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🌧 An unusual shift in the weather has turned the Sahara green

Satellites recently captured plant life blooming in parts of the typically arid southern Sahara after storms moved there when they shouldn’t. It has also caused catastrophic flooding. And scientists say a world warming due to fossil fuel pollution is making both more likely.

Satellite imagery from NASA's MODIS satellite depicts vegetation extent (green coloring) over Africa on September 12, 2024, versus the same day in 2023. Vegetation reaches much farther north in 2024 in places like Niger and Chad and is more lush (darker green) just above the equator in a place like the Central African Republic. NASA

Rainfall north of the equator in Africa typically increases from July through September as the West African Monsoon kicks into gear.

The phenomenon is marked by an increase in stormy weather that erupts when moist, tropical air from near the equator meets hot, dry air from the northern portion of the continent. The focus for this stormy weather – known as the Intertropical Convergence Zone – shifts north of the equator in the Northern Hemisphere’s summer months. Much of it sags south of the equator during the Southern Hemisphere’s warm months.

But since at least mid-July, this zone has shifted farther north than it typically should, sending storms into the southern Sahara, including portions of Niger, Chad, Sudan and even as far north as Libya, according to data from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.

As a result, these portions of the Sahara Desert are anywhere from twice as wet to more than six times wetter than they should be.

The transition from El Niño to La Niña has influenced how far north this zone has moved this summer Haustein said. El Niño – a natural climate pattern marked by warmer than average ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific – typically leads to drier than normal conditions in the wet portions of West and Central Africa. La Niña, or even a budding one, can have the opposite effect.

A warming world is the other significant factor.

“The Intertropical Convergence Zone, which is the reason for (Africa’s) greening, moves farther north the warmer the world gets,” Haustein explained. “At least, this is what most models suggest.”

🔗 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/13/weather/sahara-desert-green-climate/index.html
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🇩🇪Lufthansa Withdraws from Competition with Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways

Lufthansa is set to discontinue its Frankfurt am Main to Beijing route, citing the impact of EU anti-Russian sanctions.

The key issue is that Russia has closed its airspace to EU carriers, forcing them to extend their flight paths. As a result, the flight duration from Germany to Beijing has increased by two hours. Lufthansa explained to Spiegel that the route is operated by fuel-hungry Airbus A340-300s, which consume significant amounts of kerosene.

Meanwhile, competitors from Turkey and the Gulf states continue flying through Russian airspace without restrictions. These airlines are gaining a competitive edge over Lufthansa by offering faster and more cost-efficient flights.

#Germany #fuel #Lufthansa
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💰🇺🇸⚡️🇻🇪 A U.S. Senate bill will raise bounty for leads on Venezuela’s Maduro to $100 million

A U.S. Senate bill to be introduced Thursday by Florida Republicans Rick Scott and Marco Rubio will increase a reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuela’s strongman Nicolás Maduro from the current $15 million to $100 million.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/u-senate-bill-raise-bounty-164529393.html

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🥇📈🚀GOLD reach a fresh new All Time High, over $2624/oz!

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🇻🇪🇨🇴🪖❗️ — Colombian and Venezuelan media reports that a Venezuelan plane landed without authorization at Camilo Daza airport in Cúcuta, carrying weapons and military personnel on board.

➡️ The aircraft, identified with registration YV-3226, took off from Maiquetía, Caracas, bound for San Antonio del Táchira, but was diverted to Colombia, allegedly due to weather problems.

➡️ The Venezuelan Embassy in Colombia stated that the plane was on a domestic flight and did not have a passport or international licenses, which increases suspicions.

➡️ Colombian authorities have activated security measures due to fears of a possible escalation of tensions.

➡️ This incident could have significant diplomatic implications, as the plane was carrying military weapons and Venezuelan officials, who have already been detained for investigation.

