Belarus would be willing to host Russian tactical nuclear weapons on its territory to strengthen its defense capabilities in response to what it sees as security threats from Western nations amid the war in Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement reported by the state news media on Tuesday. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had said in an interview broadcast on national television on Sunday that he would be able to position tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus , a close ally, by the summer. Although analysts said the claim was likely bluster, it underscored the Kremlin’s willingness to use nuclear saber-rattling in an attempt to put pressure on Ukraine’s allies to back down from their support of Kyiv. Belta, Belarus’s state news agency, reported that the country’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday in support of Mr. Putin’s move. It said that in recent years Belarus had been “subjected to unprecedented political, economic and information … [Read more...] about Belarus says it’s willing to host Russian nuclear weapons to counter a perceived Western threat.
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5 Planets Parade Across The Late March Sky: When To See Them In MI
0 Weather An alignment of a star cluster, the moon and five planets including Mars, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter and Mars will be visible with binoculars. Dylan Siwicki , Patch Staff Posted Reply MICHIGAN — Grab a pair of binoculars and make it a point to be outside around sunset Monday and for a few days after. With a favorable weather forecast in metro Detroit, we’ll see a rare celestial parade of five planets , a crescent moon and a star cluster in the western sky. The alignment — led by the star cluster Messier 35 from the left, followed by Mars, the moon, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter and Mars — starts about 20 minutes after sunset — that’s at 7:51 p.m. in the metro Detroit area. Monday and Tuesday are the best nights to see it. Right now, it looks like skies in metro Detroit will be clear Monday night, but clouds start increasing again Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service. Timing is everything. Venus … [Read more...] about 5 Planets Parade Across The Late March Sky: When To See Them In MI
5 Planets Align In Late March Sky: When To See Them In MD
0 Weather Five planets, a crescent moon and a star cluster will parade across MD's western sky this week, with viewing best on Monday and Tuesday. Deb Belt , Patch Staff Posted Reply MARYLAND — Grab a pair of binoculars and head outside around sunset Monday and for a few days after. With a favorable weather forecast in Maryland, we’ll see a rare celestial parade of five planets , a crescent moon and a star cluster in the western sky. The alignment — led by the star cluster Messier 35 from the left, followed by Mars, the moon, Uranus, Venus and Jupiter — starts about 20 minutes after sunset — that’s at 7:24 p.m. in the Baltimore region. Monday and Tuesday are the best nights to see it. Right now, the forecast is tricky in terms of rain or cloud cover in Maryland on Monday and Tuesday nights, with a 30 percent chance of rain, according to the National Weather Service. Timing is everything. Venus doesn’t set until … [Read more...] about 5 Planets Align In Late March Sky: When To See Them In MD
Tornado-spawning storms may get worse due to warming
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 11 America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in the more populous Southern states, like Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The supercell storm that devastated Rolling Fork, Mississippi is a single event that can’t be connected to climate change. But it fits that projected and more dangerous pattern, including more nighttime strikes in a southern region with more people, poverty and vulnerable housing than where storms hit last century. And the season will start a month earlier than it used to. The study in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society predicts a nationwide 6.6% increase in supercells and a 25.8% jump in the area and time the strongest supercells twist and … [Read more...] about Tornado-spawning storms may get worse due to warming
Students Receive Subsidized Studies in Hungary — for a Price
BUDAPEST — Daniel Szabo and Gergo Birtalan are both optimistic about their job prospects in their native Hungary, which has a low unemployment rate for college and university graduates. But the two Hungarian students are in totally different situations. When Mr. Szabo, 24, graduates soon from law school, he will be free to go wherever in the world he wants. But Mr. Birtalan, 18, was required to sign a contract at the beginning of his first year as a sociology major because of a new rule introduced in September. As a beneficiary of the state-funded university system, he will be obliged to work for two years in Hungary for every year of his subsidized studies. Such contracts, the only ones of their kind in Europe, have met with broad opposition and street protests from both high school and university students. If Mr. Birtalan finishes a typical three-year degree, his movements will be restricted for six years after graduation, when he will be in his late 20s, or even older if he … [Read more...] about Students Receive Subsidized Studies in Hungary — for a Price
Los Angeles’s Thriving Jazz Scene Produces Four New Albums
New York remains the popular and commercial center of jazz, but other cities are increasingly dictating its development . Young musicians in places like Philadelphia and Chicago — where systems for intergenerational exchange still thrive outside academia — are marrying established regional patois with a broad base of influences from across the black musical canon, and around the globe. That’s borne out particularly in Los Angeles, where the saxophonist Kamasi Washington has led the charge onto the national scene. He has famously collaborated with Kendrick Lamar and Snoop Dogg, but two years ago, when he released a lauded triple-album, “The Epic,” he threw back the curtain on a crop of young jazz-trained musicians that hail from his hometown. The album featured a string section, a 20-person choir and a loose collective calling itself the West Coast Get Down. This winter, four members of that crew released solo albums of their own — most of them recorded in the same … [Read more...] about Los Angeles’s Thriving Jazz Scene Produces Four New Albums
