Published on 07/21/2022 06:00 (Credit: Hannah McKay/AFP) On the one hand, Indian-origin Briton Rishi Sunak, 42, a former finance minister, graduated from the prestigious Oxford University with degrees in politics, philosophy and economics. On the other hand, Liz Truss, 46, Foreign Minister from 2021 and former Justice Minister; Graduated from Merton College with degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. One of them will be the next leader of the Conservative Party and, consequently, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In a vote among parliamentarians to choose the two final candidates for the position of head of government, Sunak won…
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Our planet has existed for a long time and has undergone many changes. One of them, which researchers consider to be the most severe, is climate change. In 2020, two UK meteorologists made a prediction to estimate what the 30-year weather forecast would look like in 2050. To do this, they analyzed long-range climate models. At the time, the charts showed that this was not a true prediction. “Examples of plausible climate based on climate projections” appears to be written in the upper right corner of the forecast. However, this prediction could be confirmed 28 years ago this week. Atmospheric…
No machines supported Record heat Recorded this week in England. Google and Oracle datacenters had cooling outages on Tuesday (19) and Wednesday (20), affecting consumers in the region. Photo: Google / Canaltech On Google incident Lasting from 10:13 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, some Google Compute Engine (GCE) service customers in the Europe-West-2a region experienced a premature shutdown of virtual machines (VMs). To prevent damage to machinery and prolonged disruption of service, the company shut down a portion of the systems in the affected zone and limited the introduction of new GPC cases. According to Oracle, the outage lasted from…
DTwo men have been arrested for beating up a tourist in Wales, UK. Stephanie Jones and partner Jordan Davis were detained, but the other cast members declined to be identified. The couple and other actors convinced themselves “without any basis” that the victim was a pedophile, the court was told. According to expresses, drove up to a caravan parked near a pub in New Quay, Wales, and used the phones’ flashlights to stun the victim. They beat him and took away his cell phone, laptop, money and bank cards. The group then forced the naked, bruised and bloodied man to…
The United Kingdom recorded its hottest temperature on record on Tuesday (19) amid the worst heat wave Europe has faced in recent days. Brits on a hot afternoon in London Photo: EPA / Ansa – Brazil Thermometers around London Heathrow Airport reached 40.2ºC, while the first fire on British territory was recorded. According to the Met Office, the country’s national weather service, temperatures in the UK are the highest since records began. For Stephen Belcher, head of science and technology at the Met Office, the record is linked to global warming. In most parts of Europe, extreme temperatures cause deaths…
French authorities on Monday ordered the evacuation of 31,000 people in the Gironde region from areas of fire caused by a heat wave. England is gearing up for today’s record high, with thermometers expected to top 40°C, beating the 38.7°C recorded in 2019, with Wales recording its hottest temperature on record. The British government has declared a national emergency and issued the first ever “extreme” heat warning – an extra precaution during a heatwave that is sweeping Europe. An estimated 1,000 people died from the heat in Portugal and Spain alone.Some European countries, however, are not as prepared for high…
The After more than five hours of debate, the motion was rejected in a vote this evening by 238 to 349, giving the Conservatives an absolute majority. “I don’t know why the Leader of the Opposition insists that we have to take a censure resolution today when we’re fixing Northern Ireland’s ethical issues when it comes to protecting people from the dangers of the internet,” Johnson asked in his opening speech. However, he was interrupted by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, who recalled a motion of censure “actually brought forward by the government”, prompting laughter from…
Representatives of some major foreign embassies in Brasilia, such as the US, UK, Japan and Russia, have yet to confirm their presence at this Monday 18th meeting with Jair Bolsonaro. The event was convened by the President. Discuss Brazilian electronic voting machines. . Bolsonaro wants to present his never-proven thesis of fraud in the 2014 and 2018 elections to diplomats. Other embassies have confirmed they will send representatives, such as France and the European Union. There is skepticism in the diplomatic community about the criteria used by the Palacio do Planaldo to select the representatives invited for political reconciliation. Like…
The UK is bracing for what could be its hottest day on record on Monday as the heat wave that has swept across Europe for several days moves north into areas where air conditioning is rare and buildings built to keep out the heat. Britain has declared a national emergency and issued its first “red” warning for exceptional heat, meaning temperatures could soar to 41 degrees Celsius on Monday and Tuesday, putting lives at risk. The current record is 38.7 degrees Celsius, set in 2019, according to Britain’s National Weather Service, the Met Office. 2 of 3 A helicopter drops…
Adults and children enjoy the warm weather as a heatwave hits Bournemouth beaches (Image: REUTERS/Hannah McKay)Europe is facing one of the hottest summers in recent years. Many countries on the continent have recorded high temperatures.In the United Kingdom, thousands of people returned to the beaches on Sunday to beat the heat, which could reach 40º this week, a historic record, as the highest temperature officially recorded in the country in July 2019 was 38.7 ° C. National Weather Service, Bureau of Meteorology.High temperatures are a challenge for Brits as some homes in Britain are built to retain air conditioning and…