➡️ According to the reports, 5 Officers of the Venezuelan Armed Forces are onboard of the plane
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✉️⚡️The Telegram messenger, whose management has agreed to cooperate with the French security forces, has begun to respond to requests from other countries as part of cybercrime investigations (c) Le Figaro
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SEC approves options on Blackrock spot Bitcoin ETF — sec | the block
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Indian Artillery Shells Reach Ukraine Amid Russian Complaints
🇮🇳🔫🤝🇺🇦🇬🇧 Reuters | Exclusive: Ammunition from India enters Ukraine, raising Russian ire | September 19, 2024:

"NEW DELHI, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop the trade despite protests from Moscow, according to 11 Indian and European government and defence industry officials, as well as a Reuters analysis of commercially available customs data."

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Moldova Support Platform) was held, which was created on the initiative of Romania, Germany and France in 2022 to counter "Russian interference"
🇩🇪🗣❗️🇷🇺🇲🇩🇬🇧 Reuters | Germany says Moldova could be next in line if Ukraine falls | September 17, 2024:

"CHISINAU, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Support for Ukraine guarantees the survival of neighbouring Moldova, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday at a conference to address concerns about broadening Russian interference in the region.

"Everything that we do to support Ukraine also means fostering stabilisation with regards to Moldova," Baerbock said. "It is clear what the greatest concern of the people here is: that if Ukraine falls, Moldova is the next country in line."

Baerbock was visiting Chisinau for the Moldova Partnership Platform, together with her counterparts from France, Romania, Poland, the Netherlands and Lithuania."

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🇮🇱🇶🇦❗️📰 Al Jazeera correspondent:

Zionist Occupation forces surround the building that houses the Al Jazeera office in Ramallah and are trying to storm it
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🇮🇱🇶🇦❗️ — Israeli and Palestinian channels report that Israel Defense Forces units surrounded and stormed the building in Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinian Authority, where Al-Jazeera headquarters is based in!
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🇮🇱🇶🇦🇵🇸 — The Israeli army stormed and raided Aljazeera office in West Bank, following a military order to close it for 45 days.
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Russia Sends LNG Tanker Through Arctic to Asia for the First Time
🇷🇺🛢🚢📰 Bloomberg | Russia’s Use of Blacklisted Tankers to Move Oil Is Accelerating | At least 17 cargoes left Russian ports on sanctioned ships | Use of blacklisted vessels has soared in August and September | September 20, 2024:

"A growing number oil tankers that were sanctioned for their role in transporting Russian petroleum are finding work again — a blow to western authorities who sought to clamp down on the vessels in an effort to hurt Moscow’s access to petrodollars.

Since late April, at least 17 cargoes of crude and refined products have left Russian ports on ships sanctioned by the US, UK or European Union in response to Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Most have been carried on vessels that were owned by Russian tanker giant Sovcomflot PJSC at the time they were designated.

In the immediate aftermath of sanctions, the vast majority of the tankers targeted were left idling, some for as many as eight months.

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But shippers have been steadily ramping up the use of blacklisted vessels after the successful delivery of cargoes to China — carried for at least part of their voyages on tankers sanctioned by the West with their location beacons turned off. Now, the tankers are no longer trying to hide their movements, with cargoes openly delivered to both China and India.

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The same route along Russia’s northern coast was subsequently followed by the sanctioned tankers Galaxy and Zaliv Ammurskiy, both taking on cargoes at the Arctic terminal of Murmansk."

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🚀 Anduril Tech and SpaceX could now feasibly implement the Brilliant Pebbles concept, a global mesh of orbiting anti-ICBM fast interceptors that can destroy a nuclear weapon during it's slow moving boost-phase anywhere in the world.

Permanently banish the threat of Armageddon

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🍏📱Apple Mobile Processors Are Now Made in America. By TSMC

TSMC’s first Arizona chips are now in production, and Apple is ready to be the first cab off the rank with mobile processors made using the foundry’s 5nm process.

