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Eurasia Review 

Investigators Trace Hazardous Waste Shipments Halted At Sea To Albania – Analysis

By Besar Likmeta and Edmond Hoxhaj

When port authorities in Singapore halted shipments of suspected hazardous waste from Albania, prosecutors traced it to the country’s sole steel producer, run by a Turkish company. But amid a flurry of denials, the truth about the suspicious shipments has proved hard to establish.

In early August, a US-based environmental organisation called Basel Action Network, or BAN, issued an alert over a 175-tonne container ship that had disappeared... Читать дальше...

Sydney Morning Herald 

A Very Royal Scandal trailer

A Very Royal Scandal looks at how Prince Andrew came to be interviewed for Newsnight and his resulting downfall.

The Washington Free Beacon 

UN Official Who Blamed Israel for Oct. 7 Attack Set To Deliver ‘Anatomy of a Genocide’ Speech at Brown

Anti-Israel United Nations official Francesca Albanese, who blamed the Jewish state for Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, is scheduled to speak at Brown University, just weeks after six hostages, including an American, were executed in Gaza. In response, members of the Brown community have circulated a letter urging the college to cancel the speech, citing Albanese’s anti-Semitic history.

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Royals Review 

Game One Hundred and Forty-One: Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images

Could really use a win here.

The Kansas City Royals will attempt to snap an L7 tonight and avoid a sweep as they take on the Cleveland Guardians in the final game of this three-game set at Kauffman Stadium.

Seth Lugo will start for Kansas City. It seemed like Lugo might have been running out of gas having blown past his career high in innings pitched, but he tossed a gem in his last outing at Houston. While it didn’t result in a win, it did indicate he isn’t totally cooked yet. Читать дальше...

Eurasia Review 

Cloud Seeding And The Water Wars Of Tomorrow – Analysis

By Nicola Stoev

Fueled by the climate crisis and El Niño, 2024 has been a year of global extreme temperatures. Australia suffered a string of heat waves through its summer months and, in February, parts of West Africa reported 50C temperatures thatmade “time stand still.”From March, heat waves hit Mexico, the southern United States and Central America, then India, southern Europe, Japan, and Saudi Arabia, where 1,300 people died during the Hajj pilgrimage. At the beginning of July, the... Читать дальше...