Obama Briefed On Hurricane Irene During Vacation, Storm Could Threaten Southern States

[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Every dramatic development in the Middle East this year has left Iran weaker. In 2024, the Islamic Republic lost in Gaza, in Lebanon, and, most spectacularly, in the Syrian Arab Republic, the linchpin of the “Shiite Crescent” collapsing so quickly this month that Tehran had to scramble to evacuate its officers of the Revolutionary Guards’ Qods Force.

(BERLIN) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February. Scholz won the support of 207 lawmakers in the 733-seat lower house, or Bundestag, while 394 voted against him and 116 abstained.

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Jupiter’s Moon Io Doesn’t Have An Ocean Of Lava, Scientists Say ForbesNew observations of the most volcanic world in our solar system solve a mystery that began with Voyager 1 CNNScientists are starting to learn why this moon keeps erupting with volcanoes The Washington PostNASA spacecraft spots hot lava on distant world Io MashableNASA's Juno Probe Unravels the Source of Io's Volcanic Activity ExtremeTech