atlantic storms this hurricane season.
The cooling of the equatorial Pacific is known to wreak havoc the world over, causing droughts across the western U.S. and parts of South America, as well as bringing more rain to Indonesia and parts of Australia, and roiling energy and agriculture markets in the process. On Thursday, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center declared La Nina, which began in September, had ended.
Nigeriaâs Buhari Warns Rising Banditry a Threat to Food Security
May 13 2021, 7:51 PM
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(Bloomberg) Nigeriaâs president said he plans to address rising banditry and kidnapping in the country to safeguard food security in Africaâs most-populous nation.
(Bloomberg) Nigeriaâs president said he plans to address rising banditry and kidnapping in the country to safeguard food security in Africaâs most-populous nation.
The government âwill use all available resources and manpower in dealing with bandits to ensure that they did not create havoc against access to farms and food production in the coming growing season,â President Muhammadu Buhari said in an emailed statement on Thursday. Security agencies are working to ensure people can work safely on farms in order to have food surpluses, including for export, he said.
A visual record of a Jeddah landmark This “apparently unique” bespoke album contains 120 original photographs of Jeddah’s well-known Bayt Nassif, taken before its restoration in the early 1980s. The Saudi government purchased this historic landmark in 1975 and initially used as a library, but it is now a cultural center that hosts exhibitions and other events. King Faisal’s
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said that Israel has a right to defend itself but after speaking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he hopes violent clashes with Palestinians will end quickly.
“I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu not too long ago,” Biden told reporters. “My expectation and hope is that this will be closing down sooner than later, but Israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory.”
Biden said US diplomacy was in high gear with national security and defense staff “in constant contact with their counterparts in the Middle East not just with the Israelis, but also with everyone from the Egyptians and the Saudis to the Emiratis.”
(Bloomberg) America’s largest fuel pipeline is slowly recovering after hackers hit its system almost a week ago, with fuel shortages persisting from Florida to Virginia.
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