Month: May 2023

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — A house was destroyed and a cat is missing after a fire on Rhiner Street in Framingham on Memorial Day, firefighters said. “The house is a total loss,” Framingham Fire Chief Michael Dutcher said in a statement Monday. No injuries were reported. An elderly man was displaced but has family to stay with, Dutcher said. A neighbor called the fire department about 1:45 p.m. Monday to report the fire at 19 Rhiner St., Dutcher said. The street is off the water street. When firefighters arrived, they found “heavy fire that was visible from the front and rear…

Shanghai recorded its hottest May day in 100 years on Monday, the city’s weather service announced, smashing the previous high by a full degree. “At 1:09 p.m., the temperature at Xujiahui Station reached 36.1 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit), breaking a 100-year record for the highest temperature in May,” read a post on the official account from the service’s Weibo. Scientists say global warming is like that aggravation of adverse weatherwith a recent report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warning that “every increase in global warming will intensify multiple and concurrent hazards.” Later in the afternoon, the…

After his first-round victory at Roland Garros over Aleksandar Kovacevic (6-3, 6-2, 7-6), Novak Djokovic wrote on camera: “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia – stop the violence” in a unusual political position of the winner of the 22-Grand Slam. Djokovic wrote the message in reference to local political issues in Serbia. Police used tear gas to disperse Serbs who gathered in front of municipal buildings in the Kosovar town of Zvecan (one of four Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo), trying to prevent a newly elected ethnic Albanian mayor from entering his office More than 50 people were injured in…

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday came up as the winner of the country’s presidential election, proving resilient against the opposition bloc as he extends his rule into a third decade. Official results were shown Erdogan won with 52.1% of the vote, while opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu came away with 47.9%. In spite of deadly earthquake already the fall of the local currency, Erdogan’s victory once again demonstrated the leader’s durability, which analysts say is rooted not only in the ways he has consolidated power over the years, but also shows the enduring loyalty of…

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday came up as the winner of the country’s presidential election, proving resilient against the opposition bloc as he extends his rule into a third decade. Official results were shown Erdogan won with 52.1% of the vote, while opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu came away with 47.9%. In spite of deadly earthquake already the fall of the local currency, Erdogan’s victory once again demonstrated the leader’s durability, which analysts say is rooted not only in the ways he has consolidated power over the years, but also shows the enduring loyalty of…

The militarization of Iranian politics in the context of regional detente Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Tehran, Iran, May 29, 2023. (Reuters) At a time of renewed regional dialogue and an apparent opening between Iran and its neighbors, one might be surprised by the appointment of Ali Akbar Ahmadian, former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and member of the Council of Opportunity, as the new secretary. of the Supreme National Security Council. Although this position is under the control of the Supreme Leader, this is a central place in Iran’s decision-making process.Ahmadian’s profile…

(the hill) – The season of Supreme Court decisions is in full swing. The justices in the coming weeks will issue major decisions on student debt relief, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act, with rulings in the remaining 30 cases expected to be issued by June 30. Here’s a preview of the main decisions. Student debt relief The fate of President Biden’s student debt relief plan rests with the justices, who are weighing two separate challenges: one from six Republican-led states, the other from two individual borrowers. It’s about whether more than 40 million Americans will get debt relief,…