Twelve years later, massive flooding has left analysts and political leaders scrambling for new adjectives to aptly describe the devastation wrought by monsoon rains, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling the flood “seasonal”. The Pakistan Meteorological Department has warned that more rain may occur this month. The government has declared a national emergency and has desperately appealed for urgent aid from the international community, which is already suffering from donor fatigue....

Ali Tuncer starb im Alter von 40 Jahren. Ali Tucer (†40) ist am Montag in der Türkei an Herzversagen gestorben, der „Biggest Loser“-Kandidat aus Schinzig. Als er 2014 am Abnehmformat teilnahm, nahm Tuncer 120 kg ab. Vor der Teilnahme wog er 250 kg. Laut RTL war er der schwerste Teilnehmer in der Geschichte der Show. Nach seiner Teilnahme an „Biggest Loser“ wurde er Trainer Es gelang ihm, sein Leben komplett zu ändern....

02.09.2022, 16:10 Uhr PS-Fans freut es: Das Düsseldorfer Verwaltungsgericht kippt eine Entscheidung der Stadt, die Autoposen untersagt und mit Zwangsgeld ahnden will. Die Stadt könne keine lokalen Verkehrsregeln erlassen und maximal ein Bußgeld fordern, heißt es. Letztes würde die Szene aber kaum schocken, verteidigt sich die Stadt. Die Stadt Düsseldorf darf sogenannten Autoposern ihr Imponiergehabe nicht verbieten und auch keine Zwangsgelder gegen sie verhängen. Das hat das Düsseldorfer Verwaltungsgericht entschieden und damit der Klage eines 22 Jahre alten Autofahrers stattgegeben....

Ichael McElhatton is believed to be one of two men facing prosecution in connection with the tragedy. Lauren Bullock (17), Morgan Barnard (17) and Connor Currie (16) died as hundreds of people queued through the doors of the disco on March 17, 2019. The two men will be charged with three counts of manslaughter – one count for each death – as well as offenses for breaching health and safety laws....

Sharon Harding Lenovo is giving the foldable PC a second chance. Lenovo’s upcoming 16-inch ThinkPad X1 Fold announced today that it’s trying to improve on 2020’s ThinkPad X1 Fold with a bigger screen, more powerful specs, and an operating system better suited to multitasking on the flexible OLED touchscreen. I tested the Windows 11 PC ahead of its expected release in November, and it improved upon the weaknesses of the original 13....

“The Wisconsin Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that the integrity of our elections is protected from alleged intentional violations of the law,” Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said in a statement announcing the charges. Waite, 68, said he went online in July and successfully ordered absentee ballots in the names of Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Voss, Racine Mayor Corey Mason and other voters to demonstrate the “ease of collecting electoral ballots”....

The food lover had a bite to eat at The Bavarian Bier Cafe, in Queensland, Australia, but was left confused by the added cost. 1 The customer was confused by the added charge on their billCredit: Reddit They had ordered a salad, schnitzel, two cheeseburgers and a beer totalling $112.35 (£66.16) – but found a $5.35 (£3.26) industry service charge added on. Confused, the diner shared a picture of the receipt on Reddit and asked fellow users for some guidance....

Those are the conditions former fans say they endured on a cross-country RV tour with Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada.” Didulo became a well-known QAnon conspiracy figure, claiming to be Canada’s rightful sovereign, but initially not appearing in public. Now, she’s touring the country with supporters in RVs, including a stop in Peterborough, Ont., last month where her supporters tried to arrest city police. Vice World News reporter Mack Lamoureux spoke with former members of the tour’s “staff,” including some that Didulo allegedly abandoned in the middle of Newfoundland....

The Elite 5s features 6mm drivers and customizable EQ. In terms of design, Jabra says they will offer “a discreet, comfortable and compact fit”. The earphones share a teardrop shape that’s similar to the rest of the current Elite range and feature six microphones for improved wind-canceled voice call performance. You also get bonuses like Android Fast Pair, Windows Swift Pair, as well as Google Assistant and Alexa integration. “Today’s fast-paced society shortens attention spans while increasing the potential for distraction, making it increasingly difficult to zone in on what’s important,” said Calum MacDougall, Jabra’s senior vice president....

For the first time, astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to capture a direct image of a planet outside our solar system, in what has been described as a “historic moment for astronomy”. The exoplanet chosen was HIP 65426 b, which is about six to 12 times the mass of Jupiter and between 15 and 20 million years old—a young age compared to the 4.5 billion-year-old Planet Earth....

