US: Pres Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, takes steps on wind power

US President Joe Biden WASHINGTON, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden said that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executive actions and promising more aggressive efforts. Biden made the comments during a visit to Massachusetts and as…

Senegal capital wades through floodwater after heavy rain

Residents make their way through a flooded street after heavy rains in Yoff, district of Dakar DAKAR, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Torrential rain fell across Senegal on Wednesday, causing floods in the capital Dakar and bringing down a section of one of the main highways into the city. Cars, scooters…

Fuel spills in The Bahamas near the white sand beaches of Great Exuma

Some of the 30,000 gallons of fuel spilled by a vessel named The Arabian is caught on the shore of Great Exuma near Old Navy Base in George Town, Bahamas NASSAU, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A vessel delivering fuel to The Bahamas resort island of Great Exuma spilled around 30,000…

Heatwaves: Wildfires rage across Europe as climate alarm sounded

ATHENS, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain’s hottest day that the fight against climate change needed to be stepped up. Hundreds fled in central Italy as gas tanks exploded in a forest…

US Pres Joe Biden plans talks with China’s Xi Jinping soon, casts doubt on Pelosi’s Taiwan trip

WASHINGTON, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United States President Joe Biden plans to speak with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, by the end of the month at a moment of simmering tensions between the countries over Taiwan and trade. “I think I’ll be talking to President Xi within the next 10…

Venezuela reaffirms its support and solidarity with Nicaragua

MANAGUA, July 20 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faría reaffirmed his government’s commitment and solidarity with Nicaragua in a meeting held on Tuesday in Managua with his Nicaraguan counterpart, Denis Moncada. “We appreciate the reception given to us by the Nicaraguan Foreign Minister, Denis Moncada, whom we greeted on…

Cubans to keep enduring power cuts in blazing summer

HAVANA, July 20 (NNN-ANSA) — The electricity supply in Cuba’s capital city is showing increasingly recurrent cuts as the aging power plants seem to be reaching their point of technical exhaustion. Local authorities have said the country’s energy situation was “very complex and tense, but with a solution,” which should…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Pres Putin says gas giant Gazprom to fulfil obligations ‘in full’

 TEHRAN, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said gas giant Gazprom will fulfil all its obligations “in full” and mocked the West for relying on green energy. “Gazprom has fulfilled, is fulfilling and will fulfil its obligations in full,” Putin told reporters in Tehran after holding talks with…

Covid-19: US overdose deaths shot up for Black, Native people during pandemic – CDC

WASHINGTON, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Overdose deaths increased 44 percent for Black people and 39 percent for American Indians in 2020 compared to 2019, as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted access to care and exacerbated racial inequality, an official report showed. “Racism, a root cause of health disparities, continues to be…

UN warns heatwaves will happen more often until 2060s

 GENEVA, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Heatwaves like the one stifling western Europe are becoming more frequent and the trend is set to continue until at least the 2060s, the United Nations said. The current heatwave should act as a wake-up call for countries pumping ever more carbon dioxide into the…