A new study extends global average surface temperature records back to 2 million years ago, further back in time than any previous climate research. The research suggests that global warming from human emissions of greenhouse gases will cause far more warming, up to 9 degrees Celsius, or 16.2 degrees Fahrenheit, during the next several millennia than previously expected ... SEE ALSO. Climate change poses a major security risk to the U.S ... ....
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People in the rebel-controlled east of the city express horror at the impact of the bombs - and fears of what may come next. The roar of the explosion was unlike anything Abdulkafi al-Hamdo had heard before. Stones from a kilometre away fell in front of the home where the teacher had taken shelter with his wife and seven-month-old daughter ...The Russian models can weigh more than a tonne and penetrate two metres into reinforced concrete....
Japan issued a warning to China on Monday, after eight Chinese military planes were flown near disputed territories in the East China Sea... “We are determined to defend our land, territorial waters and the skies.” ... in the South China Sea ... [AP] ....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingDo presidential debates really matter? It depends on who you ask. But one thing is sure, the news/entertainment format of tonight’s debate, and post-debate news coverage, will dominate the media. ... secretary of state ... Known as the “undecided” and despised, the undecided voter might actually be the most optimal philosopher-citizen ... He is a correspondent for www.worldnews.com ... Being Wrong....
Switzerland could face consequences, Italian officials warned Monday, after voters in the border canton of Ticino approved a referendum calling on authorities to grant preference to Swiss workers over foreigners in employment, The Associated Press reported.The referendum passed with 58 percent of Ticino voters approving of the measure – an outgrowth of the Swiss nationalist efforts to limit European Union workers in Switzerland....
MuayThai boxer Masoud Minaei defeated Truong Quoc Hung from the host nation 10-9 in the final bout of men’s light middleweight 67-71 kilogram category, and won the gold medal. ... Iranian athletes have taken their tally to six medals at the fifth edition of Asian Beach Games, ranks sixth in the ongoing event. ....
The two team gold medals contribute to a total of four medals, including MariamKamal and Haley Mendez's women's individual gold and silver respectively ...Team USA claimed two medals in the individual competitions in an all-American final between Mariam Kamal and Haley Mendez ... In the final it was Kamal who came out on top, consigning Mendez to a silver medal 11-7, 11-5, 12-10 ... a 2-1 victory over the two seeds and gold medals....
Syrian swim hero Saleh takes ABGmedal tally to eight ... A tough training programme and even stronger mental approach has enabled Syrian swimmer Saleh Mohammad to maintain his place on the medals podium throughout the history of the Asian Beach Games ... His most recent achievements were here in Danang, where he followed up his bronze medal in the men's 10km race with a silver in the 5km event on Sunday....
The schoolboy from Al Ain born with a congenital birth defect that left him with stumped fingers on his left hand did well to claim a medal on his first appearance at a major competition ... reach the medal round in the Gi competition....
Reaching for the stars - should it be defined with a medal?. Should a medal define a successful Paralympics? The GB women's wheelchair basketball team entered this Games with high hopes and they left without achieving a medal. However, during the Games they made the world sit-up and take notice, they firmly placed the GB women's team as a medal contender in the 2020 Games and they won hearts....
The British Olympic Association) Lesley McKenna wants her FridgeKids to keep pushing the boundaries and forget about medals in the countdown to the Winter Olympics... Snowboarder Jennie Jones's slopestyle bronze in Sochi, a first BritishWinter Olympicmedal on snow, broke new boundaries and established new expectations ... 'The only way we can increase our chance of wining a medal is to have more athletes there....
The men from Hong Kong and the Japanese women, who were second after the first block on long oil, leaped one spot in the second block on medium oil to earn the gold medal in trios in the Target24thAsianTenpin Bowling Championships Saturday at SCAA bowling center in Hong Kong, China...Haruna Nojima, Mirai Ishimoto and Shion Izumune winning Japan's first gold medal ... The top three teams will be awarded the medals....
India added another medal in the 5th Asian Beach Games with Harish Banghel winning a silver in the men's middleweight MuayThai event on the second day of competition on Monday ... and seven bronze medals....
Mariyappan, from Periyavadagampatti near Kadayampatti in Salem district, had on the gold medal in the men's high jump T-42 event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. The young athlete made a leap of 1.89 m in the event and won the gold medal... gold medal in the next Paralympics as well....