Wind shear was affecting both Tropical Storm Paulette and Rene in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. . Infrared imagery from NASA s Aqua satellite showed that strong southwesterly wind shear pushed against Paulette creating a wedge-shaped storm. Tropical cyclones that appear less than round are likely being affected by wind shear or outside
Last month was the second-worst August on record for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to official figures released Friday, sparking new criticism of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro s environmental policies. A total of , square kilometers square miles in the Brazilian Amazon — times the size of Manhattan — were lost last
A loudspeaker on a stage in Minsk plays Viktor Tsoi‘s “Change,” as a man in a suit tries frantically to pull out the power cable. The video recording shows that he succeeds, only for other loudspeakers nearby to continue blasting out the classic late Soviet era rock song. He flounces off, exasperated. According
Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salame has said he will “align” with the government in negotiations with the IMF, appearing to end a months-long stand-off that has stalled crucial talks on a bailout for the crisis-hit country. Riad Salame, whose years in the job make him one of the world’s longest-serving central bank
An appeals court in Serbia has overturned four convictions linked to the murder of news publisher Slavko Curuvija and ordered a retrial, local media reported on September . Four former intelligence officers had been given lengthy prison terms over the killing of Curuvija, a prominent critic of Yugoslavia s president at the time,
The Chinese application, TikTok, for short videos, and the American company, Oracle, have reached a preliminary agreement according to which the company will be its technical provider in the United States and Walmart, the trading partner, prior to the enforcement of a federal ban on the Chinese company that owns the application. Oracle
While ULA builds the Atlas for NROL- it also is working to get NROL- launched on a Delta Heavy. WASHINGTON — United Launch Alliance has begun assembling the Atlas rocket that will launch a classified spy satellite sometime before the end of the year, the company said Sept. via Twitter. The vehicle will
ByteDance founder and CEO Yiming Zhang s decision to drop his pursuit of a sale of TikTok s U.S. operations to Microsoft in favor of a partnership with Oracle was the culmination of pressure from the Beijing-based firm s investors as it searched for a deal to appease the United States and China,
China has promised retribution for Donald Trump’s decision to ban new downloads of TikTok and WeChat, escalating a bitter trade war between the superpowers. China’s Ministry of Commerce accused the US of “bullying” after US President Donald Trump followed through on an executive order requiring that the apps be sold to an American
BLANTRYE, MALAWI – Malawi’s government has moved to implement the Access to Information law. The approval came four years after the law was passed by the country’s parliament. This follows the official publication of the law Friday by the information minister. A regional media watchdog welcomed the move but warned the government against