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MMWD resumes work on water storage project near Fairfax

Marinij.com 

The utility is in the first phase of a $25 million effort to replace Pine Mountain Tunnel with two 2-million-gallon tanks. Critics say the work could diminish the flow to wildlife at Carey Camp Creek.

32 killed in Al-Shabab attack on Somali Beach Hotel

Khaama Press (Afghan News Agency) 

Somali police have reported that a recent attack on a beachfront hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, has resulted in the deaths of 32 people and left 63 others injured. On Saturday, August 3, Somali police announced that the militant group al-Shabaab, affiliated with al-Qaeda, has claimed responsibility for the attack. Abdifatah Adan Hassan, […]

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Same storm, different names: How Invest 97L could graduate to Tropical Storm Debby

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

It’s an area of low atmospheric pressure, thunderstorms and wind sloshing out of the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf of Mexico. But by the time it dissipates, weather forecasters may have called it by five different names. First it was Invest 97L, then it was Potential Tropical Cyclone Four. Late Friday it became Tropical Depression Four. On Saturday it’s expected to become Tropical Storm Debby and it could intensify into Hurricane Debby on Sunday or Monday. Why? Various names are used to classify the... Читать дальше...

Vatican belatedly joins chorus of protest over Olympic Last Supper parody

Crux 

ROME – Belatedly joining a global chorus of outrage and condemnation, the Vatican on Saturday reacted to an apparent parody of the Last Supper during the July 26 opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, saying it was “saddened” by the display. Freedom of speech, the Vatican said, shouldn’t be called […]

UAE athletes dominate at Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

ABU DHABI, 3rd August, 2024 (WAM) - UAE jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts athletes took home two major wins at the fifth Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship (ADXC) on Friday evening at the Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City. The night featured 14 high-level jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts matchups.
Present at the event were Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa bin Sultan bin Shakhbout Al Nahyan, President of the Asian Chess Federa