Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Human-caused climate change fuels hottest February on record, all-time high ocean warming

A person stands on a long boat that sits on a mostly dried up river bed.

For the ninth straight month, Earth has obliterated global heat records — with February, the winter as a whole and the world's oceans setting new high-temperature marks, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/warmest-february-climate-change-1.7136294?cmp=rss

Israel's Olympic status not in question because of Gaza conflict, IOC president says

A male athlete celebrates with the Israel flag.

Israel faces no threat to its Olympic status ahead of the Paris Games despite the conflict in Gaza, IOC president Thomas Bach confirmed Wednesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/basketball/olympics-israel-status-not-in-question-ioc-bach-1.7135664?cmp=rss

2 dead, 6 injured after suspected Houthi attack on commercial ship near Yemen, U.S. officials say

A massive ship is shown in a body of water.

A missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed two of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel on Wednesday, authorities said, the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the group over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gulf-aden-ship-attack-1.7135314?cmp=rss

The GOP race is effectively over. The question after Super Tuesday: Will Haley voters move to Trump?

Trump pointing.

The evidence is now irrefutable for what's seemed obvious for weeks: Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee, after his near-sweep on Super Tuesday. What's less obvious: Will Nikki Haley's supporters return to the fold in numbers that will hand Trump victory in November?



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/super-tuesday-2024-next-day-analysis-1.7135060?cmp=rss