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Continuing drought conditions in the U.S. southwestern region forced federal officials to announce drastic and unprecedented cuts to the water supplies to two states and Mexico. Lakes and reservoirs along the Colorado River are at historic low levels. For the first time, officials with the U.S. Department of Interior announced plans to operate in a “Tier 2 shortage,” Fox Weather reported . The plan includes increased cuts in water releases from Lakes Powell and Mead. The new mandatory water cuts come after Lake Mead and Lake Powell continue to reach record lows due to climate change. A megadrought and an increase in consumption from Lake Mead caused water levels to drop to an 80-year low. Satellite images show the decreasing water levels. pic.twitter.com/T5tc7zzmMD — FOX Weather (@foxweather) August 16, 2022 Fox Weather listed the following changes that will impact Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico. California will be spared. Arizona: 592,000 acre-feet, which is … [Read more...] about Drought Forces Emergency Cuts to Colorado River Water Supply for Arizona, Nevada

Any time the leaders of India and Pakistan (or China) are slated to attend a regional or multilateral event, the media and strategy community dive headlong into a high-decibel speculation about the possibility of a bilateral meeting. Though not formally confirmed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit at Samarkand, Uzbekistan in mid-September 2022, when India inter alia is to assume presidency of the organisation as well as host the 2023 summit. The newly minted Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is also expected to attend, triggering another round of ‘talkathon’. A similar speculation had ensued before the SCO summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (June 13-14 2019) which was attended by Modi and Sharif’s predecessor Imran Khan. No meeting eventually materialised, except for a brief exchange of pleasantries in the delegates’ lounge. That too was disclosed not by India but the Pakistani foreign minister. … [Read more...] about Will PM Modi and Shehbaz Sharif Meet on SCO Sidelines in Samarkand?

Tuesday, during an appearance on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) pledged to end proxy voting along with IRS agents, FBI agents abusing their authority and those at the Department of Homeland Security who have attacked Border Patrol agents should Republicans take back Congress. “[I] oppose proxy voting. I think we should end it if Republicans are in charge,” he said. “I also think we should pass legislation to fire bureaucrats, the bureaucrats who aren’t doing the job. I introduced a bill to do that.” “And finally, Republicans should defund the bureaucracy,” Roy added. “We should fire the IRS agents. We should fire the FBI agents who are abusing authority. We should fire the DHS goons who are going after Border Patrol instead of securing the border. Let’s do our job.” Follow Jeff Poor on Twitter @jeff_poor … [Read more...] about GOP Rep. Roy Vows to Fire IRS, FBI Agents Abusing Authority if GOP Wins Majority

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In the Brazilian Amazon these days, it's nearly impossible to run for office talking up the environment. More common is a scene like this: A candidate for Congress parades a helicopter — the symbol of illegal gold mining — painted with the Brazilian flag, through the streets of the Amazon city of Boa Vista. He defends a gold rush that has devastated Indigenous territories and contaminated rivers. In a neighboring state an Indigenous candidate stops wearing green clothing in public out of fear of violence. Like all Brazilians, residents of the vast Amazon region will elect governors and lawmakers in October’s general elections. But as the campaign takes the streets, few candidates or voters are talking about current record-breaking deforestation rates or other environmental problems. Instead, many politicians vie for who has a bolder … [Read more...] about Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon

Nearly two dozen adult and child sex trafficking victims were rescued in the Denver metro area by the FBI Denver’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force and more than 40 agencies across the Front Range in August as part of a national operation to rescue people exploited by human trafficking. Over a three-day period from Aug. 4-6, 11 child victims and 11 adult victims of sexual exploitation were recovered in the Denver area in Operation Cross Country , a national FBI initiative focused on identifying and locating victims, primarily children, of sex trafficking, the FBI Denver Field Office announce on Tuesday. In addition to the victims, 27 missing or endangered children were located, and six traffickers were identified. Two were arrested on unrelated felony warrants. The Denver Field Office located more victims than any other field office in the country and were tied for first in the number of subjects identified or arrested. “No person, let alone a child, … [Read more...] about Nearly two dozen sex trafficking victims rescued in Denver metro area during national FBI operation

