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US Coast Guard probing cause of Titanic submersible implosion

All five people aboard a submersible missing near the wreck of the Titanic died after their vessel suffered a “catastrophic implosion” in the ocean depths. The US Coast Guard said it is leading the investigation to find out the cause of the undersea implosion of the Titan submersible that killed all five peopleaboard while diving to the century-old wreck of the Titanic. The officials said that…

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China downplays Wagner rebellion as Russia’s ‘internal affairs’

Chinese officials have described an aborted rebellion by the Wagner group of mercenaries as Moscow’s “internal affairs”, while one state media mouthpiece dismissed the divisions in Russia as an “illusion” being exploited by the west. Russia’s deputy foreign minister Andrei Rudenko held talks in Beijing on Sunday after the most serious challenge to president Vladimir Putin’s grip on power since he…

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Temperatures across China reached or exceeded their records for the month of May, the country’s National Climate Centre has said. Weather stations at 446 sites registered temperatures that were the same as, or greater than, the highest ever recorded for the month of May, deputy director of the National Climate Centre Gao Rong said at a press briefing on Friday. On Monday, the Shanghai Meteorology Bureau reported that the city had recorded a temperature of 36.1 degrees Celsius. The previous record for May was 35.7C, which occurred in 2018. Over the next three days, most of southern China is expected to be hit by temperatures of more than 35C, with temperatures in some areas exceeding 40C, according to national forecasters on Friday.

Power grids are preparing to be put under strain as demand for airconditioning soars in mega-cities such as Shanghai. Demand for electricity in southern manufacturing hubs, including Guangdong, has surged in recent days, with China Southern Power Grid, one of the country’s two grid operators, seeing peak power load exceeding 200m kilowatts – weeks earlier than normal and close to historical highs. The sweltering heat comes amid a year of rising temperatures and erratic weather in China.

In February, the China Meteorological Administration warned that “extreme weather and climate events are still showing a high incidence and intensity [for the year]”.

In March, temperatures in Wuhan and Zhengzhou, cities in central China, were more than 10 degrees higher than normal for that time of year. Unusually for China, 2023 has seen the arid north of the country hotter than the south, a pattern that is thought to be causing a range of ecological problems.

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China has accused the US, UK and Australia of embarking on a “path of error and danger” in response to the Aukus partners’ announcement of a deal on nuclear-powered submarines. “The latest joint statement from the US, UK and Australia demonstrates that the three countries, for the sake of their own geopolitical interests, completely disregard the concerns of the international communities and are walking further and further down the path of error and danger,” China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during a regular press briefing on Tuesday. The multibillion-dollar deal, announced during a meeting of Aukus leaders in San Diego on Monday, will provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines in an effort to counter the rise of China in the Indo-Pacific. The spokesperson’s comments came after the Chinese mission to the UN tweeted a statement accusing the three countries of fuelling an arms race. It said the deal was a “textbook case of double standard”. The US president, Joe Biden, rejected the accusation, saying the submarines would be “nuclear-powered, not nuclear-armed”. Penny Wong, Australia’s foreign minister, said the Chinese criticism was “not grounded in fact”. Biden said he expected to speak with Xi Jinping – who recently secured a third term as China’s president – soon but declined to elaborate. On Tuesday Wang said China did not want to “communicate for the sake of communicating” but that “the US side should come forward sincerely, with practical actions to promote China-US relations”. Relations between China and the US are at their lowest in decades. Various channels of communication, including military dialogues, have been paused since Nancy Pelosi, then the speaker of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan in August, angering China. News source -The Guardian For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #china #australia #unitedkingdom #unitedstates #world_and_news #uttarakhand_notes #aukus #chinese #xijinping #joebiden #usa #world #worldnews #asia #indopacific #news #newspaper (at China) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxbLlgvdNd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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President Joe Biden has warned Iran that the United States will “act forcefully” to protect Americans, after the US military carried out air strikes against Iran-backed forces in retaliation for an attack in Syria. “Make no mistake: the United States does not ... seek conflict with Iran, but be prepared for us to act forcefully to protect our people,” Biden told reporters during a visit to Canada. Asked whether there should be a higher cost for Iran, Biden replied: “We’re not going to stop.” Officials said a US service member was wounded in Syria on Friday in the latest tit-for-tat strike between Iran-backed forces and US personnel. It comes after an attack on Thursday killed an American contractor and wounded five US troops and another contractor. Washington has said a drone of Iranian origin was used in that attack. Two US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it appeared that the defensive system on the base had failed. One US official told Reuters that troops on the ground did not appear to have had enough time to react to the drone. Although US forces stationed in Syria have been attacked with drones before, deaths are rare. The violence could further aggravate already strained relations between Washington and Tehran, as attempts to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers stalled, and with Iranian drones being used by Russia against Ukraine. The Pentagon had said US F-15 jets on Thursday attacked two facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war in Syria, said the US strikes had killed eight pro-Iranian fighters. Reuters was unable to independently confirm the toll. News source -The Guardian For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #syria #usa #iran #unitedstates #joebiden #pentagon #america #american #uttarakhand_notes #world_and_news #canada #newspaper #tehran #washington #iranian #usmilitary #russia #ukraine #viral #viralpost #shorts (at Syria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqM3InuP44L/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Apple Inc's Taiwanese supplier Pegatron Corp is in talks to open a second India factory, said two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, as the U.S. tech giant's partners continue to diversify production away from China. Pegatron plans to add a second facility near the southern city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state, just six months after opening the first with an investment of $150 million, said the sources, who sought anonymity as the talks are private. The new factory, the first source said, is "to assemble the latest iPhones". Pegatron declined to comment but said, "Any acquisition of assets will be disclosed based on regulations." Apple did not respond to a request for comment. India is seen as the next growth frontier for Apple. Around $9 billion worth of smartphones have been exported from India between April 2022 and February this year, and iPhones accounted for more than 50% of that, according to the India Cellular and Electronics Association. Pegatron currently accounts for 10% of Apple's iPhone production in India on an annualised basis, research firm Counterpoint said. Apple and its key suppliers have been shifting production away from China as they seek to avoid a potential hit to business from mounting Sino-U.S. trade frictions. In recent years, Pegatron has sought to expand its footprint in Southeast Asia and North America. Pegatron's planned investment outlay for the expansion is not immediately clear. The first source, however, said the new factory will be smaller than the first one. Apple Inc has bet big on the South Asian nation since it began iPhone assembly in the country in 2017 via Wistron and later Foxconn, in line with the Indian government's push for local manufacturing. India is the second biggest smartphone market in the world, where Apple also plans to assemble iPad tablets and AirPods. News source - MINT For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #apple #iphone13 #iphone14 #iphones #india #pegatron #uttarakhand_notes #world_and_news #unitedstates #china #asia #chennai #tamilnadu #tamil #bangalore #hyderabad #applewatch #airpods #ipad (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqM4liGvfOD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Donald Trump, the former US president, continued to invoke retribution and violence on Saturday when he used the first rally of his 2024 election campaign to rail against prosecutors weighing a criminal charge against him. Efforts by Trump’s team to steer a more conventional, disciplined candidacy have wilted in recent days as the 76-year-old unleashed words and images that – even by his provocative standards – are unusually dehumanising, menacing and dangerous. He opened the rally by playing a song, “Justice for All”, that features a choir of men imprisoned for their role in the January 6 insurrection singing the national anthem intercut with Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Trump stood solemnly on a podium with hand on heart and footage from the Capitol riot was shown on big screens and US flags billowed in the wind. “That song tells you a lot because it’s number one in every single category,” he told a crowd of thousands. “Number two was Taylor Swift, number three was Miley Cyrus.” The choice of location for the rally was also striking: Waco, a city in Texas, exactly 30 years after a 51-day standoff and deadly siege between law enforcement and the Branch Davidians that resulted in the deaths of more than 80 members of the religious cult and four federal agents. It came with Trump facing the prospect of becoming the first president in US history to be indicted. A grand jury in New York investigating a hush money payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels, who alleged a sexual encounter with Trump, a claim he denies. Trump falsely predicted his own arrest on Tuesday last week and called for protests without adding that they should be peaceful. On his