Dominica, like other countries in the LAC, is facing the impacts of climate change. The WMO report details the increasing threats to the region but says there is hope with renewable energy and early warning systems. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS by Alison Kentish (dominica) Friday, March 28, 2025 Inter Press Service DOMINICA, Mar 28 (IPS) – The World Meteorological Organization’s State of …
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US president says he and the Canadian PM ‘agree on many things’ and will meet after Canada’s elections next month. President Donald Trump says he has had an “extremely productive call” with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney amid a spike in tensions and an escalating trade war between the United States and its northern neighbour. In a social media post …
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Israel has conducted the first air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hezbollah is based, since a ceasefire with the group came into force in November. The Israeli military said it had hit a drone storage unit used by Hezbollah on Friday, after issuing an evacuation warning that sparked panic. The attack occurred hours after two rockets were fired from …
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March 28, 2025, 9:18 a.m. ET Lara Jakes Lara Jakes covers global conflicts and diplomacy. Demonstrators protesting the military coup in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, in February 2021.Credit…Maung Lonlan/EPA, via Shutterstock Since seizing power four years ago, the military junta that controls Myanmar has gradually become so weakened that some analysts have predicted it could soon collapse, in a scenario similar to …
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There’s more than one way to work with threads, or without them, in Python. In this edition of the Python Report: Get the skinny on Python threads and subprocesses, use Python’s native async library to break up non-CPU-bound tasks, and get started using parallel processing for heavier jobs in your Python programs. Also, check out the built-in async features in …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed putting Ukraine under external governance under the UN as part of efforts to reach a peaceful settlement. Speaking to the crew of a Russian nuclear submarine in televised remarks broadcast early on Friday, Mr Putin reaffirmed his claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose term expired last year, lacks the legitimacy to sign a …
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A strong earthquake struck central Myanmar and people rushed out of buildings in panic in Yangon and also in Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand, witnesses said.
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Christmas comes early to Yiwu, a bustling entrepôt just a couple hours by train from China’s coastal megacity of Shanghai. This city of two million reputedly produces nearly two-thirds of all the Christmas decorations purchased worldwide. On Sunday, traders of every nationality were already scouring its labyrinthine International Trade City, colloquially known as simply Yiwu Market, for samples of festive …
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A skyscraper under construction has collapsed in Bangkok, killing one worker and wounding 50 others, according to the rescuers A powerful earthquake has hit Myanmar, with tremors causing destruction across the country and in neighboring Thailand. A skyscraper under construction collapsed in the Thai capital, Bangkok, due to the quake on Friday, killing one worker and injuring 50 other, the …
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by Oritro Karim (united nations) Friday, March 28, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (IPS) – Despite levels of child mortality and stillbirths having significantly decreased since 2000, increasingly unequal and limited access to basic services around the world endangers millions of children around the world, a new report finds. On March 24, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for …
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