01 JUN 2022 Occasionally, as a doctor, I am asked to see a patient in the emergency department who is completely mute. They sit motionless, staring around the room. I lift up their arm and it stays in that position. Someone takes a blood test and they don’t even wince. …
Read More »ENERGY TRANSITION RETHINK
31 MAY 2022 Europe’s headlong embrace of clean energy faces a reality check. “The best laid schemes o’mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley,” wrote Scottish poet Robert Burns more than 200 years ago. He might just as well have been referring to the experience of the attendees at last …
Read More »IRAN INTERCEPTS TWO GREEK TANKERS IN RETALIATORY ACTION
30 MAY 2022 In an apparent retaliatory action against Greece for permitting the U.S. seizure of a cargo of Iranian crude, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard boarded and is detaining two Greek flagged crude oil tankers that were departing the Persian Gulf. Reports indicate that the tankers were both intercepted by helicopters …
Read More »US SEIZES OIL FROM SHADOWY RUSSIAN TANKER
30 MAY 2022 The story of a shadowy Russian oil tanker took a new turn today as the U.S. Department of Justice seized the oil aboard the vessel and according to reports is in the process of transferring the oil to the United States on a chartered tanker. The vessel …
Read More »MINED PORTS, RED TAPE AND RUSSIA RISK STOP UKRAINE GRAIN
30 MAY 2022 Resuming Ukrainian grain shipments will be time consuming given challenges that include mine-clearing in Black Sea ports and the need for cooperation from the very country that kicked off the war, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said. Nauseda is among a small group of European leaders pushing for …
Read More »RUSSIA BLAMES UKRAINE: “THEY MINED THE PORTS, NOT US”
29 MAY 2022 A senior U.N. official is due to visit Moscow in the coming days to discuss reviving fertilizer exports, Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Wednesday, stressing that the talks were not linked to a resumption of Ukrainian grain shipments. Since Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine on Feb. …
Read More »WHY YOUR BODY MAY NEED TO SHED SOME TEARS, EVEN IF YOU DON’T FEEL SAD
30 MAY 2022 It’s been a big week and you feel exhausted, and suddenly you find yourself crying at a nice nappy commercial. Or maybe you are struck with a cold or the coronavirus and the fact your partner used up all the milk just makes you want to weep. You may …
Read More »NTSB SAYS INCORRECTLY INSTALLED FUEL TUBING CAUSED ENGINE ROOM FIRE ON CONTAINERSHIP OFF CALIFORNIA.
29 MAY 2022 An incorrectly installed section of main engine fuel oil return tubing led to an engine room fire aboard a containership off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The fire aboard the M/V President Eisenhower broke out April 28, 2021 as …
Read More »SUPPORT GROWS FOR NAVAL ESCORTS FOR UKRAINE GRAIN
28 MAY 2022 Support is growing in Europe to send warships to the Black Sea to escort freighters carrying Ukrainian grain, as the world worries about shortages and prices rise, according to Estonian President Alar Karis. The priority is to ensure grain gets to Africa and other developing countries, Karis …
Read More »CLIMATE CHANGE IS DEPRIVING THE WHOLE WORLD OF SLEEP. HERE’S HOW MUCH WE STAND TO LOSE
27 MAY 2022 Anyone who’s tried to go to sleep in a heatwave knows the sweaty agony that rising temperatures can bring. And global warming won’t make it any easier to find a cool spot on the bed. According to billions of sleep measurements from smartwatches around the world, high …
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