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🎥 A demonstration against the policy of the Italian government amid the Ukrainian crisis was held in the center of Rome.
Among the demands of the protesters was Italy's withdrawal from NATO and the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions, one of the organizers told Sputnik.
Among the demands of the protesters was Italy's withdrawal from NATO and the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions, one of the organizers told Sputnik.
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🌳 The US will spend an additional $103 million this year for wildfire risk reduction and burned-area rehabilitation and is establishing an interagency wildland firefighter health and well-being program, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Friday.
The US is having one of its worst starts to the wildfire season with more than 30,000 wildfires that have scorched 4,600 square miles (12,000 square kilometers).
About $80 million will be used to speed up work removing potential wildfire hazards on more than 3,000 square miles (7,700 square kilometers) of Interior Department lands, a 30% increase over last year. Another $20 million will be used to bolster post-wildfire landscape recovery.
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The US is having one of its worst starts to the wildfire season with more than 30,000 wildfires that have scorched 4,600 square miles (12,000 square kilometers).
About $80 million will be used to speed up work removing potential wildfire hazards on more than 3,000 square miles (7,700 square kilometers) of Interior Department lands, a 30% increase over last year. Another $20 million will be used to bolster post-wildfire landscape recovery.
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An ambitious California proposal aims to reduce plastic production of single-use products like shampoo bottles and food wrappers by 25% starting next decade. The measure is part of an effort to rein in pollution from the ubiquitous material.
Under the bill, the 25% reduction in plastic from single-use products would start in 2032. Beyond plastic, producers of all single-use products, even those made of paper or glass, would need to ensure that 65% are recycled by 2032. It’s estimated that less than 10% of plastic in the United States is recycled now.
The Ocean Conservancy is one of the environmental groups backing the bill. Anja Brandon, US Plastics Policy Analyst, called it the strongest plastics legislation in the country. Her organization estimated the bill would reduce plastic in the state by 23 million tons over 10 years.
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Under the bill, the 25% reduction in plastic from single-use products would start in 2032. Beyond plastic, producers of all single-use products, even those made of paper or glass, would need to ensure that 65% are recycled by 2032. It’s estimated that less than 10% of plastic in the United States is recycled now.
The Ocean Conservancy is one of the environmental groups backing the bill. Anja Brandon, US Plastics Policy Analyst, called it the strongest plastics legislation in the country. Her organization estimated the bill would reduce plastic in the state by 23 million tons over 10 years.
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💉 US health officials on Saturday recommended COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the shots.
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the decision hours after an advisory panel voted unanimously that vaccines should be made available to children as young as 6 months. Two brands — Pfizer and Moderna — got the green light Friday from the FDA and Saturday from the CDC. The vaccines use the same technology but are being offered at different dose sizes and number of shots for the youngest kids.
About three-quarters of children of all ages are estimated to have been infected at some point.
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The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the decision hours after an advisory panel voted unanimously that vaccines should be made available to children as young as 6 months. Two brands — Pfizer and Moderna — got the green light Friday from the FDA and Saturday from the CDC. The vaccines use the same technology but are being offered at different dose sizes and number of shots for the youngest kids.
About three-quarters of children of all ages are estimated to have been infected at some point.
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👨🚒 One firefighter has died after becoming trapped in a burning building that collapsed early Saturday in Philadelphia, fire officials said.
The fallen firefighter was not immediately identified, but Deputy Fire Commissioner Craig Murphy said he was a 27-year department veteran. “It’s going to be a rough few weeks coming up,” Murphy said at a media briefing around 8 a.m.
Four other firefighters and an inspector with the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections were also trapped at the time of the collapse. One firefighter jumped from the second story of the rubble, Murphy said.
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The fallen firefighter was not immediately identified, but Deputy Fire Commissioner Craig Murphy said he was a 27-year department veteran. “It’s going to be a rough few weeks coming up,” Murphy said at a media briefing around 8 a.m.
Four other firefighters and an inspector with the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections were also trapped at the time of the collapse. One firefighter jumped from the second story of the rubble, Murphy said.
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💰 A former Amazon Web Services (AWS) engineer has been found guilty of hacking into customers’ cloud storage systems and stealing data linked to the massive 2019 Capital One breach. A US District Court in Seattle convicted Paige Thompson of seven counts of computer and wire fraud on Friday, a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
The breach was one of the largest ever recorded, exposing the names, social security numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers of over 100 million people in the US and Canada. Capital One has since been fined $80 million for allegedly failing to secure users’ data and settled with affected customers for $190 million.
Thompson, who also went by the name “Erratic” online, was arrested for carrying out the Capital One hack in July 2019.
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The breach was one of the largest ever recorded, exposing the names, social security numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers of over 100 million people in the US and Canada. Capital One has since been fined $80 million for allegedly failing to secure users’ data and settled with affected customers for $190 million.
