Tag: decades
Violent snowstorm across California – worst in decades
A storm has moved in over California and other states, leaving nearly a million people without power. Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed and several highways have been…
That’s how the Kim family has ruled North Korea for seven decades
Communist North Korea was founded with Soviet help in 1948, after Korea was divided into an American and a Soviet occupation zone after World War II. 36-year-old Kim Il-Sung gains…
War in Ukraine: agricultural soils ravaged for decades
War kills and wounds men, it also mutilates the earth. The effect is more pernicious, less striking than a gutted building surrounded by rubble, but very devastating. While the Russian…
Monday’s earthquake was the biggest earthquake observed in Turkey in decades, says the researcher
The earthquake in Turkey had a magnitude of 7.8. It was the strongest earthquake in Turkey in more than 80 years. The second earthquake, detected on Monday afternoon, was also…
The last Boeing 747 will be delivered to its customer on Tuesday – five decades ago it made intercontinental travel possible for the middle class
The Boeing 747 was the world’s first wide-body airliner and was two and a half times the size of Boeing’s first jet airliner. 22:01•Updated 22:06 The last “Queen of the…
UN predicts 2023 as one of the worst years in decades
The United Nations expects 1.9% growth on average this year. One of the worst scores in decades. With our correspondent in Geneva, Jeremiah Lance The endless disruptions of the Covid,…
Woman devoted decades to humanitarian work
News Local News Janice Nyyssonen, of Brantford, with some of the orphans she helped save from a life on the streets of Tanzania during decades-long humanitarian effort. Mrs. Nyyssonen died…
In the United States, a blizzard could bring even the coldest Christmas in decades and chaos for Christmas traffic
About a third of the US population lives in areas that are threatened by storms. According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, driving weather can even be life-threatening. 17:05•Updated 20:08 Christmas…
Parliament’s bribery mess did not surprise the EU watchdog – according to an expert, it is the most significant scandal in two decades
Suspicions of bribery against members of the European Parliament and assistants are shaking the EU. According to the expert, the rules related to corruption must be tightened. 12.12. 19:10•Updated 12.12.…
Warning: This month could be the toughest in decades
Increased mortgage rates and skyrocketing electricity prices hit many households hard. Claes Hemberg, economist, says that now is the time to prepare for the tough winter months where electricity prices…