This is a BFD. TSMC Arizona is the marquee project of the US government’s $39 billion CHIPS for America Fund under the CHIPS Act. Six months ago, I thought Apple might tap Arizona for a less-consequential chip like the H-series used in AirPods. I was surprised when I heard it was the A16. The fact that they went for the most-advanced chip they could manage on US soil, in terms of both technology and volume, shows Apple and TSMC want to start big.

📎 https://timculpan.substack.com/p/apple-mobile-processors-are-now-made
🇲🇽🇷🇺 Back to the Cold War: Russia uses Mexico as a hub for spying on the U.S.

Russian intelligence services are building up their presence in Mexico for spy operations targeting the United States, a return to Cold War tactics by an increasingly aggressive regime, according to U.S. officials and former intelligence officers.

Russia has added dozens of personnel to its embassy staff in Mexico City in the past few years, even though Moscow has only limited trade ties with the country. U.S. officials say the trend is concerning and believe the extensive buildup is aimed at bolstering the Kremlin’s intelligence operations targeting the U.S., as well as its propaganda efforts aimed at undermining Washington and Ukraine.

The Biden administration has raised the issue with the Mexican government, a U.S. official told NBC News. “Russia has really invested in Mexico in terms of seeking to extend their presence,” the official said.

📎 https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/cold-war-russia-uses-mexico-hub-spying-us-rcna171819
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The BRICS bloc might have already overcome its dollar-dependence problem, as the volume of settlements in the national currencies of its member nations has already surpassed the USD-based exchanges. Using the U.S. dollar can lead to expenses that can be avoided when paying with other currencies, BRICS Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and […]
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🥇📈🚀GOLD spot continue to rise at the opening of the Asian session reaching a fresh new All Time High, over $2631/oz!

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🇦🇱 Albania wants to renounce sovereignty over part of its capital, Tirana, in favor of creating the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order akin to the Vatican in Italy

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday his country would transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, into a sovereign state to promote moderation, tolerance and peaceful coexistence.

Speaking at the United Nations, Rama pointed out that Albania, a tiny Western Balkan country, saved Jewish refugees from the Nazis during World War II and sheltered Afghans after the Taliban came to power three years ago.

Albanians are also proud of giving to the world Mother Teresa who “embodied love for humanity,” he said.

“She told us that not all of us can do big things, but we can all do small things with big love,” he said. “That is our inspiration in supporting the transformation of the World Bektashi Order into a sovereign state in our capital, Tirana, as a new center of moderation, tolerance and peaceful coexistence.”

Albania's 2.4-million population is about 50% Muslim with the rest of the population Catholic and Orthodox Christians and other smaller communities. The country is known for its religious harmony and co-existence.

Bektashi muslims make up 10% of the Albanian Muslim population or 5% of the total population of Albania. Latest surveys regarding religiosity in Albania showed that Islam declined to under 50% of the population for the first time in 5 centuries with irreligiosity, Catholicism and Orthodoxy being the only religious communities on the rise in the country.

Bektashism an Islamic Sufi mystic order originating in the 13th-century Ottoman Empire. It is named after the Haji Bektash Veli.

Originally one of many Sufi orders within Sunni Islam, by the 16th century the order adopted some tenets of Twelver Shia Islam, including a veneration of ʿAlī, the son-in-law of Muhammad, and the Twelve Imams; as well as a variety of syncretic beliefs. The Bektashis acquired political importance in the 15th century, when the order dominated the Janissary Corps.

After the foundation of the Turkish Republic, Kemal Atatürk banned religious institutions that were not part of the Directorate of Religious Affairs and the community's headquarters relocated to Albania.

According to a 2005 estimate made by Reshat Bardhi, there are over seven million Bektashis worldwide, though more recent studies put the figure as high as 20 million. An additional 12.5 million Bektashis live in Turkey. Bektashis are mainly found throughout Anatolia, the Balkans and among Ottoman-era Greek Muslim communities.

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🇮🇱⚠️❗️ — Local netizens report powerful explosions in West Bank and Tel Aviv metropolitan Zone!
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