When it comes to job search, employees are no longer fixated on the take-home amount and look beyond monetary payouts, according to a report by job platform Naukri.com. The impact of work was voted highest by around 66 per cent of respondents followed by work culture (64 per cent), and job location (62 per cent). While female employees preferred quality and impact of work (66 per cent) the most, followed by job location (62 per cent), males voted for work culture (65 per cent) as more important than the job location, the report added. The pandemic has also played a major role as employees reimagine their office and work life giving more importance to factors such as work-life balance (64 per cent) and feeling valued at work (38 per cent). Also read| ‘You Will Not Get Job if You Don’t Pay in Bengal’, Says Calcutta HC judge Job location too is an important consideration for job seekers because of less travel time (36 per cent), followed by 32 per cent of respondents who prefer … [Read more...] about Not Salary but Impact of Work, Job Location a Priority for Employees in India: Survey

Lauren Goodger hid her black eye in the first photo she has shared to social media since she was allegedly attacked on the day of her baby’s funeral. The former The Only Way Is Essex star posted a snap to her Instagram stories showing off her new hairdo, taking care to conceal her injury. Lauren told her 850,000 followers she was “slowly getting back to normal” as she practised some “self love”. “Today was the first day out for some self love,” the 35-year-old captioned the post. Tagging her hairdresser @morghairygodmother she added: “One step at a time to going back slowly to normal life. Small steps #selflove.” Lauren Goodger returned to Instagram, but concealed her face with her flowing hair ( Image: mirror.co.uk) The former TOWIE star said she was 'slowly getting back to normal' ( Image: Instagram) The post comes just one day after Lauren was seen out in public for the first time with a black eye. The alleged attack is said to have occurred … [Read more...] about Lauren Goodger hides black eye on Insta return after being ‘attacked after baby’s funeral’

There will be a south-of-the-border element for the Miami Heat, the NBA confirmed Wednesday. The Heat, are scheduled for a Dec. 17 game in Mexico City, one that will count against the San Antonio Spurs’ home schedule and be televised nationally on NBA TV. It will be the Heat’s first regular-season game outside of the United States or Canada since defeating the Brooklyn Nets 101-89 on Dec. 9, 2017 in front of a listed 19,777 in Mexico City. The game at Mexico City Arena is part of the Spurs’ expansion beyond their AT&T Center home, with the Spurs also to play two games this season in Austin, Texas, as well as one at the downtown Alamodome. For the Heat, the game will come in place of their annually scheduled regular-season trip to San Antonio. Last season’s Heat visit to San Antonio had to be rescheduled due to the pandemic, when the Heat could not field the required eight players in uniform. The Heat swept last season’s two-game series from the Spurs. During the … [Read more...] about Heat regular-season schedule includes game in Mexico City

A new 21st century foreign policy is being written in the background of the battle lines being drawn in the Indo-Pacific. The ‘Great Game’ now stretches from Afghanistan to this vast area of immense geopolitical significance. The Indo-Pacific is marked by a precarious geometry of fault-lines and historic strategic mistrust. It has become the centre of China’s efforts to establish its pre-eminence as the dominant, indeed, sole superpower. What is the geographic scope of the Indo-Pacific? It is generally agreed that it extends from the east coast of Africa to the west coast of the Americas. Drawing precise geographic borderlines is not important since the Indo-Pacific is primarily a geostrategic concept. It is the core and nerve centre of international geopolitics and a new global power game. It is encircled by major population centres. Eight of the top twenty economies are situated here, giving it immense geo-economic importance. New threats and challenges to the existing world … [Read more...] about The New Great Game: Free World Needs Quad-Like Alliances to Confront Chinese Threats

China’s state-run Global Times took a victory lap on Monday, the one-year anniversary of President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, hailing the debacle as the death of American “hegemony” and a humiliation the United States will never overcome. One editorial from the Global Times excitedly claimed the “international community” was permanently turned off by “the U.S.’ irresponsible hasty withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan,” leaving the unfortunate residents of that country to suffer “endless trauma” caused by the botched American occupation. The Global Times and its stable of “Chinese experts” argued the “Kabul moment” showed that America’s playbook of “democratic transformation” will never work anywhere, the American “strategy of hegemony” is a bust, and while Biden might have thought he was escaping from a quagmire, he instead made the United States perpetually responsible for the misery of the Afghan people. The Chinese paper … [Read more...] about ‘Superpower in Its Downfall’: China Celebrates Anniversary of Biden Afghanistan Disaster