Groundhog Day

Friday January 26th 2024

Pakistan keen to work on 'all issues' with Iran

N Korea conducts 'underwater nuclear weapons system' test - state media

Macron seeks to revitalise presidency with vow for a 'stronger' France

Japan Becomes the Latest Country to Land on the Moon

How Ecuador descended into gang violence

More than 50 dead, 95 million under winter weather alerts as Arctic cold blankets the nation

'Sports Illustrated' lays off most of its staff

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68033426

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68027356

https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240116-%F0%9F%94%B4-follow-live-macron-seeks-to-reboot-presidency-with-rare-press-conference

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/science/japan-slim-moon-landing.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67912242

China's high-tech manufacturing loans raise fears of wave of cheap exports

Tim Scott, lone Black Republican in US Senate, ends White House bid

Under fire, US Supreme Court unveils ethics code for justices

China, Japan reaffirm strategic relations in rare leader talks

Former UK PM Cameron in surprise return to government as foreign secretary

Biden, Xi's 'blunt' talks yield deals on military, fentanyl

US Senate passes stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown

Exclusive: Qatar seeking Israel-Hamas deal to free 50 hostages and 3-day truce

Israel says Palestinian Authority in current form should not run Gaza

November 3rd 2023

Judge reinstates gag order in Trump federal Election Case

Ukrainian troops battle exhaustion as war drags into second winter

US labor market loosens as job gains slow, unemployment rate hits 3.9%

Ex-crypto mogul Sam Bankman –Fried found guilty of defrauding FTX customers

Mike Pence, former vice president, drops out of Republican presidential campaign

Nipah virus outbreak renews calls to protect bat roosts

Israel Launches Gaza war’s second phase with ground operation, Netanyahu says

Bombarded Gazans look for loved ones as blackout eases

Israel strikes dense Gaza camp, it kills Hamas commander

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-job-growth-slows-october-unemployment-rate-rises-39-2023-11-03/

https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-reinstates-gag-order-trump-election-case-2023-10-29/

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-troops-battle-exhaustion-war-drags-into-second-winter-2023-11-03/#:~:text=NEAR%20KREMINNA%2C%20Ukraine%2C%20Nov%203,the%20pinewood%20forests%20near%20Kreminna.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-thought-rules-did-not-apply-him-prosecutor-says-2023-11-02/#:~:text=A%2012%2Dmember%20jury%20in,users%20out%20of%20sheer%20greed.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-vp-pence-says-he-is-suspending-his-presidential-campaign-2023-10-28/

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-pandemic-bats-prevention/

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/eu-calls-humanitarian-pauses-gaza-aid-israel-raids-enclave-2023-10-26/

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/terrified-gaza-residents-try-reconnect-communications-return-2023-10-29/#:~:text=GAZA%2C%20Oct%2029%20(Reuters),into%20the%20Hamas%2Druled%20enclave.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-says-it-fires-israeli-troops-pressing-gaza-ground-assault-2023-10-31/

Episode 2 October 20th 2023

October 7th - 14th 2023 week one of What's Going on in the World is a little rough, but shares valuable information about the world we live in. Be patient as we develop the voice of our shoe.

Show notes and sources

Why countries are choosing to build new cities in places at high risk of worsening floods

Laura Paddison, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/04/world/flood-risk-cities-climate-change/index.html

Weather Underground

Warming underneath cities is weakening buildings in slow motion.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/underground-climate-change-is-weakening-buildings-in-slow-motion1/

By Allison Parshall on July 11, 2023

Scientists looked at nearly every known amphibian type. They're not doing great.

Nathan Rott

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1203120401/scientists-looked-at-nearly-every-known-amphibian-type-theyre-not-doing-great#:~:text=They%27re%20not%20doing%20great&text=Kent%20Gilbert%2FAP-,A%20study%20published%20in%20the%20journal%20Nature%20found%20that%20the,most%20threatened%20class%20of%20vertebrates.

150 DOLPHINS DIE AS WATER HITS HOT TUB TEMPERATURE

https://futurism.com/the-byte/dolphins-die-water-temperature

Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/05/gobsmackingly-bananas-scientists-stunned-by-planets-record-september-heat#:~:text=Global%20temperatures%20soared%20to%20a,the%20hottest%20month%20ever%20recorded.