Organisé chaque année par le collectif IEF 35, le rassemblement célèbre ironiquement « la rentrée scolaire » en proposant aux enfants une journée bien éloignée de celle vécue par les écoles, collèges et lycées en France. Ici, pas un cartable ou une nouvelle trousse à crayons, mais une volonté ferme de défendre ce modèle alternatif, qui reste marginal mais séduit de plus en plus de parents. Cependant, l’IEF a reçu un sérieux coup à la tête le 1er septembre avec l’entrée en vigueur de la loi sur l’éducation familiale....

La Chine, pour sa part, traverse une crise diplomatique avec les États-Unis à la suite d’une visite à Taïwan le mois dernier de la présidente de la Chambre des États-Unis, Nancy Pelosi. Les exercices Vostok-2022 ont débuté jeudi matin par des manœuvres d’avions de guerre, des mouvements d’unités anti-aériennes et des simulations de déminage en mer du Japon, a annoncé le ministère russe de la Défense. Plus de 50 000 soldats “Les équipages de l’armée de l’air doivent être formés pour intercepter des cibles aériennes (…) et mener des frappes aériennes contre des cibles au sol”, a déclaré le ministère dans un communiqué....

Tom Werner/Getty Images Ce jeudi 1er septembre, dans un numéro de “Complément d’Enquête”, l’ONG Foodwatch dénonce les pratiques de certaines enseignes qui réduisent la qualité ou la quantité de certains de leurs produits pour limiter les prix, sans en informer le consommateur. CONSOMMATION – Moins de chocolats dans la boîte ou de lait dans la glace. Afin de ne pas trop augmenter les prix en rayon et de risquer d’effrayer les clients soucieux de leur portefeuille en raison de l’inflation, certains industriels réduisent subtilement la quantité et même la qualité de leurs produits, dénonce ce jeudi 1er septembre le syndicat Foodwatch....

A person who recently traveled to West Africa was diagnosed with a different variant of monkeypox circulating during the current outbreak, the UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) has announced. The person, who has not been named, has been admitted to the High Consequence Infectious Diseases Unit (HCID) at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Contact tracing is now being conducted to see if there are any further linked cases. No cases had yet been identified as of Thursday, September 1, the UKHSA said....

Scores released Thursday show an unprecedented decline on long-term trend tests that are part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “Nation’s Report Card.” The tests are administered to 9-year-old American students. title: “Reading And Math Scores Plummeted During The Pandemic New Data Show Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-18” author: “Patrick Cruz” Scores released Thursday show an unprecedented decline on long-term trend tests that are part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “Nation’s Report Card....

Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature City hosting Zaporizhzhia plant under fire – reports The Russian-controlled city of Energodar, home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, was attacked early this morning, Ukrainian officials said. The Ukrainian operator of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant, Energoatom, posted an update on its official Telegram channel shortly before 8 a.m. local time. Since five in the morning, the continuous mortar attacks on the city have not stopped....

“Schmilka was a holiday village 200 years ago,” said Andrea Bigge, a local art historian. It is again, he added, but it still feels like he exists in that era. “You have time here,” added guesthouse owner Ansgar Rieger. “No schedules, no lists. You come to Smilka to ‘do nothing.’ A day trip from Dresden, Schmilka is just over the German border with the Czech Republic. Founded around 1582 by Czech lumberjacks – the town’s name even comes from a Slavic word meaning ‘place where timber is cut’....

Danielle is in the open waters of the North Atlantic nearly 1,000 miles west of the Azores and is moving slowly. It is expected to gain strength and soon become the first Atlantic hurricane of 2022. Danielle is just a hazard to shipping routes. It poses no threat to make landfall as it drifts over the next few days and then begins a slow crawl to the northeast. Danielle was the first Atlantic named storm since Colin on July 3 and followed an extremely rare August without any named storms in the basin and the quietest start to the hurricane season in 34 years....

Comment correction An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified Cassidy Hutchinson as a former aide to Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone. He was an aide to Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows. The article has been corrected. Former Trump White House adviser Pat Cipollone appeared before a federal grand jury Friday in Washington investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Capitol Hill, spending 2½ hours behind closed doors with jurors and prosecutors....

Gary Shuster’s belief in public health care is so strong that in 2008 he worked on Barack Obama’s election campaign, attracted by the future president’s promise to deliver a fairer, Canadian system to the American people. The Montreal-born, California-raised dual citizen who now calls Vancouver home says Canada’s publicly funded model is superior to the for-profit health care system in the United States, which caters only to those with the afford....