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Some of the iconic glaciers in UNESCO World Heritage Sites are at risk of disappearing due to climate change. That’s a third of the sites on the list whose glaciers will melt by 2050. UNESCO reports today. As long as the temperature on Earth does not warm more than 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial era, glaciers in other places can …

AFP ONS News•today, 13:26•Amended today, 14:16 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the shin by an unknown gunman during a political rally today. A man opened fire on Khan and some of the former prime minister’s supporters. Khan was not seriously injured, nor were his supporters. The man was arrested. According to local Geo TV, he wanted …

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called on his supporters in a video message via Twitter to stop the roadblocks they erected in various parts of the country. ,,You are sad and expecting something different, so am I. But I call on the protesters: clear the roads,” Bolsonaro said. The roadblocks “do not seem to me to be part of legitimate protests,” …

AFP ONS News•yesterday, 9:48 p.m. Lucas Waagmeester Correspondent in the United States Lucas Waagmeester Correspondent in the United States Will American democracy survive? Once again, that question haunts the minds of millions of Americans as they head to the polls next week. Will there be as fierce a battle over the results of these midterm elections as in 2020? And …

The village of Mouthe, which can officially go by the name of the coldest village in France, reports that there was no frost in the region in October for the first time in more than 140 years. On average, the temperature in the village is at or below zero for eighteen days in October. Mouthe is located in the Jura …

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party and its political allies are leading the elections in Israel. According to exit polls, Netanyahu and his bloc have a majority of 67 of the 120 seats in parliament. But exit polls should be taken with a grain of salt. They got it wrong in the previous elections. Even then, it was thought …

Reuters ONS News•yesterday, 9:56 p.m.•Amended today, 02:19 In Denmark, the centre-left bloc led by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen appears to retain a majority in parliament. According to Danish public broadcaster DR, Frederiksen’s Social Democratic Party has once again become the largest party, with more than 27% of the vote. This is the best result for more than twenty years. The …

Space company SpaceX wants to make the first spaceflight with its giant Starship rocket in early December, the news agency reports Reuters. The rocket has an important role in the planned lunar missions of the American space agency NASA. The Starship rocket is the largest rocket in the world and is named after its 50-meter-high upper part. This is the …

AFP ONS News•today, 09:41•Amended today, 09:59 South Korean Interior Minister Lee Sang-min has apologized for last weekend’s Halloween drama. “As the minister responsible for public security, I sincerely apologize for this incident,” Lee said. He added that the government had “unlimited responsibility for the safety of our people”. Earlier in the day, South Korean police chief Yoon Hee Keun said …

While some of the supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil’s election on Sunday, protested the results on Monday and truckers blocked roads across the country in anger, Bolsonaro remained silent during the day Monday. The far-right president has yet to respond to the election, nor has he congratulated his arch-rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who won the …