Tag: decades
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…
Polio has been detected in the world’s metropolises for the first time in decades – read seven questions and answers about the situation
The virus, which has been almost suppressed worldwide, has been detected in big cities. Here we collected questions about urban polio cases. They are answered by a leading expert Carita…
Tennis is undergoing a generational change the likes of which has not been seen in two decades – is this the start of the reign of Carlos Alcaraz, 19?
A change of power is underway in tennis, the likes of which has not been seen on the men’s side for 18 years. Spanish Carlos Alcaraz19, won the singles championship…
How do superpowered tardigrades survive decades of dehydration?
They are known to be true creatures of the extreme: tardigrades survive in particularly hostile environments, some species even resist the vacuum of space! And a new study has just…
Global warming: “billions of people will be overexposed to extremely dangerous temperatures” in the decades to come!
The image showed the average number of days per year that the Hazardous Heat Index threshold was exceeded in the historical record (1979-1998). From b) to g), the same quantity…
At least eight people died in floods in South Korea – the worst heavy rains in decades
The streets and subway stations of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, were filled with water. The floods were particularly devastating in poor areas where many people live partially underground.…
The ice cover of the Alps is now shrinking at a record pace in the grip of a heat wave – the situation was only supposed to come to light decades later
Glaciers are now melting at a record pace in several countries around the world, according to statistics collected by the Reuters news agency. Researchers and local residents are very worried…