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Overnight News Digest: Late Autumn News [1]
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Date: 2023-11-17
Now
No more the foreign sun does meddle at our earth,
Enforce the green and bring the fallow land to birth,
Nor winter yet weigh all with silence the pine bough
From Archibald MacLeish, “Immortal Autumn”
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man, wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments.
We begin with this from lifehacker:
Embrace the Cold and the Mud, Like the Swedish Do Getting outside more is better for you. Here are six tips to ditch your weather excuse and enjoy the benefits of nature Anna Lee Beyer I don’t own an umbrella. The logic behind that is simple: If it’s raining, I’m not going outside. Rain is just one on a long list of excuses I use to justify staying indoors (also on the list: all other forms of precipitation, temperatures outside the range of 50-90℉, dirt, and mosquitos).
From CBS News:
"Significant" hoard of Bronze Age treasure discovered by metal detectorists in Wales BY KERRY BREEN Medievel (sic) artifacts dating as far back as the Bronze Age were declared treasure by the Welsh government this week. The items, which were found between 2020 and 2022, include a hoard of bronze artifacts such as axes, spearheads, rings and a sword scabbard. The items were discovered by Dr. Peter Anning and Alex Evans in Feb. 2021 in an empty field in Wales where drainage work had been done. The items were dated between 1000 and 800 B.C., and it's likely that they were deliberately buried in the ground by a local community in a ritual ceremony, Wales' Amgueddfa Cymru museum said in a news release.
From India Today:
World Cup Fever Peaks: Surge in Ahmedabad's Tourism Economy As India gets ready to host the World Cup final in Ahmedabad, the city is witnessing a tourism boom. Hotels are booked to capacity and flight tickets to the city are in high demand, with prices soaring. The excitement is infectious as tourists from all over the world converge in Ahmedabad to witness the final. Alongside locals, VVIPs including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have confirmed their attendance, creating a high-profile event.
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We’ll discuss things a bit thematically this week, beginning with earth sciences of various sorts. We begin with The Guardian:
‘We have given Earth a fever’: author John Vaillant on the firestorms coming for us all His book about a blaze so hot it vaporised concrete and turned a Canadian city to ash has just won the Baillie Gifford prize. John Vaillant explains why the world we think we live in no longer exists Claire Armitstead On the afternoon of 3 May 2016, firefighters spotted a plume of smoke near the Canadian oil city of Fort McMurray. It was early in the fire season for the subarctic region and slabs of ice were still floating on its lakes. A water-bombing helicopter was immediately scrambled but it was already too late. Within two hours, flames had roared through 60 hectares (150 acres) of forest. By the end of the day, 90,000 people had been driven from their homes. Whole neighbourhoods had been reduced to ash.
From CNN (video at the link):
Why is air pollution in New Delhi so bad? India's capital is often ranked among the world's most polluted cities. A recent Air Quality Life Index report found that poor air quality could shorten average life expectancy of New Delhi residents by nearly 12 years. CNN reporter Vedika Sud explains why pollution often peaks at the same time every year and why this problem is so hard to tackle.
From Eye on Africa:
Deadly flash floods hit Horn of Africa More than 100 people, including 16 children, have died and over 700,000 been forced out of their homes in the Horn of Africa due to flash flooding, the British charity Save the Children said Thursday. The region, particularly Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, has been lashed by unrelenting downpours since the beginning of the month.
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From NBC News:
Powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocks Philippines The presidential palace said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. instructed government agencies to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone affected by the quake. MANILA, Philippines — A powerful undersea earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Friday, causing ceilings in shopping malls to plunge to the ground as shoppers screamed. There were no immediate reports of injuries, and no tsunami warning was in effect. The magnitude 6.7 quake was located about 15 miles from Burias at the southern tip of the Philippines, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered at a depth of 48 miles, it said.
From NBC News:
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