WELLINGTON, New Zealand--The southern winter that just ended in New Zealand was the warmest ever recorded, and scientists say that climate change is driving temperatures ever higher. For the three months through August, the average temperature was 9.8 Celsius( 50 Fahrenheit), according to New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. That's 1.3C above the long-term average and 0.2C higher than the previous record posted last year.... Scientists have been keeping records si

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Listen 3 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share Prominent Washington architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen is better known for such efforts as designing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s home on Martha’s Vineyard and restoring part of the U.S. Embassy in Paris.... He also worked on more than 120 Georgetown houses. Real estate agent Patrick Emad said developers bought the house from Jacobsen in 2019, gutted it and then renovated it with features reminiscent of Jacobsen’s designs, like angled l

FANS are moaning that they'd" rather have a night in" after twigging that beer and snacks at Christmas markets cost more than a flight to Frankfurt. Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market is the largest in the UK-and one of the most expensive.... 4 Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market has been branded a' rip-off' Credit: Alamy 4 The market is the largest in the UK Credit: Alamy 4 A stein of Hofbrau costs a whopping ￡12.50 Credit: Getty 4 A bratwurst sausage costs ￡8 Credit: Getty A two-pint

Since the conflict began nine months ago, dozens of reports and investigations have unearthed horrendous crimes against ethnic Tigrayans by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces.... | I cancelled my trip to Lombardy because of the climate crisis Business briefing: Triple lock change to cost ￡12k each Britons would be nearly ￡12, 000 worse off by the time they reach age 85 if Rishi Sunak ditches traditional metrics used in the triple lock policy.... The state pension is on track to grow at the fastest