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Spanish farmers warn of ‘irreversible’ crop losses due to drought

Fox News Drought now affects 60% of the Spanish countryside, with crops like wheat and barley likely to fail entirely in four regions, the main Spanish farmers association said on Thursday. Spain’s long-term drought is causing “irreversible losses” to more than 3.5 million hectares of crops, the Coordinator of Farmers and Ranchers Organizations said in…

How to See a Black Hole More Clearly

New York Times Astronomers recently used artificial intelligence to fine-tune a famous image of a whole lot of nothing. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/science/astronomy-black-holes.html

Inflation Keeps Cooling

New York Times Prices aren’t climbing as quickly as they once were. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/briefing/cooling-inflation-prices.html

South Korea faces ‘Sophie’s choice’ over sending weapons to Ukraine

Washington Post South Korea produces a huge amount of ammunition, a result of the Korean War, but is resisting growing pressure to export much-needed supplies to Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/south-korea-ukraine-weapons-export/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Ukraine stands firm on Crimea, wants Russia out of all areas

Washington Post Ukraine’s foreign minister says his country won’t budge from its demand that Russia withdraw its forces from Crimea, as well as from other parts of Ukraine that Moscow illegally annexed more recently https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/russia-ukraine-war-crimea-grain-deal-black-sea/cbe6c756-d9e8-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Europe needs energy. Moroccan solar may be a clean solution.

Washington Post Morocco and North Africa’s solar energy could help Europe free itself from Russian fossil fuels. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/04/13/morocco-europe-solar-desert/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Prosecutors: German climate demo didn’t cause cyclist death

Washington Post German prosecutors say they have determined that climate protesters weren’t responsible for the death in October of a cyclist after their road blockade caused a delay in the arrival of a rescue vehicle at an accident scene https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/germany-climate-protest-prosecutors-cyclist-death/8167165a-d9e2-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Suspect extradited from Pakistan over 2005 UK police slaying

Washington Post A 74-year-old man extradited from Pakistan has appeared in a London court to face a murder charge in the death of a police officer who was fatally shot while responding to a bank robbery almost two decades ago https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/pakistan-uk-police-killed-suspect-extradited/43e60798-d9e0-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

How Janelle Jones’s Story About Black Women and the Economy Caught On

New York Times The first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department advanced the idea that lifting up people on the margins helps everyone else, too. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/business/economy-black-women-labor-union-janelle-jones.html

In Africa’s Okavango, oil drilling disrupts locals, nature

Washington Post In Africa’s Okavango delta, drilling for oil exploration, as well as human-caused climate change leading to more erratic rainfall patterns and water abstraction and diversion for development and commercial agriculture, has altered the landscape that so many people and wildlife species rely on https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/08/okavango-botswana-angola-namibia-oil-gas-drilling/010ca8ec-d5d4-11ed-ac8b-cd7da05168e9_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world