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The Wire
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Affords Cops Gain entry to To Trillions of US Cell phone Records
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A little-known surveillance program tracks more than a trillion domestic phone records within the United States each year, according to a letter WIRED obtained that was sent by US senator Ron Wyden to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sunday, challenging the program's legality. According to the letter, a surveillance program now known as Data Analytical Services (DAS) has for more than…
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Jump out of a plane without a parachute and survive, the fastest toilet in the world and 8 more records that blow your mind
(ORDO NEWS) — At what speed can you have an accident and stay safe, is it possible to hold your breath for two dozen minutes, how many times can a car hit the same pedestrian, and can a person fall faster than the speed of sound? No, we are not crazy. We just decided to see what kind of madness people are capable of in order to get into the…
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Last year was the sixth hottest on record
(ORDO NEWS) — The top eight spots on the list of hottest years have been in the last eight years since 2014. The average annual surface temperature in 2021 was 0.84°C above the 20th century average and 1.04°C above pre-industrial levels. Thus, in the top ten hottest years in the history of modern observations – starting from 1880 – nine positions were occupied by recent years, from 2013 to 2021.…
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In Argentina, record heat: the temperature reached +45 degrees
(ORDO NEWS) — Meteorologists recorded an incredibly high air temperature in Argentina, which reached +45 degrees Celsius. This became the reason that the country was called the hottest in the whole earth. Locals have faced numerous power outages and are using every possible means to escape the incredible heat. Today there is information that several hundred thousand people were left completely without power supply. This happened after a serious power…
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2021 is the hottest year in the world on record
(ORDO NEWS) — Climatologists from Copernicus’ Climate Change Service said 2021 was the hottest year in the world on record, and the levels of carbon dioxide and methane, which are causing the planet to warm, have reached new highs in the atmosphere. The scientists said the last seven years were the warmest in the world “by a clear margin” on records dating from 1850, and the average global temperature in…
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Suez Canal Breaks Revenue Records
(ORDO NEWS) — The Suez Canal’s annual revenue in 2021 was $ 6.3 billion. This is the most in the entire history of the canal, which has existed since 1869. This was announced by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA). Last year, 20,649 units of transport passed along the waterway connecting the Red Sea with the Mediterranean (an average of 56 per day). These ships carried 1.27 billion tons of cargo.…