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About 8,000 diesel generators have been powering Lebanon's urban areas since the economic crisis in 2019. These generators add noise, odor, and pollution to the streets, affecting residents' air quality.
From the blog of Ran Porat at The Times of Israel
Yair Lapid is working on a fundamentally transformed Israel Obama-style. Such a transformation is in its 3rd term in the United States.
Goal: Give Puerto Ricans the option of officially becoming a U.S. state. Over a century ago, Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States. Since then, the region has remained in limbo: not a state and not an independent, autonomous country. Because of this status, Puerto Rico and its citizens have never enjoyed full representation in the government that rules over them. New action on Capitol Hill could end this flux, however. The House of Representatives is weighing two bills regarding Puerto Rico’s future. One bill would put the matter in the hands of a convention, which could delay...
photo Jo Kassis On Thursday night at 6 p.m. the Prime Minister of France, Jean Casteaux, announced that the number of 5000 new cases per day and between 3000 and 5000 in ICUs is thought to become the case by December 15, 2020. The numbers have gone down in certain places; Because this is not a good result, after a meeting with the Council of Defense on Wednesday, new measures were established. People can be out all night on December 24, 2020 and can travel within France but a curfew of 8 p.m. will be in effect on New Year’s Eve. It is authorized to have small gatherings at people’ hom...