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Prepare to flick off your incandescent bulbs for good under new US rules that kicked in this week

Prepare to flick off your incandescent bulbs for good under new US rules that kicked in this week

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Get ready to say goodbye to the once ubiquitous incandescent light bulb, pioneered by Thomas Edison more than a century ago. You can thank — or blame — new federal energy efficiency regulations that went into full effect Tuesday.
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As the summer breezes fade, sweltering Europeans give air conditioning a skeptical embrace

As the summer breezes fade, sweltering Europeans give air conditioning a skeptical embrace

MILAN (AP) — During Europe's heat wave last month, Floriana Peroni’s vintage clothing store had to close for a week.
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A powerful typhoon pounds Japan's Okinawa and injures more than 30 people as it moves toward China

A powerful typhoon pounds Japan's Okinawa and injures more than 30 people as it moves toward China

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan Wednesday with high winds injuring more than 30 people as it moved west making its way toward mainland China.
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Germany's Wacken metal festival halts admissions after persistent rain turns site to mud

BERLIN (AP) — The Wacken Open Air heavy metal festival in northern Germany is opening on Wednesday with a reduced audience after persistent rain turned the grounds to mud and forced organizers to order a halt to all new arrivals.
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Floods around Chinese capital kill at least 20, leave 27 missing as thousands evacuated

Floods around Chinese capital kill at least 20, leave 27 missing as thousands evacuated

BEIJING (AP) — Torrential rain in areas around China's capital, Beijing, killed at least 20 people and left 27 missing, the government reported Tuesday, as flooding destroyed roads, uprooted trees and knocked out power.
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Iran will close government offices, banks and schools for 2 days over high temperatures

Iran will close government offices, banks and schools for 2 days over high temperatures

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran announced a nationwide two-day holiday because of increasing temperatures , state media reported Tuesday.
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Crews balance firefighting and protecting a fragile ecosystem in containing California-Nevada blaze

Crews balance firefighting and protecting a fragile ecosystem in containing California-Nevada blaze

MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif.
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As climate change leads to more and wetter storms, cholera cases are on the rise

As climate change leads to more and wetter storms, cholera cases are on the rise

In early 2022, nearly 200,000 Malawians were displaced after two tropical storms struck the southeastern part of Africa barely a month apart. Sixty-four people died.
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More residents of Osoyoos, B.C., heading home despite recent wildfire growth

More residents of Osoyoos, B.C., heading home despite recent wildfire growth

OSOYOOS, B.C. — More residents of Osoyoos, B.C., and the surrounding area are being allowed to return home after being forced out by a fast-moving wildfire that spread from neighbouring Washington state over the weekend.
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Researchers find oldest-known species of swimming jellyfish in Burgess Shale fossils

Researchers find oldest-known species of swimming jellyfish in Burgess Shale fossils

The Royal Ontario Museum says it has discovered the oldest-known swimming jellyfish in the fossil record from specimens collected at the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies.
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