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Moratorium on Nuclear Test Detonations is Hanging by a Slender Thread in these Troubled Times
Inter Press Service
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August 7, 2025
Armed Conflicts, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, TerraViva United Nations Opinion A nuclear test is carried out on an island in French Polynesia in 1971. Credit:...
Pioneer Days Schedule! Plus, Hurricane Prep, Clean Water Talks, Family Fun, and Community Events Fill August Calendar
The Englewood Review - Florida
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August 16, 2025
From storm safety training and conservation lectures to book sales, bike rodeos, and Pioneer Days traditions, Charlotte and Sarasota counties are buzzing with events for all ages this August. The Englewood Pioneer Days Celebration Is On! Pioneer...
16 breathtaking images from the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest
Popular Science
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August 17, 2025
Oceans cover 71 percent of our planet. Inside these mighty waters, creatures massive and tiny struggle to adapt to warming waters and habitat destruction. The 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition celebrates Big Blue’s striking beauty...
Massive 8.8 Quake Off Kamchatka Sparks Pacific Tsunami Evacuations
WebProNews
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August 14, 2025
In the early hours of July 30, 2025, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, unleashing a powerful tsunami that rippled across the Pacific Ocean. This event, one of the strongest quakes recorded in modern...
Why You Should Visit Monaco Right Now
Forbes
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With new restaurants and cool pop-ups, the principality is having a moment. iStock-Good Life Studio In summer, Monaco swells in size as travelers arriving by helicopter, yacht and luxury car descend on the petite principality. Seasonal restaurants...
Employees at this longtime Newport News travel agency have over 300 years of experience combined
The Virginian-Pilot
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August 15, 2025
When a travel agent has lost count of how many journeys they’ve taken, that’s when you know you’re dealing with a true expert. And such agents at Warwick Travel in Newport News are celebrating 50 years of the business crafting unforgettable trips...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 13, 2025
When all four of Taloa Lam Shong's children were struck down with dengue fever in Samoa, she was on high alert. "I was scared and worried, knowing dengue fever had claimed children's lives," she said. Nearly 8,000 people have been diagnosed with...
80 Years After the Bomb, How Much Longer Will Our Luck Last?
The Diplomat
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August 5, 2025
Eighty years ago this week, when U.S. President Harry Truman announced the first use of an atomic bomb, he called it “the greatest achievement of organized science in history.” Truman warned that more powerful bombs were in development and that...
Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands
Literary Hub
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August 14, 2025
Writers and poets love islands almost as much as they love the moon. In Jeanette Winterson’s novel Sexing the Cherry, her protagonist declares: “Islands are metaphors for the heart, no matter what poet says otherwise,” in defense of her own...
The Internet’s Biggest Travel Nerd Shares Pointers on Points
Wired
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August 6, 2025
In an ever-expanding internet kingdom of travel-reward nerds, Gary Leff reigns supreme. He has penned the blog View from the Wing for 23 years while maintaining a full-time career as a chief financial officer at a university research center. But...
Holidaymakers urged to make a vital check with their GP before jetting off
Daily Mail
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August 13, 2025
British travellers are being warned to double-check their vaccinations are in order at least six weeks before jetting off on holiday. According to the NHS, holidaymakers are advised to make an appointment with their GP or at a private travel...
Can you do Tahiti on the cheap, or is it worth spending more for luxury?
The New Zealand Herald
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August 4, 2025
Doing Tahiti on a shoestring budget requires a little planning ahead and research into local prices. This starts as soon as you land at the airport. Buy a SIM Roaming in Tahiti is incredibly expensive, and roaming data packs in particular are...
Dormant volcano wakes up after 600 years
Otago Daily Times
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August 4, 2025
The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka has erupted for the first time in 600 years, Russia's RIA state news agency and scientists reported, as another big quake rattled the region. The Ministry for Emergency Services lifted a tsunami warning for...
How a gecko species defied extinction on a Galápagos island
Mongabay
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August 8, 2025
Mares’s leaf-toed gecko has been rediscovered on Rábida Island in the Galápagos after being thought extinct for more than a century, with only ancient bones as previous evidence of its existence. Invasive brown rats introduced by ships in the 17th...
Kamchatka quake may have awakened volcano dormant for 600 years, Russia says
Japan Times
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August 3, 2025
The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia's Far East last week, Russia's RIA state news agency and scientists reported on Sunday. "This is...
After 600 Years of Sleep, Russian Volcano Awakens— Triggered by Earthquake?
Zee News
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The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight for the first time in approximately 600 years, an event that may be linked to the powerful earthquake that struck the Russian Far East last week, according to Russia’s...
Dormant for 600 years, Russian volcano rumbles awake; magnitude 7 quake follows: Watch footage
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 3, 2025
The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka erupted overnight for the first time in 600 years, Russia's RIA state news agency and scientists reported on Sunday. The nation's Ministry for Emergency Services later said said a 7.0 magnitude earthquake...
World CNN Huge earthquake may have triggered volcano’s first eruption in 600 years, Russian team says
Yahoo News
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The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia’s Far East last week, Russia’s RIA state news agency and scientists reported on Sunday. “This is...
Huge earthquake may have triggered volcano’s first eruption in 600 years, Russian team says
KVIA - Texas
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August 3, 2025
Story by Reuters (CNN) — The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia’s Far East last week, Russia’s RIA state news agency and scientists...
Russia: Kamchatka quake may have caused volcano's eruption after 600 years
Ammon News
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August 3, 2025
Ammon News - The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia's Far East last week, Russia's RIA state news agency and scientists reported on...