Truth Social platform he warned of “potential death & destruction” if he is eventually charged. News source -The Guardian For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #donaldtrump #texas #unitedstates #usa #world_and_news #uttarakhand_notes #2024 #presidentialelection #president #waco #washington #capitol #newyork #world #newspaper #newspost #worldaffairs #news (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqPebD3vHFB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and crisis-hit Pakistan are locked in a debate over an unfinished loan program required for the ongoing financial collapse. Both have been negotiating since early February on an agreement that would release USD 1.1 billion to the cash-strapped, nuclear-armed country of 220 million people, and it's supercritical for the liquidity-challenged country. The Pakistani government has made various economic modifications including hikes in fuel prices, raising taxes, and others demanded by the financial body for loans. The funds are part of a USD 6.5 billion bailout package the IMF approved in 2019 -- vital to Pakistan to avert defaulting on external payment obligations. However, no funding has been granted to the cash-strapped country yet. IMF has now asked Islamabad to provide external financing assurances before it takes the next step with Pakistan to release the bailout tranche, according to a report published by pkrevenue. Addressing a press briefing, Julie Kozack, the IMF's Director of Strategic Communications said, “Timely financial assistance from external partners will be critical to support the authorities' policy efforts and ensure the successful completion of the review (with Pakistan)." “Ensuring that there is sufficient financing to support the authorities is the paramount priority. A Staff Level Agreement (SLA) will follow once the few remaining points are closed. We do need to ensure that we have those financing assurances in place in order for us to be able to take the next step with Pakistan," she added. The financial body wants Pakistan to get the assurance of up to USD 7 billion to fund this fiscal year's balance of payments gap. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has been saying it should be around USD 5 billion. News source - MINT For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #imf #pakistan #crisis #usd #financial #asia #pakistani #government #fuel #tax #loan #world_and_news #worldnews #uttarakhand_notes #mint #trending #viral #worldaffairs #2023 (at Pakistan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqPgEmkvvpR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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India's Ministry of External Affairs has summoned the Canadian high commissioner over the violent protest by Khalistani supported outside the Consulate General of India in Toronto. The central government has conveyed its strong concern about the actions of separatist and extremist elements against its consulates. The central government has conveyed its strong concern about the actions of separatist and extremist elements against its consulates. The Cente sought an explanation on how such elements were allowed, in the presence of police. The MEA has asked about the breach of security of its diplomatic mission and consulates. Besides, the external affairs ministry reminded Canada of its obligations under the Vienna Convention and asked to arrest and prosecute the individuals who have already been identified as being involved in such acts. The ministry hoped that the Canadian government will take all steps needed to ensure the safety of its diplomats and the security of its diplomatic premises so that they are able to fulfill their normal diplomatic functions. Recently, an event to be attended by the Indian envoy to Canada in British Columbia province had to be cancelled due to security concerns after violent Khalistani protestors arrived at the premises. The event was organised at the Taj Park Convention Centre Surrey to welcome the high commissioner of India, Sanjay Kumar Verma's first visit to the west coast. The event was ultimately cancelled for security reasons. News source - MINT For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #india #canada #canadian #government #highcommission #ministryofexternalaffairs #diplomatic #world_and_news #uttarakhand_notes #worldnews #worldaffairs #bharat #british #columbia #vienna #toronto #security #police (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqPnQwoPCib/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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China has accused the US, UK and Australia of embarking on a “path of error and danger” in response to the Aukus partners’ announcement of a deal on nuclear-powered submarines. “The latest joint statement from the US, UK and Australia demonstrates that the three countries, for the sake of their own geopolitical interests, completely disregard the concerns of the international communities and are walking further and further down the path of error and danger,” China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during a regular press briefing on Tuesday. The multibillion-dollar deal, announced during a meeting of Aukus leaders in San Diego on Monday, will provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines in an effort to counter the rise of China in the Indo-Pacific. The spokesperson’s comments came after the Chinese mission to the UN tweeted a statement accusing the three countries of fuelling an arms