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Scientists trace spike of China flooding to solar cycle activities
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/08/2025
» HONG KONG — A study led by scientists in China has found a link between the sun's 11-year cycle and summer rain in the country, identifying why drought conditions in the South and flooding in the North intensify during high solar years.
At least 60 dead, nine missing in north China following extreme rain
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2025
» BEIJING — Extreme weather killed at least 60 people in northern China over the past week, with 31 deaths in an elderly care home in Beijing's hilly Miyun district in one of the deadliest floods to have hit the Chinese capital in years.
New York mass shooter blamed NFL for his brain injuries
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» NEW YORK - A man who killed four people, then committed suicide in a New York skyscraper, may have been targeting the NFL offices there because he blamed the American football league for brain injuries he said he suffered, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.
Gunman kills four and himself at Midtown Manhattan building
New York Times, Published on 29/07/2025
» NEW YORK — A gunman killed at least four people and himself at an office tower that houses Blackstone Incorporated, Rudin Management, the National Football League and KPMG among others, sparking hours of chaos and fear in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening.
Heavy rain leaves 30 dead in Chinese capital
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» BEIJING — Heavy rain in the Chinese capital Beijing has killed 30 people and prompted authorities to evacuate 80,000, state media said Tuesday.
Five dead after New York Midtown shooting: US media
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» NEW YORK - Five people including a police officer and the suspected gunman were dead following a shooting Monday in central Manhattan, US media reported.
Gaza Strip pantomime ending at last
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/07/2025
» The coordinated chorus of despair by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and their various henchpersons and flacks was quite impressive. The message was that everybody should stop hoping for a negotiated peace. Mr Netanyahu has stared Mr Trump down once again, and the four-month pantomime search for a new ceasefire in Gaza is at an end.
Six dead in shooting at Bangkok market
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/07/2025
» A man shot dead five people before committing suicide at the Or Tor Kor market in Chatuchak district of Bangkok on Monday.
Man, 61, kills five before shooting himself dead at Bangkok market
Published on 28/07/2025
» A man shot dead five people before committing suicide at the Or Tor Kor market in Chatuchak district of Bangkok on Monday.
Three dead, several injured after train derails in Germany
AFP, Published on 28/07/2025
» FRANKFURT - Three people were killed and several others injured when a regional passenger train derailed in a wooded area in southwestern Germany on Sunday, police said.