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Brazil has 1,942cities atrisk ofenvironmentaldisaster

BrazilNews.net 

As climate change caused by human action on the environment intensifies, environmental and climatic disasters have increased worldwide, as is the case in Rio Grande do Sul state, in South Brazil.

Narraway Wins Silver Medal in Brazil (Cycling)

IslandStats.com: Soccer 

Team Bermuda got off to a strong start at the 2024 Pan American Road Championships in Brazil, with Nicholas Narraway earning a Silver Medal in the Under 23 Individual Time Trial. Competing over 35

Ranking: Which NBA players were surrounded by the most star power?

HoopsHype: Atlanta Hawks 

A longstanding NBA tradition (especially this time of the year) is to throw stars under the bus for not leading their teams to the title. If Michael Jordan (before the 90s) and LeBron James had to endure that, you know nobody is safe. This approach puts a lot of emphasis on the star’s perceived shortcomings and not enough on the context in which the failure occurred. It could be due to injuries, but very often, it’s simply not having enough star power around them to go all the way.

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General Election 2024

Spokes, the Lothian Cycle Campaign 

With virtually all transport and cycling-related policy now a Scottish rather than a UK responsibility we are not asking individual candidates for statements or holding a hustings for the UK General Election. However, as always, we will give any useful information as it becomes available. Please let us know of hustings or other relevant [...]

"Heatherwick naysayers are missing the point" says commenter

Dezeen.com 

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the news that Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign is developing a master's degree at Loughborough University. The degree aims to challenge conventional architecture education and to foster a generation of architects who will "inspire joyful architecture", in line with the goals of the movement. "A potentially noble, mostly

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Across China: Transformation of the humble reed in China's Xiong'an

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

SHIJIAZHUANG, May 22 (Xinhua) -- In the eyes of 58-year-old Yang Bingjun, the common reed can be woven not only into producing mundane necessities, but also transformed into appealing artworks exhibited in a gallery, as exemplified by his lifelike depictions of Baer's pochards, the magnificent Great Wall, and poetic landscapes of the Xiong'an New Area.

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