race. It said the deal was a “textbook case of double standard”. The US president, Joe Biden, rejected the accusation, saying the submarines would be “nuclear-powered, not nuclear-armed”. Penny Wong, Australia’s foreign minister, said the Chinese criticism was “not grounded in fact”. Biden said he expected to speak with Xi Jinping – who recently secured a third term as China’s president – soon but declined to elaborate. On Tuesday Wang said China did not want to “communicate for the sake of communicating” but that “the US side should come forward sincerely, with practical actions to promote China-US relations”. Relations between China and the US are at their lowest in decades. Various channels of communication, including military dialogues, have been paused since Nancy Pelosi, then the speaker of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan in August, angering China. News source -The Guardian For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #china #australia #unitedkingdom #unitedstates #world_and_news #uttarakhand_notes #aukus #chinese #xijinping #joebiden #usa #world #worldnews #asia #indopacific #news #newspaper (at China) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxbLlgvdNd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The International Olympic Committee says the Olympic Games can “set an example” to the world on unity and building bridges as it defends plans to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to qualify for Paris 2024. The IOC has faced heavy criticism in some quarters for examining ways that athletes from Russia and Belarus could participate in the Games as neutrals amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. A group of more than 30 nations – including the UK – issued a collective statement on Monday calling for the ban on those athletes to continue. In a statement issued to mark the one-year anniversary of the invasion being launched by Russia, the IOC said it had shown “unwavering solidarity” to the people and athletes of Ukraine but insisted its mission was to promote peace through sport, citing how athletes from warring nations such as North and South Korea, Israel and Palestine and Armenia and Azerbaijan had competed in the same Games in the past. “During the Olympic Games, athletes from 206 different National Olympic Committees live together in peace in the Olympic Village,” the statement read. “Peace-building efforts need dialogue. A competition with athletes who respect the Olympic Charter can serve as a catalyst for dialogue, which is always a first step to achieving peace. “The Olympic Games cannot prevent wars and conflicts. Nor can they address all the political and social challenges in our world. This is the realm of politics. But the Olympic Games can set an example for a world where everyone respects the same rules and one another. “They can inspire us to solve problems by building bridges, leading to better understanding among people. They can open the door to dialogue and peace-building in ways that exclusion and division do not.” Government representatives from more than 30 nations, including the UK, have called on the IOC to continue to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus. News source -The Guardian For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #olympic #paris #games #russia #belarus #world_and_news #uttarakhand_notes #viral #unitedkingdom #ioc #politics #2024 #russian #belarusian #village #newspaper #newspost #world #worldaffairs #news (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpryt7eP1Sl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Four bankers have appeared in a Swiss court charged with helping to hide tens of millions of francs on behalf of Vladimir Putin. The men, who had senior roles at the Swiss branch of Russia’s Gazprombank, are accused of helping Sergei Roldugin – a close friend of the Russian president who has been described as “Putin’s wallet” – to move millions through Swiss bank accounts without the proper due diligence checks. The men – three Russians and one Swiss national who cannot be identified, under Swiss reporting restrictions – appeared at Zurich district court on Wednesday. They denied the charges. Roldugin, a godfather to Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria, reportedly placed $50m in Swiss accounts between 2014 and 2016 with no credible explanation as to where the money had come from. He also allegedly planned to pump more than $10m a year into Swiss accounts via a complex web of shell companies. Swiss prosecutors told the court that the bankers failed to do enough to determine the identity of the true beneficial owner of the funds. Roldugin was the officially named owner of two accounts opened at Gazprombank Switzerland in 2014. However, there was no evidence to prove the source of Roldugin’s funds. Roldugin, a cellist and conductor, previously told the New York Times that he was not a businessman and certainly not a millionaire. News source -The Guardian For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #switzerland #swiss #court #bankers #vladimirputin #vladimir #uttarakhand_notes #world_and_news #russia #viral #viralpost #gazprom #bank #zurich #newyorktimes #ukraine #world #worldnews #worldaffairs (at Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpiW-0av4s3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Greece’s prime minister has apologised for the worst rail accident in the country’s history as a station master facing multiple charges including involuntary manslaughter