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Headlines: Wildfires wipe out progress on U.S. air quality
During the fires that hit California hard in July 2022. REUTERS - DAVID SWANSON
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In the United States, "
smoke from forest fires is erasing decades of progress in air quality",
conclude a team of researchers from Stanford University quoted by the
New York Times
on Thursday.
Over the past decade, the number of people experiencing an “
extreme smoke day
” (an air quality deemed unhealthy for all age groups) has increased 27-fold. In 2020 alone, almost 25 million people across the United States have been affected by fumes deemed dangerous, the daily stresses.
In parts of the western United States, "
the increase in fine particulate pollution from these fumes was roughly equivalent to the improvement in air quality resulting from the regulation of factories and 'other point sources of pollution
'.
"
As climate change intensifies the risk of fires across the country, and plumes of smoke can travel thousands of miles from their source, no one is immune to the effects
," adds The
New York Times
.
Mexico: new very strong aftershock of Monday's earthquake
This is the second earthquake of the week in Mexico: 6.9 on the Richter scale around 1am, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday.
Two people were killed.
This new tremor
“woke up the residents of Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero and Mexico City
,” says
El Universal
.
“
The seismic alert has sounded and fear has once again invaded Mexicans”.
The newspaper explains on its front page that some people prefer to sleep in the street for fear of another earthquake.
In all, nearly 39 million people felt this aftershock, assessed as the strongest since Monday's earthquake, recalls
Milenio
.
El Universal
indulges in a touch of humor with an article on the best
memes
and tweets from all those who found themselves in their pajamas on the street in the middle of the night.
Honduras: 100,000 people threatened by floods
In Honduras too, some choose to sleep on the streets, "
in small improvised structures where they have placed hammocks and mattresses to rest
", explains
Once Noticias
.
Objective: not to be surprised by the floods during the night.
The Ulúa River is in flood in the north of the country and several towns are under water.
Several roads are destroyed.
The authorities ordered the evacuation of several thousand people.
“Hondurans hit by the ravages of nature
”, headlines
TuNota.com
this Thursday morning.
Honduras, where former first lady Rosa Elena de Lobo was sentenced to 14 years, one month and five days in prison in a corruption case linked to the embezzlement of public money intended for social assistance.
"Repeated trials, convictions and family tragedies marked the judicial process that lasted more than four years
," comments
El Heraldo
.
The defense plans to appeal.
Donald Trump prosecuted for massive tax evasion
Also in the headlines in the United States: former President Donald Trump and his children are accused of having lied to the taxman.
The New York State Attorney General announced civil lawsuits on Wednesday.
"
Donald Trump accused of massive tax evasion
”, headlines the
Chicago Tribune
in One.
The billionaire is accused of undervaluing properties if it would save him money and overvaluing properties if it would help him get bigger loans.
This is particularly the case, according to the prosecution, for the Trump Tower in Chicago.
“
Donald Trump has been called a fraudster for years.
The New York Attorney General claims to be able to prove
it, ”summarizes the
Boston Globe
.
He does not risk a prison sentence: the prosecutor requests 250 million dollars for the State of New York and also demands that the family be prohibited from loans from banks with links to New York.
“
It may not be so bad
,” comments the
Boston Globe
,
since the former president now resides in Florida.
But according to the newspaper, this legal action could well embarrass Donald Trump, who has always liked to convey the idea that he was successful in business.
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