political crosswinds. Touted as India’s offshore alternative to Singapore, Hong Kong and London, the IFSC is

For the second straight year, the world heads into a new La Nina weather event.... That study found La Ninas in general cause$ 2.2 billion to$ 6.5 billion in damage to the U.S. agriculture. HOW STRONG AND HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?... He said it is unlikely to be as strong as last year’s because the second year of back-to-back La Ninas usually doesn't quite measure up to the first. This La Nina is expected to stretch through spring, Halpert said. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE WEST?...

A freshman at California State University, Fullerton, died in an accidental drowning while on vacation over the weekend, according to the Sigma Pi Fraternity at Cal State Fullerton. The freshman, Simon Daniel, entered Lake Havasu River, in Arizona, alongside three fraternity brothers and two visiting sorority members last Saturday." Unbeknownst to them, recent heavy rains in the Havasu Valley region had significantly increased water flow, creating hazardous conditions including strong currents,

Hours later, airborne search crews found pieces of the plane’s fuselage in the sea and on the shore. There were not believed to be any survivors, Russian news agencies reported.... The airline’s chief executive, Aleksey Khrabrov, said that the plane that crashed had been maintained “ in full accordance with safety norms.” The plane involved first entered service in 1982, the state-run news agency Tass reported.... Officials indicated that poor weather was a likely cause....

Biden has waited longer in making his selection than his two immediate predecessors, leaving a relatively narrow window for the Senate to confirm his choice before Powell's term expires next February.... " I've given a lot of thought to it, and I've been meeting with my economic advisers on what the best choices are, and we've got a lot of good choices," Biden said when asked about the position.... While job and wage growth have been robust, a combination of pandemic-driven supply chain bottle

The agency says there's a 60% chance for an above normal hurricane season, twice the agency's May forecast which said it was 30%.... That was one factor in increasing the forecast, he said. The continued record warm temperatures in the North Atlantic, which is connected to climate change, is a key factor in increasing the prediction because it is hotter and lasted longer than initially expected, Rosencrans said.... The storm gets more humid, moist and stronger. Another factor is “ the impacts

Feeding on some of the hottest water on the planet, Hurricane Idalia is rapidly strengthening as it bears down on Florida and the rest of the Gulf Coast.... “ It’s basically all systems go for the storm to intensify.” That water “ is absurdly warm and to see those values over the entire northeast Gulf is surreal, ” said University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy. Hurricanes get their energy from warm water.... At the time Emanuel said that, Idalia was clocking 80 mph winds....

A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter.... Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona Democrat, likely put the nail in the coffin of Democrats' hopes to create a new national voting standard.... She supports her party's elections legislation but opposes changing Senate rules and wants to respect the views of the minority, she said in a speech on the Senate floor....

Just a few months ago, the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines brought Americans joy and relief, allowing the fully immunized to ditch their masks and return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life.... Is the Delta variant to blame for waning vaccine effectiveness?... Is the resurgent dread of COVID-19 warranted?...

Why do they want to politicize it?... Zamora-Appel asked them to refrain from disrupting the meeting with their applause, prompting a man in the audience to repeatedly yell: “ The Nazis didn’t stop you from applauding!... Singh called the county police, who escorted the man out of the building.No charges were filed, the spokeswoman said....