began to testify in court. Amid mounting protests nationwide, the 59-year-old appeared in front of a magistrate in Larissa, the city where the doomed locomotive had stopped late Tuesday before ramming, head-on and at high speed, into a freight train using the same track. On impact, the front three carriages exploded, killing 57, the majority young people returning home from a long holiday weekend. Scores of others were injured and many are thought to be missing. Five days later, with the nation in mourning and an investigation underway, the station master’s testimony is seen as key to answering the ever-growing questions the tragedy has posed. On Saturday his lawyer, Stefanos Pantzartzidis, requested that he be given more time to prepare his client’s defence citing the emergence of “new factors”. Prior to the station master giving evidence, Pantzartzidis had told reporters: “He assumes the blame proportionate to him.” With funerals being conducted, after the macabre process of identifying victims incinerated in the crash, the prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, apologised on Sunday for the disaster, insisting that in 2023 it should never have happened. “As prime minister, I owe everyone, but above all to the relatives of the victims, a big ‘sorry’. Both personally, and in the name of all those who ruled the country for years,” he said. In a statement that struck a noticeably more tempered tone than his initial pronouncement blaming the accident on “tragic human error”, Mitsotakis suggested there were wider failures at play saying it should not “be possible for two trains moving in opposite directions to be on the same track and not be noticed by anyone”. News source -The Guardian For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #greece #country #larissa #world_and_news #uttarakhand_notes #court #europeanunion #facebook #crash #train #viral #disaster #railroad #europe #world #worldnews #worldaffairs #newspaper (at Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpakzc1P25a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Tiny traces of protein lingering in the bones and teeth of ancient humans could soon transform scientists’ efforts to unravel the secrets of the evolution of our species. Researchers believe a new technique – known as proteomics – could allow them to identify the proteins from which our predecessors’ bodies were constructed and bring new insights into the past 2 million years of humanity’s history. Analysis of these microscopic remnants could then help to solve major evolutionary mysteries such as the identity of the common ancestors of Homo sapiens and the Neanderthals. The ramifications of the technology would mirror the impact of the recently developed technology of ancient DNA analysis which, over the past 20 years, has helped uncover dramatic secrets about humanity’s past. These include the discovery that many modern humans possess Neanderthal genes and that the two species must have interbred at some point over the last 100,000 years. A UK project to assess the promise of proteomics has just been launched and will be carried out by a team of scientists based at two major research centres in London: the Francis Crick Institute and the Natural History Museum. “We will spend the next three years carefully assessing how much protein we can get out of fossils and what we can learn from the samples we obtain,” said Professor Chris Stringer, of the Natural History Museum. “Hopefully, it will indicate we can learn a lot about our past by studying ancient proteins.” Part of the research will involve using a handheld scanner that can be passed over a fossil in order to reveal how much protein it contains. “In that way we can focus on only the most promising skulls and bones,” said Stringer. “It is crucial we don’t try to take samples – no matter how small – from fossils that have no protein to offer us for study.” News source -The Guardian For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #protein #human #unitedkingdom #london #france #neanderthals #teeth #skulls #world_and_news #uttarakhand_notes #world #viral #news #newspaper #newspost #instagram #worldnews (at World) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpZ_DmWPs-P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It has been almost two decades in the making but on Saturday night in New York, after days of gruelling round-the-clock talks, UN member states finally agreed on a treaty to protect the high seas. A full day after the deadline for talks had officially passed, the conference president, Rena Lee of Singapore, took to the floor of room 2 of the UN headquarters in New York and announced the treaty had been agreed. At a later date, the delegates will meet for half a day to formally adopt the text. She made it clear the text would not be reopened. “In Singapore, we like to go on learning journeys and this has been the learning journey of a lifetime,” Lee said. She thanked delegates for their dedication and commitment. “The success is also yours,” she told them. She received cheers and a standing ovation from delegates in the room who had not left the conference hall for 48 hours and worked through the night in order to “get the deal done”. The historic treaty is crucial for enforcing the 30x30 pledge made by countries at the UN biodiversity conference in December, to protect a third of the sea (and land) by 2030. Without a treaty this target would certainly fail, as until now no legal mechanism existed to set up MPAs on the high seas. Covering