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The German Activists Who Keep Gluing Themselves to Things Are Up to Something Bigger
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The German Activists Who Keep Gluing Themselves to Things Are Up to ...
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CSU calls climate stickers "five things that really help the climate": The Christian Social Union makes fun of the "climate stickers" on Facebook - with five ...
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CSU calls climate stickers
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CSU calls climate stickers "five things that really help the climate": The Christian Social Union makes fun of the "climate stickers" on Facebook - with five ...
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The German Activists Who Keep Gluing Themselves to Things Are Up to Something Bigger
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The German Activists Who Keep Gluing Themselves to Things Are Up to ...
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CSU calls climate stickers "five things that really help the climate": The Christian Social Union makes fun of the "climate stickers" on Facebook - with five ...
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CSU calls climate stickers "five things that really help the climate": The Christian Social Union makes fun of the "climate stickers" on Facebook - with five ...
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CSU calls climate stickers
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Huber on ntv Frühstart: "The AfD is a danger for Germany": The top candidate is no longer acceptable, the AfD is a danger to Germany: clear words from CSU ...
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CSU general on nuclear files: Habeck as minister “no longer acceptable”: An influential Green Party network has apparently secured the nuclear phase-out in ...
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CSU general on nuclear files: Habeck as minister “no longer acceptable”
Quick Glance: CDU Official Demands Halt to Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning
  • A revelation from "Cicero" magazine indicates that the decision for Germany's nuclear phase-out was primarily driven by green anti-nuclear activists, sparking harsh criticism towards Economy Minister Robert Habeck.

  • The Economy Ministry refutes the "Cicero" portrayal, emphasizing that decisions were based on transparent and open-ended evaluations.

  • The CDU and FDP criticize Habeck, calling for clarification and a reassessment of the nuclear power plant decommissioning.

  • Experts and politicians express concerns over potential public misrepresentation and the erosion of trust in the government due to the revelations from the documents.
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Europe is the fastest-warming continent, report says: Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average ...
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Europe is the fastest-warming continent, report says
Quick Glance: Europe Leads in Climate Change, Urgent Need for Renewable Energy
  • Europe is the fastest-warming continent, with temperatures rising about twice as fast as the global average, according to a joint report by top climate monitoring organizations.

  • The continent generated 43% of its electricity from renewables last year, surpassing fossil fuels for the second consecutive year, highlighting the need for targeted strategies to transition to renewable resources.

  • Temperatures in Europe are now 2.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, nearing the goals of the Paris climate accord to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, impacting human health with increased deaths related to extreme climate events.

  • The report emphasizes the urgent need for action as heatwaves, wildfires, and other extreme weather events have led to significant economic losses and human casualties across the continent.
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Biden to unveil $7 billion for rooftop solar in Earth Day message: President Joe Biden on Monday will celebrate Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in grants for ...
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Biden to unveil $7 billion for rooftop solar in Earth Day message
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Söder appeals: Smoking weed in the state parliament should be banned: Bavaria wants to make smoking weed as difficult as possible. The announcement by a member ...
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Söder appeals: Smoking weed in the state parliament should be banned
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Clichés about Bavaria: Bavaria is just different: Swabians are stingy, Berliners are rude - and Bavaria? State clichés are boring, says our author El Hotzo ...
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Clichés about Bavaria: Bavaria is just different
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Bavaria: dispute over air cab start-up Volocopter: Has Bavaria's Minister of Economic Affairs Aiwanger torpedoed the economy? The Volocopter case is a matter of ...
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Bavaria: dispute over air cab start-up Volocopter
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Activists Prepare to Set Sail on a New Gaza Freedom Flotilla: A coalition of human rights advocates has arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, as they prepare to set sail ...
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Activists Prepare to Set Sail on a New Gaza Freedom Flotilla
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Markus Söder meets Gioriga Meloni in Italy: Markus Söder attacked Manfred Weber harshly when he spoke out in favor of a center-right government in Italy ...
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Markus Söder meets Gioriga Meloni in Italy
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Federal Constitutional Court is negotiating electoral law reform: The Federal Constitutional Court is negotiating the latest electoral law reform for two days ...
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Federal Constitutional Court is negotiating electoral law reform
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CSU veteran Theo Waigel: “Mister Euro” celebrates his 85th birthday: Appointed Finance Minister by Helmut Kohl shortly before reunification ...
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CSU veteran Theo Waigel: “Mister Euro” celebrates his 85th birthday
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States may need to brace for long, hot summer: The latest outlooks, plus recent research, suggest an unusually hot June through August.
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States may need to brace for long, hot summer
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WA to launch EV rebate program. Here’s what you could save: A new $50 million state rebate program for electric vehicles aims to make them affordable for ...
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WA to launch EV rebate program. Here’s what you could save
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How Kim Kardashian became a champion for criminal justice reform: She is participating in a Biden administration roundtable on Thursday.
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How Kim Kardashian became a champion for criminal justice reform
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South Korean Youth Activists Take Government to Court over Climate Crisis: In South Korea, a court heard from youth climate activists and their families ...
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South Korean Youth Activists Take Government to Court over Climate Crisis
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Renowned activist Asunta Wagura welcomes twins at the age of 60: Kenya’s renowned anti-HIV/Aids crusader Asunta Wagura has welcomed twin girls at the age of 60. 
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Renowned activist Asunta Wagura welcomes twins at the age of 60
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Why was Harvey Weinstein case overturned? Sometimes the courts get things wrong.: The Harvey Weinstein decision is a huge disappointment for advocates and ...
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Why was Harvey Weinstein case overturned? Sometimes the courts get things ...
Quick Glance: Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 Rape Conviction Overturned
  • New York's highest court overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, disappointing those who celebrated historic gains during the #MeToo era.

