by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, September 17.
- Antarctic ice at ‘mind-blowing’ low alarms experts
- Inside Scientists’ Race to Create Safe Refuges for Animals (“Climate crisis is destroying habitats. Can technology help create new ones?”)
- ‘The world is watching’: Leaders set to kickstart climate ambitions at UN summit next week
- Ukraine’s Next Foe on the Battlefield: Bad Weather
- First grain ships arrive in Ukraine using new route (“Officials say the vessels will deliver 200,000 tonnes of wheat to world markets.”)
- GOP senators ask Biden to provide Ukraine with missiles needed to win war
- Ukraine is firing shells faster than can be supplied. Can Europe catch up?
- World Court to hear Russian objections to Ukraine genocide case
- One of Russia’s oldest allies is helping Ukraine. What that means (“The arrival of US soldiers for a peacekeeper training exercise in Armenia has rankled officials in Moscow”)
- Finland’s President, No Stranger to Russia, Warns Europe About Complacency
- Upheavals in Xi’s world spread concern about China’s diplomacy
- What’s up with China’s disappearing senior military officers?
- In Risky Hunt for Secrets, U.S. and China Expand Global Spy Operations
- Kim Jong Un heads home after week-long visit to Russia
- IAEA: Iran expels several inspectors in “unprecedented” move
- ‘People feel unprotected’: Greeks lose faith in state after Storm Daniel and a summer of wildfires
- For a divided Libya, disastrous floods have become a rallying cry for unity
- Letter shows Pope Pius XII probably knew about Holocaust early on (“The letter found in the Vatican archives conflicts with the Holy See’s official position at the time that the information it had was vague and unverified.”)
- Tropical cyclone Lee makes landfall in Nova Scotia as thousands lose power
- Lee brings heavy rain, destructive winds and flooding to northeast US
- Sore throat, then congestion: Common Covid symptoms follow a pattern now, doctors say (“Doctors who treat Covid describe the ways the illness has gotten milder and shifted over time to mostly affect the upper respiratory tract.”)
- The COVID Bump (“The coronavirus has long since lapsed as a primary concern for most Americans. Can we make progress on a problem when so few seem to care?”)
- Obama on UAW strike: Time to ‘do right’ by workers that keep companies ‘on their feet’
- Stellantis offers raises, inflation protection measures to UAW as strikes continue
- McCarthy turns impeachment into political score-settling
- Top Democrats’ Bullishness on Biden 2024 Collides With Voters’ Worries
- Ties Between Joe Biden and Merrick Garland Deteriorate From Distant to Frigid
- Trump Plans Two Mar-a-Lago Fundraisers for Campaign, Legal Fees
- Anti-Trump movement frets about void left by Romney retirement
- The Race for Romney’s Senate Replacement Looks Like a MAGA-Fest (“There will be no elder statesman to replace Utah’s elder statesman.”)
- Man groped by Lauren Boebert during frisky ‘Beetlejuice’ date owns gay-friendly bar that hosts drag shows
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton acquitted in impeachment trial (Utterly corrupt.)
- Behind Paxton’s Impeachment, a Republican Battle for Control of Texas (“The impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton was the latest fight in a struggle between an emboldened hard right and the party’s moderate old guard.”)
- Texas’s impeached attorney general acquitted by fellow Republicans
- California sues oil giants, saying they downplayed climate change. Here’s what to know
- Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse (Appalling.)
- Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial comments (Another awful person.)
- Virginia Democrats are outraising Republicans as Election Day nears
- Henrico: Dunnavant, VanValkenburg meet in key Senate contest
- From Virgin Queen to virgin land: How Virginia got its name
- ‘We have to pay attention’: Charlottesville groups rally against threats to democracy
- $500 million project in Norfolk transforming Lamberts Point area into offshore wind, shipbuilding hub
- D.C.-area forecast: Rain chances on the rise today, then a nice stretch through midweek
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