umbertino Posted January 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2023 Shell to spend $450m on carbon offsetting as fears grow that credits may be worthless British multinational to spend huge sums on schemes that do not bring genuine carbon reductions, analysis shows Alex Lawson and Patrick Greenfield Thu 19 Jan 2023 11.09 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/19/shell-to-spend-450m-on-carbon-offsetting-fears-grow-credits-worthless-aoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Sailor rescued by Colombian navy after 24 days adrift survived eating stock cubes Elvis François, 47, from Dominica, had scrawled the word ‘help’ in English on the boat’s hull Associated Press in Bogotá Fri 20 Jan 2023 14.46 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/20/sailor-colombia-dominica-navy-rescue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 The world’s oceans broke a heat record…again January 19, 2023 10:45 AM CST By Avery Schuyler Nunn https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-worlds-oceans-broke-a-heat-record-again/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2023 Over the moon! Buzz Aldrin marries ‘long-time love’ on his 93rd birthday Second man to walk on the moon says he and Anca Faur are ‘as excited as eloping teenagers’ Tom Ambrose Sat 21 Jan 2023 13.16 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/21/over-the-moon-buzz-aldrin-marries-long-time-love-on-his-93rd-birthday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2023 Ten dead in shooting after lunar new year festival near Los Angeles Police say suspected gunman in incident at Monterey Park, which has large Asian population, is still at large Nina Lakhani and agencies Sun 22 Jan 2023 14.46 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/monterey-park-shooting-los-angeles-lunar-new-year-festival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 The psychedelic ibogaine can treat addiction. The race is on to cash in Clinics and scientists around the world aim to turn a profit from a powerful Gabonese plant – but it’s an ethical and legal wild west Kaitlin Sullivan Tue 24 Jan 2023 06.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/23/ibogaine-iboga-drug-addiction-psychedelic-gabon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2023 Microsoft investigates outage affecting Teams and Outlook users worldwide Service status monitoring website Downdetector records thousands of people reporting problems Dan Milmo Global technology editor Wed 25 Jan 2023 09.53 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/25/microsoft-investigates-outage-affecting-teams-and-outlook-users-worldwide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2023 US airport worker warned before being sucked into jet engine Alabama crew had ‘safety huddle’ about how to move around the plane and employee who was killed received warning to stay back Ramon Antonio Vargas Wed 25 Jan 2023 07.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/25/alabama-airport-worker-killed-jet-engine-safety-warnings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2023 Archaeologist hails possibly oldest mummy yet found in Egypt The 4,300-year-old mummy was found at the bottom of a 15-metre shaft near the Step Pyramid at Saqqara Reuters in Cairo Thu 26 Jan 2023 15.41 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/26/archaeologist-hails-possibly-oldest-mummy-yet-found-in-egypt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) $18 a dozen: how did America’s eggs get absurdly expensive? Producers blame avian flu for the soaring costs, but one farmers’ group is airing accusations of price-gouging Alaina Demopoulos Thu 26 Jan 2023 06.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/25/18-a-dozen-how-did-americas-eggs-get-absurdly-expensive Name-your-price produce: farms let customers pay what they can for fruits and vegetables Community-supported agriculture programs offer sliding-scale shares to customers who can choose their payment level Frankie Adkins Sun 1 Jan 2023 08.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/01/local-csa-farms-low-cost-food-access Edited January 26, 2023 by umbertino 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 World’s oldest person on the keys to longevity: ‘stay away from toxic people’ María Branyas Morera, born in 1907, now in Guinness record books after death of Lucille Randon, 118, in French town of Toulon Ramon Antonio Vargas Thu 26 Jan 2023 06.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/26/worlds-oldest-person-115-maria-branyas-morera-california Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 Jan. 27 Is International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date was chosen because it marks the day in 1945 that Auschwitz, Nazi Germany’s largest concentration and death camp, was liberated by Soviet troops, revealing the horrors within January 27, 2023 8:43 AM https://www.voanews.com/a/jan-27-is-international-holocaust-remembrance-day-/6936572.html THOSE WHO FAIL TO REMEMBER THE TRAGIC MISTAKES OF THE PAST ARE BOUND TO REPEAT THEM 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Bear goes selfie-crazy by snapping 400 pictures on Colorado wildlife camera A motion-activated camera near Boulder contained a surprise for officials monitoring wildlife activity Guardian staff Sun 29 Jan 2023 11.