  • The ruling was based on legal technicalities and did not exonerate Weinstein's behavior, according to #MeToo advocates.

  • Weinstein, convicted in Los Angeles for another rape, will face retrial in New York, despite remaining in prison.

  • The court criticized the admission of uncharged sexual acts as evidence, deeming it an abuse of judicial discretion.
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Cloud seeding was not the cause of the storms in Dubai: It was the worst storm since regional records began 75 years ago. There was quickly speculation about ...
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Cloud seeding was not the cause of the storms in Dubai
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“Sorry, we’re hiding behind a cheap excuse”: The great moral philosopher was born 300 years ago. What would Kant have said about climate protection ...
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“Sorry, we’re hiding behind a cheap excuse”
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EPP leader Manfred Weber on Macron's speech: The European politician and CSU deputy leader Manfred Weber emphasizes the importance of the European elections and ...
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EPP leader Manfred Weber on Macron's speech
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Balance for 2023: A year of climate contrasts in Europe: 2023 was a year of extremes: heat, fires, high water levels. Climate change has brought new weather ...
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Balance for 2023: A year of climate contrasts in Europe
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Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Australia’s Paris deal in doubt: Nationals leader David Littleproud has conceded turning to nuclear power would mean ...
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Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Australia’s Paris deal in doubt
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SNP and Scottish Greens power-sharing deal ends following climate target row: The SNP and Scottish Greens power-sharing deal has formally ended following a row ...
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SNP and Scottish Greens power-sharing deal ends following climate target ...
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Portuguese Climate Activists on Trial Represent the True Spirit of April 25: On the eve of the anniversary of the 1974 revolution, 11 climate activists will be ...
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Portuguese Climate Activists on Trial Represent the True Spirit of April ...
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Columbia's student activism over Gaza echoes historic struggles: Just as in the 1960s and '80s, mass student demonstrations are likely to reshape ...
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Columbia's student activism over Gaza echoes historic struggles
Quick Glance: Wave of Protests Leads to USC's Main Commencement Cancellation
  • The University of Southern California canceled its main graduation ceremony due to nationwide protests against the Israel-Hamas war.

  • Universities are negotiating with protesters and changing rules to prohibit encampments.

  • Students are urging schools to sever financial connections with Israel and divest from supporting companies.

