[ad_1] In the 1970s, three quarters of Swedish homes were heated with oil boilers. Today, electric heat pumps have all but replaced the oil in single-family homes (most multi-family homes rely on district heating). That has caused greenhouse gas emissions…
[ad_1] It’s been less than a week since leaks of classified military documents about the Ukraine war emerged, sending the Pentagon into immediate damage control to reassure allies and assess the scope of the information revealed. Information about the number…
[ad_1] Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on Tuesday killed 100 people, including many children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of the army’s rule, witnesses, members of local pro-democracy groups and independent media said. Witnesses told The Associated Press…
[ad_1] Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a federal lawsuit against Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, accusing the Republican of a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” him over the impeachment of former US president Donald Trump. Bragg, a Democrat,…
[ad_1] Saying she is ready to share her “unknown” experience of being arrested and imprisoned in Russia, basketball star Brittney Griner is working on a memoir scheduled for spring 2024. Griner was arrested last year at an airport in Moscow…
[ad_1] One of Russia’s most active volcanoes erupted on the eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, shooting a cloud of ash far into the sky that blanketed villages in volcanic dust and prompted flight warnings. Mount Shiveluch erupted shortly after midnight…
[ad_1] Many states led by Democratic governors are limiting the dosage of drugs used in medical abortions, amid concerns that a court ruling last week could limit access to the most commonly used abortion method in the US. The movement…
[ad_1] Cybersecurity experts are not surprised by revelations contained in a package of leaked US intelligence documents that show Russian-backed hackers successfully gained access to Canada’s natural gas distribution network. But they said there is a huge difference between gaining…
[ad_1] Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s award-winning cartoonist and ageless sage who delighted millions of children with his Fold-In fun and snark “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” has died. He was 102. Jaffee died Monday in Manhattan of organ failure, according…
[ad_1] US President Joe Biden arrived in Belfast on Tuesday at a politically fraught time in Northern Ireland as he helped mark the 25th anniversary of a peace deal that largely ended 30 years of bloodshed there. Biden must be…