A bill introduced by senators Dick Durbin and Mike Lee to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program is the fifth introduced in the US Congress this winter. The authority is threatening to expire in a month, disrupting a global wiretapping program said to inform a third of articles in the President’s Daily Briefing—a morning “tour … Read more
Fighting off rising seas without reducing humanity’s carbon emissions is like trying to drain a bathtub without turning off the tap. But increasingly, scientists are sounding the alarm on yet another problem compounding the crisis for coastal cities: Their land is also sinking, a phenomenon known as subsidence. The metaphorical tap is still on—as rapid … Read more
The U.S. has a range of options for dealing with Yemen’s Houthis, none of them good. But a long campaign of naval strikes and interception against them, as is now being floated by the Biden Administration and outside experts, is certainly the worst response of all. That’s because it means the U.S. Navy continuing to … Read more
Below is New York’s JFK Airport—notice the red hotspots of high subsidence against the teal of more mild elevation change. The airport’s average subsidence rate is 1.7 millimeters a year (similar to the LaGuardia and Newark airports), but across JFK that varies between 0.8 and 2.8 millimeters a year, depending on the exact spot. Courtesy … Read more
A Russian tank catches fire and sinks in water after hitting a mine in Novoprokopivka.Telegram / @mysiagin A new video appears to show a Russian tank hitting a mine, catching on fire, and sinking into water. The tank was destroyed by 155-mm remote anti-armor mine ammunition “RAAMS,” said a report. The incident comes as … Read more
Florida Keys Sheriff Rick Ramsay was driving on U.S. 1 close to the Outdated Seven Mile Bridge in Marathon when one thing within the water caught his eye. It was a sinking boat on the bayside of the bridge with 5 males on board. The vessel had a dive flag as a result of the … Read more
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday declared a nationwide day of mourning for residents who died when the fishing trawler full of migrants they had been in sank off the Greek coast. As many as 750 males, girls and youngsters from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan had been on board … Read more