  • Protests at various universities have resulted in arrests and police interventions, prompting some schools to adjust rules to manage the demonstrations.
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‘The West should be ashamed’: Ai Weiwei on art, politics and human rights: “An artist that isn’t an activist is a dead artist.” He’s viewed as one of today’s ...
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‘The West should be ashamed’: Ai Weiwei on art, politics and human rights
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Petersberg Climate Dialogue: Who finances climate protection?: The Azerbaijani President travels to Berlin - it's about the climate. Why a small event with many ...
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Petersberg Climate Dialogue: Who finances climate protection?
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Munich: All information about the Maibock tapping 2024 and Derblecken with Django Asül
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Munich: All information about the Maibock tapping 2024 and Derblecken with ...
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Automotive industry - CSU leader Söder wants to stop the phase-out of combustion engines from 2035
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Automotive industry - CSU leader Söder wants to stop the phase-out of ...
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Interview with Interior Minister Herrmann: “I never wanted to be the world champion in deportations”
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Interview with Interior Minister Herrmann: “I never wanted to be the world ...
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Ocasio-Cortez emerges as key Biden surrogate for progressives, young people: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is emerging as a key surrogate for President ...
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Ocasio-Cortez emerges as key Biden surrogate for progressives ...
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Schuberl pulled it off: Green MP smokes a joint in the state parliament: The Green MdL Toni Schuberl from Zenting (Freyung-Grafenau district) went through with ...
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Schuberl pulled it off: Green MP smokes a joint in the state parliament
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Experts say election brings new stakes to Earth Day: This fall’s election has major implications for America’s role in the fight against climate change ...
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Experts say election brings new stakes to Earth Day
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Europe endured record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023: New report warns people are increasingly at risk in a continent warming twice as fast as the ...
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Europe endured record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023
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Scientists say Oman, UAE deluge ‘most likely’ linked to climate change: A study has found climate change caused by fossil fuel emissions is the likely reason for ...
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Scientists say Oman, UAE deluge ‘most likely’ linked to climate change
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A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean for weather and climate
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A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean for weather ...
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Climate activists sentenced after paint attack on Brandenburg Gate: The outrage after the paint attack on the capital's landmark was huge and the cleaning work ...
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Climate activists sentenced after paint attack on Brandenburg Gate
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Maxwell Frost on Earth Day calls Trump a ‘threat to our planet’: On Earth Day, progressive Democrat Maxwell Frost (Fla.) is calling former President Trump a ...
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Maxwell Frost on Earth Day calls Trump a ‘threat to our planet’
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Pressure mounts on NCAA to clarify stance on transgender athletes: Hundreds of transgender-rights advocates wrote on Tuesday to NCAA president Charlie Baker and ...
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Pressure mounts on NCAA to clarify stance on transgender athletes
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Now: Ilse Aigner wants to ban smoking weed on the entire state parliament grounds
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Now: Ilse Aigner wants to ban smoking weed on the entire state parliament ...
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’30 Rock’ actor says his ‘heart goes out’ to students after visit canceled over ‘lifestyle’
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’30 Rock’ actor says his ‘heart goes out’ to students after visit canceled ...
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Sealing up your home can save money and fight climate change: An Edina woman knew her house could get drafty in the winter, so she signed up for a home energy ...
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Sealing up your home can save money and fight climate change
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Thousands protest against over-tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands: Demonstrators say mass tourism is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago.
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Thousands protest against over-tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands
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Biden administration bans drilling in nearly half of Alaska petroleum reserve in sweeping win for climate advocates
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Biden administration bans drilling in nearly half of Alaska petroleum ...
Quick Glance: Restrictions on Oil and Gas Leasing in Alaska under Biden Administration
  • The Biden administration announced restrictions on new oil and gas leasing on 5.3 million hectares of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to protect wildlife from the impacts of climate change.

  • The decision finalizes proposed protections that drew backlash from environmentalists last year for violating Biden's climate change pledge.

  • The limitation on new leasing faced opposition from Republican lawmakers who criticized the decisions as undermining national security interests.

  • Environmentalists praised the decision, while the oil industry labeled it as misguided and raised concerns about future developments in the reserve.
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CSU General Secretary: “We urgently need a change in the federal government”: The CSU General Secretary on the fight against cannabis in Bavaria ...
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CSU General Secretary: “We urgently need a change in the federal ...
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China evacuates over 100,000 as heavy rain continues to lash south: China is facing increasingly extreme weather events as climate change takes its toll.
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China evacuates over 100,000 as heavy rain continues to lash south
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Two years to save the planet, says UN climate chief, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week
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Two years to save the planet, says UN climate chief, and other nature and ...
Quick Glance: Scottish Government Abandons 'World-Leading' Climate Target
  • The Scottish Government has abandoned its “world-leading” target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.

  • Ministers will bring forward legislation to ensure the climate change target “better reflects the reality of long-term climate policymaking”.

  • Scotland will move away from legally binding annual targets to a five-yearly carbon budget approach.

  • A new package of climate action measures was announced, including tripling the number of charging points for electric vehicles and exploring a new integrated ticketing system for public transport in Scotland.
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Chris Stark: Rishi Sunak has set us back, head of climate change watchdog says: In a BBC interview, Chris Stark says the PM has not made climate change "as much ...
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Chris Stark: Rishi Sunak has set us back, head of climate change watchdog ...
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Hamburg: TV drama from Habeck's pen “The Flood - Death on the dike”​: Based on a novel by Robert Habeck and Andrea Paluch, ARD is showing the environmental crime ...
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Hamburg: TV drama from Habeck's pen “The Flood - Death on the dike”​
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Asia bears biggest climate-change brunt amid extreme weather: WMO: UN agency says floods, storms leading cause of casualties and economic losses as impact of ...
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Asia bears biggest climate-change brunt amid extreme weather: WMO
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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to arm teachers, permitting them to carry guns in schools
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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to arm teachers, permitting them to carry ...
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Commentary: Don’t blame Dubai’s freak rain on cloud seeding: Cloud seeding could not have built a huge storm system the size of France, says this University of ...
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Commentary: Don’t blame Dubai’s freak rain on cloud seeding