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Month: September 2023

What is Nakhchivan? And after Nagorno-Karabakh, is this the next crisis for Azerbaijan and Armenia

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — After Azerbaijan’s military offensive regained full control of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, another dispute is looming on the horizon with Armenia: the territory of Nakhchivan. Like Nagorno-Karabakh, where the Armenian population felt cut off from the country of Armenia, Nakhchivan is territorially separated from the rest

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Latest talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over mega dam on the Nile end without breakthrough

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The latest talks over the mega dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary have broken up without an agreement. The two-day talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ended on Sunday night in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. Ethiopia’s chief negotiator,

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France’s Macron unveils latest plan for meeting climate-related commitments in the coming years

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet the country’s climate-related commitments in the coming year. That includes reducing dependency on fossil fuels and boosting electric car use. Macron said France’s goal to reduce its emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to

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Mostly cloudy Monday with showers

Fill up your coffee cups, happy Monday! A low pressure system off the coast will continue to guide an atmospheric river (a long, concentrated region in the atmosphere that transports moist air from the tropics to higher latitudes) across the western PacNW.   The bulk of precipitation today will stay west of the Cascade crest.

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