almost two-thirds of the ocean that lies outside national boundaries, the treaty will provide a legal framework for establishing vast marine protected areas (MPAs) to protect against the loss of wildlife and share out the genetic resources of the high seas. It will establish a conference of the parties (Cop) that will meet periodically and enable member states to be held to account on issues such as governance and biodiversity. News source -The Guardian For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #seascape #sea #newyork #world_and_news #uttarakhand_notes #singapore #unitednations #unitedstates #ocean #ecosystem #carbonfootprint #carbondioxide #carbon #greenpeace #viral #international #viralpost #worldnews (at Seascape) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpZ00ukv2Qv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Authorities in the Philippines are scrambling to contain an oil leak from a sunken tanker that could threaten the rich biodiversity of more than 20 marine protected areas. The MT Princess Empress, which was carrying a cargo of about 800,000 litres of industrial oil, sank on Tuesday off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro province, after it experienced problems with its engine and began to drift due to rough seas. A passing cargo ship rescued the 20 crew onboard. The Philippine Coast Guard is deploying oil spill booms and absorbent booms to try to minimise damage, according to the environment department, which said it was “continuously assessing the important biodiversity sites”. Ram Temena, the disaster operations chief in the affected province of Oriental Mindoro, told Agence France-Presse an oil slick off Mindoro island, south of the capital, Manila, stretched for 120km (75 miles) and was about 9km (5.5 miles) offshore. Oriental Mindoro’s 18,000 registered fishers have been told to stay onshore until it was safe to fish, according to Agence France-Presse. Pola town in Oriental Mindoro, one of the worst affected areas, has been placed under a state of calamity due to the spill. The town’s mayor, Jennifer Cruz, told the Philippines media network GMA that the seawater and shoreline had turned black. “You can see the oil spill in the waves. Fish were dying. Our white sand is now black sand,” Cruz said. The environment department said this week that 21 marine protected areas could be affected, including seagrass beds, mangroves and pathways for fish larvae.Environmental campaigners are especially concerned about risks posed to the Verde Island Passage, a strait that separates the Philippine islands of Luzon and Mindoro, which has been described as the centre of global shore-fish biodiversity. It is also a source of food and livelihoods for more than 2 million people, according to Conservation International. News source -The Guardian For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #philippines #oil #leak #marines #biodiversity #world_and_news #uttarakhand_notes #orientalmindoro #princess #manila #france #presse #luzon #mindoro #viral #viralpost #newspaper (at Philippines) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpVCtmVP3Yb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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India is likely to face a blistering summer after recording its hottest February since 1901, its weather department has said. Average maximum temperature was 29.5C in February, the highest since India started keeping proper weather records. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also forecast "enhanced probability" of heatwaves between March and May. Prolonged heat could affect wheat production and push up power demand. "Above normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of northeast India, east and central India and some parts of northwest India" from March to May, the IMD said in a statement on Tuesday. The forecast comes days after the weather department issued and later withdrew its first heatwave alert for the year in parts of western India after conditions improved. Hot summers and heatwaves are common in India, especially in May and June. But like last year, summer seems set to begin earlier this year - last March was India's hottest since 1901. Experts have also said that India is now experiencing more intense, frequent heatwaves that are longer in duration. Last year, India was forced to ban wheat exports after unseasonably hot weather affected the crop, sending local prices soaring. In February, the federal government set up a committee to monitor the impact of high temperatures on this year's harvest. Reuters had cited an unnamed government official as saying at the time that "the current crop condition looks good". India is the world's second biggest wheat producer. The unusually high temperatures had also triggered a spike in power demand last year, leading to outages in many states. This year too, demand for electricity has already reached near-record levels in recent weeks, Bloomberg reported. Many experts have also been raising concerns about the effect of extreme heat on poor people, who often have to work outside and less access to resources to help them stay cool. News source - BBC For more visit the page and follow @world_and_news #india #summer #heatwave #february #2023 #delhi #newdelhi #imd #climatechange #climate #uttarakhand_notes #world_and_news #viral #weather #march #heat #worldnews #citizen #world #federal #news (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQVdJiP9BQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=