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Le Loc, France | A major wildfire has erupted since Monday in the hinterland of the prestigious port of Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, causing the preventive evacuation of thousands of people, including many camping tourists. • Read also: Wildlife threatened by fire Thousands of people were evacuated as a precaution, but there were no injuries. About 750 firefighters are battling this blaze, which is still very fierce, a spokesman for firefighters from the Vars department, one of France’s most tourist attractions, said in August. “The fire is still out of control at the moment,” added the director of firefighting…

Young David Pruitt died in hospital from an infection, possibly after contracting a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a lake. page GoFundMe It was created to financially support the family of this young American, in the face of the exorbitant costs of treating primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. A fatal nervous system infection usually occurs due to the presence in the brain of amoebae, a microorganism that can enter through the nose when the victim swims in hot, polluted fresh water. David was hospitalized on July 30, and died eight days later at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. The fundraiser…

On Monday, a Swiss university said it had set a record for calculating the number Pi, with 62.8 trillion decimal places after the decimal point. In a statement, Graubünden University of Applied Sciences (HES) in eastern Switzerland is pleased to achieve this result thanks to a high-performance computer running for 108 days and 9 hours. “It is therefore twice as fast as the record set by Google in 2019, and about 3.5 times faster than the last world record set in 2020,” the press release read. The last ten digits of the Pi are “7817924264”, referring to HES indicating that…

Sorry, your browser does not support videos (Sydney) A rare species of plant-like marsupial, whose males usually die of stress after an “intensive” breeding season, has survived the fires that ravaged Australia in 2019-2020, researchers have revealed. Posted on Aug 16, 2021 9:48 AM When bushfires devastated much of its habitat in Polborine National Park, Queensland, scientists were concerned about the future of this species of silver-headed anti-bird, which was officially identified in 2013. This park is one of three habitat sites in Australia for this species. “We found 21 individuals between burnt and unburned habitats, which is fantastic. It…

New York was the first major US city to announce that: Proof of vaccination would be required to go to a number of enclosed spaces such as restaurants, theaters or sports. • Read also: Where and how is the vaccination passport used around the world? A transition period for this system called “Key to NYC” was planned before the first checks in a month. The passport arrives in the United States while the situation is very worrying due to the delta wreaking havoc in the southern states. On top of that, New Orleans is struggling with several outbreaks of COVID-19…

(Washington) Donald Trump estimated Sunday that Joe Biden should resign because of the Taliban victory in Afghanistan, but also because of the mismanagement of his successor in the White House as the pandemic file. Posted August 15, 2021 at 6:08 pm “It is time for Joe Biden, who has lost his credibility, to resign for allowing what happened in Afghanistan, but also for the astonishing rise of COVID-19, disaster at the border, suppression of our energy independence and paralysis of our economy,” the former Republican president wrote in a statement. “It should be easy given that in the beginning he…

After a harrowing night of aftershocks from a powerful earthquake that killed at least 724 people in southwestern Haiti, residents and aid workers were busy Sunday with limited means to find survivors under the rubble. A number of heavy machinery, trucks and wheel loaders were busy transporting concrete slabs from collapsed buildings in the city of Les Cayes near the epicenter, about 160 km from the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, AFP said at the site. France Press agency The 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Haiti at 8:29 a.m. Saturday, killing at least 724 people and injuring more than 2,800, according to the…

(Algeria) – Firefighters, soldiers and volunteers continue, on Saturday, to extinguish the recent forest fires sweeping northern Algeria, which have claimed the lives of about 90 people since Monday, including 33 soldiers, according to reports from local authorities. Posted on August 14, 2021 at 3:26 pm Amal Belaloufi with Philip performed in Paris France media agency According to Algerian leaders, most of these fires are of “criminal” origin and the perpetrators have been arrested. However, experts and witnesses point out the lack of anticipation of the public authorities and their prevention from facing a phenomenon that is repeated every year…

(Moscow) The Russian Foreign Ministry said, today, Saturday, that Russia’s refusal to renew the BBC correspondent’s visa is a response to London’s “discrimination” against the Russian media. Posted on August 14, 2021 11:06 AM Updated at 12:39 A spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, said the conflict dates back to 2019, when a Russian journalist was forced to leave British soil “without explanation”. Britain was accused of seeking to distort the facts for propaganda purposes. I repeat: the Russian decision is exclusively (a measure) for revenge. m . addedI Zakharova Wall Facebook. Jeudi, la télévision d’État russe avait annoncé que…

SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2021 8:58 a.m. – After a particularly intense heat wave, Quebecers must once again prepare for an episode of noticeable heat. Among the culprits Tropical Storm Fred. After a long period of indifference, he begins to act again in the Atlantic. Fred, having lost his feathers (and back to a tropical depression) in the past few days, is in danger of regaining his strength. It will likely reach tropical storm status again over the weekend. Continuous winds with a force of 55 km / h blow in its course, and the tropical depression continues in its path…