Thompson, who also went by the name “Erratic” online, was arrested for carrying out the Capital One hack in July 2019.
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⚖️ A group of US lawmakers has signed off on a letter to Google that urges the company to reevaluate its treatment of search results that direct users to anti-abortion crisis centers rather than legitimate clinics
The letter cites research published by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), which focuses on Google search results in “trigger law states” — or the 13 states where abortion will become illegal if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Research indicates that 11 percent of Google searches in trigger law states for “abortion clinic near me” and “abortion pill” bring users to “fake” clinics that try to dissuade women from having an abortion. The problem is even more pronounced on Google Maps, as the CCDH found that 37 percent of abortion-related map searches led to fake clinics.
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The letter cites research published by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), which focuses on Google search results in “trigger law states” — or the 13 states where abortion will become illegal if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Research indicates that 11 percent of Google searches in trigger law states for “abortion clinic near me” and “abortion pill” bring users to “fake” clinics that try to dissuade women from having an abortion. The problem is even more pronounced on Google Maps, as the CCDH found that 37 percent of abortion-related map searches led to fake clinics.
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👷♀️ Amazon is likely to run out of prospective workers for its US warehouses by the year 2024, according to an internal memo that was leaked. The memo contained internal research from 2021 that predicted a looming labor crisis for the e-commerce giant that would hit some areas faster than others.
Automation is something that Amazon has invested heavily in already by acquiring Kiva Systems in 2012. But Amazon’s warehouse robots aren’t capable of handling advanced fulfillment tasks that can only be performed by a human worker.
The tech giant is the second-largest private employer in the US, and is the largest private employer in a number of US states and cities. The company announced plans to hire 125,000 workers last fall.
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Automation is something that Amazon has invested heavily in already by acquiring Kiva Systems in 2012. But Amazon’s warehouse robots aren’t capable of handling advanced fulfillment tasks that can only be performed by a human worker.
The tech giant is the second-largest private employer in the US, and is the largest private employer in a number of US states and cities. The company announced plans to hire 125,000 workers last fall.
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📉 Bitcoin tumbled below $20,000 on Saturday to its lowest level since the end of 2020. The price of the largest cryptocurrency has been sliding in recent weeks and fell as low as $18,739, according to CoinDesk.
Bitcoin has now fallen more than 70% since hitting a record high of almost $69,000 in November last year against a backdrop of soaring inflation, rising interest rates and a looming ecession that has prompted some investors sell their crypto holdings.
Crypto exchange platforms Coinbase and BlockFi have laid off about 20% of their workforces amid the collapse of crypto prices.
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Bitcoin has now fallen more than 70% since hitting a record high of almost $69,000 in November last year against a backdrop of soaring inflation, rising interest rates and a looming ecession that has prompted some investors sell their crypto holdings.
Crypto exchange platforms Coinbase and BlockFi have laid off about 20% of their workforces amid the collapse of crypto prices.
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💧 Floodwaters this week wiped out numerous bridges, washed out miles of roads and closed the park as it approached peak tourist season during its 150th anniversary celebration of the Yellowstone national park.
The scope of the damage is still being tallied by Yellowstone officials, but based on other national park disasters, it could take years and cost upwards of $1 billion to rebuild in an environmentally sensitive landscape where construction season only runs from the spring thaw until the first snowfall.
The park was already due for funding from the Great American Outdoors Act, a 2020 law passed by Congress that authorizes nearly $3 billion for maintenance and other projects on public lands.
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The scope of the damage is still being tallied by Yellowstone officials, but based on other national park disasters, it could take years and cost upwards of $1 billion to rebuild in an environmentally sensitive landscape where construction season only runs from the spring thaw until the first snowfall.
The park was already due for funding from the Great American Outdoors Act, a 2020 law passed by Congress that authorizes nearly $3 billion for maintenance and other projects on public lands.
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🍏✊ The Apple store in Towson, Maryland, has become the first unionized Apple store in the US.
The votes (65 in favor and 33 opposed, out of around 110 eligible employees) still need to be certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Apple will then need to bargain with the new union over working conditions.
The votes (65 in favor and 33 opposed, out of around 110 eligible employees) still need to be certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Apple will then need to bargain with the new union over working conditions.
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🇺🇸🦠❗️US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has contracted the coronavirus. He is asymptomatic and has not been in close contact with US President Joe Biden, according to National Security Council (NSC) Spokesperson Adrienne Watson.
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🚲 After falling off his bike in Delaware on Saturday, US President Joe Biden has hopped three times on his way from a church service to show bystanders he is doing just fine.
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“Why are you killing people in Donetsk?”: A Donbass resident sends an emotional plea to the US and Ukraine.
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“This was hell”: German journalist Alina Lipp recalls the experience of coming under shelling in Mariupol during her last visit there during fighting, and describes how the port city has been transformed since Ukrainian troops left.
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