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/29/bear-selfies-colorado-wildlife-camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Vending machines with lifesaving drug grow as opioid crisis rages in US Naloxone, an overdose-reversing ‘miracle drug’, can let people with an opioid addiction walk away from a near-death experience within minutes Chris McGreal Sun 29 Jan 2023 07.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/29/narcan-naloxone-us-vending-machines-opioid-crisis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 The Brazilian man who walked into his own funeral has taught us all a vital life lesson If you want to hear your friends say good things about you, faking your own death is definitely not the way to do it Thu 2 Feb 2023 14.44 GMT Tim Dowling https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/02/brazilian-man-funeral-life-lesson-fake-death 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Millions in US north-east brace for ‘once-in-a-generation’ Arctic blast Meteorologists warn frigid weather could bring record-breaking low temperatures to New York, New Jersey and New England Adam Gabbatt in New York Fri 3 Feb 2023 15.18 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/03/arctic-blast-us-north-east-cold-weather 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Singapore man sues woman for just wanting to be friends, not partners Claimant seeks $3m in damages to cover financial losses as well as rehabilitation and therapy to overcome ‘trauma’ Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent Fri 3 Feb 2023 13.06 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/03/singapore-man-sues-woman-for-just-wanting-to-be-friends-not-partners 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Man attempts trip to Sydney, Australia – and ends up in Sidney, Montana ‘I saw a mountaintop covered in white snow. At that point, I knew I was in trouble,’ says Kingsley Burnett, who mixed up airport codes Guardian staff Fri 3 Feb 2023 15.30 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/03/sydney-australia-montana-flight-mixup 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Canadian teenager wins $48m jackpot with her first lottery ticket Juliette Lamour, a student from Ontario, makes history with £30m prize after taking part ‘for fun’ Tobi Thomas Sat 4 Feb 2023 16.43 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/04/canadian-teenager-wins-48m-jackpot-first-lottery-ticket-juliette-lamour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Life on the edge: meet the man who walked around the UK Facing financial ruin, Christian Lewis, a former paratrooper, set out on a six-year, 11,000-mile trek around our entire coastline. It changed his life in more ways than he could possibly imagine Ella Braidwood Sun 5 Feb 2023 11.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/05/life-on-the-edge-meet-the-man-who-walked-around-the-uk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Pennsylvania boy, nine, becomes one of the youngest ever high school graduates David Balogun, who loves science and computer programming, receives diploma after taking remote classes Ramon Antonio Vargas Sun 5 Feb 2023 06.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/05/nine-year-old-boy-graduates-high-school-david-balogun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 North-east arctic blast sets record -108F wind chill on New Hampshire summit Dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills dropped as low as -45 to -50F across the rest of the region Associated Press in Boston Sun 5 Feb 2023 14.18 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/05/us-north-east-arctic-blast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Turkey and Syria: more than 2,000 people confirmed dead after two large earthquakes strike – latest updates Numbers of dead expected to keep rising rapidly amid desperate search and rescue operations on the ground following two quakes on Monday Geneva Abdul (now); Martin Belam, Jordyn Beazley and Samantha Lock (earlier) Mon 6 Feb 2023 16.36 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/feb/06/turkey-earthquake-2023-live-updates-quake-tremor-latest-news 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 I’ve stopped saying I ‘have autism’ – for me, being autistic is brilliant, not a burden I want the language I use to describe myself to celebrate all the things my neurological difference has given me Mon 6 Feb 2023 08.00 GMT Nick Ransom https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/06/autism-autistic-positive-neurodiversity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Vatican expels ‘rebel nuns’ for refusing to leave Italian monastery Two nuns told they ‘disobeyed the church’ by trying to stay at seven-centuries-old site in Ravello Angela Giuffrida in Rome Mon 6 Feb 2023 16.52 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/06/vatican-expels-rebel-nuns-for-refusing-to-leave-italian-monastery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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