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Along the route, passengers are treated to breathtaking views of mountains, farmlands and rivers. Copper Canyon is four times bigger than the Grand Canyon in the US and takes its name from the copper colour of its walls.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//18//flight-free-travel-europes-new-long-distance-train-routes-for-2022/">train ascends alongside steep canyon walls, it crosses 37 bridges and 86 tunnels.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond its sights, the Copper Canyon is home to the Raramuri <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//11//mining-europes-biggest-rare-earth-deposit-could-make-life-impossible-for-sami-communities/">Indigenous people<\/strong><\/a>, also referred to as Tarahumara.<\/p>\n<p>Famous for their long-distance running ability, the Tarahumara people hosted an <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//16//i-travelled-to-algeria-to-run-through-the-desert-heres-why-this-adventure-holiday-could-be/">ultramarathon in March racing against athletes from around the world.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7799364\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//04//explore-italy-by-train-these-new-rail-routes-are-your-ticket-to-hidden-villages-and-scenic/">Explore Italy by train: These new rail routes are your ticket to hidden villages and scenic nature<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Is it safe to travel on the El Chepe train?<\/h2><p>Visitors are encouraged to stay informed about the current situation with travel advisories about crime and potential kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>But, despite a dark history that includes past crimes targeting tourists, armed groups have generally respected the safety of visitors.<\/p>\n<p>\"You don&#039;t want to stop living. On tours like these you&#039;re not walking in the midst of drug cartel wars,\" says Adair Margo, a visitor from the US who brought her family on the rail trip.<\/p>\n<p>This fact, however, does not negate the need for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//07//28//woman-attacked-on-holiday-has-an-important-travel-insurance-message-for-others/">caution when travelling<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During summer, Mexican travellers dominate the passenger list, but at other times of the year almost half of the people on the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//26//budget-rail-travel-these-are-the-best-value-sleeper-trains-in-europe/">train are foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>For deputy train manager Emilio Carrazco, boarding the Chepe Express is not about taking risks.<\/p>\n<p>\"I get on the train and I feel in the safest part of the world. I come here to the Sierra and all the people here are very friendly, very grateful that tourists come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chepe express departs every day except Saturday, year-round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video above to see the El Chepe train\u2019s awe-inspiring journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691152604,"publishedAt":1691298028,"updatedAt":1691298545,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/08\/06\/cartels-and-canyons-this-rail-route-offers-fearless-travellers-an-alternative-side-of-mexi","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/16\/88\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1e151775-5cda-5582-9f23-7fdd7178e108-7801688.jpg","altText":"The 350 kilometre train route takes 10 hours to travel through the stunning Copper Canyon. ","caption":"The 350 kilometre train route takes 10 hours to travel through the stunning Copper Canyon. 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They have had the roof fastened to the walls with metal plates and nails so high winds won't blow it away. \n\nTheir motivation? Global warming fueling disasters around the planet. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s happening right now, every place in the world,\" says Pappas, who installed the 'hurricane clips' after seeing extreme weather hitting other parts of the world. \"How are we to expect that it\u2019s not going to happen here to us?\u201d \n\nHawaii's homes are not ready for the tropical cyclones that could hit it \n\n\nMany of Hawaii's homes are even more vulnerable than theirs.\u00a0 \n\nTwo-thirds of the single-family homes on Oahu, an island of 1 million people that's home to Honolulu, have no hurricane protections.\u00a0 \n\nThat lack of preparedness is unnerving residents as they prepare for the possibility of a 1-2 year weather punch: the increased odds of a tropical cyclone that come with any El Nino year combined with climate-fueled ocean warming. This could mean bigger and more frequent tropical storms on Hawaii's islands. \n\nDoes El Nino cause more storms? \n\n\nEl Nino , a naturally occurring warming of equatorial waters in the central and eastern Pacific, affects weather worldwide.\u00a0 \n\nAlready this year, Hawaii has felt its wrath as a tropical storm passed south of the Big Island last month.\u00a0 \n\nOn top of that, warming oceans heated by climate change could strengthen tropical storms and nudge them farther north, potentially putting them on a collision course with Hawaii. \n\nAre other parts of the US better prepared than Hawaii? \n\n\nHawaii's experience stands in contrast to the US territory of Guam. There, stronger building codes and years of rebuilding after powerful storms means most homes are now made of sturdy concrete.\u00a0 \n\nIn May, a Category 4 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 kph) slammed into the island. The storm destroyed some older homes, but the concrete ones generally emerged unscathed. \n\nHas Hawaii learnt from previous hurricanes? \n\n\nMany of Hawaii's single-family homes are single-wall construction, a style phased out only in the 1970s, says Gary Chock, a licensed structural engineer. \n\nHawaii's temperate climate means homes don't need to trap heat, so most don't have an additional wall to contain insulation. Structurally, their foundations aren't often properly anchored to the ground. Their lower cost made them Hawaii's preferred construction style for decades. \n\nThey proved particularly vulnerable to powerful winds during Hurricane Iwa, which just missed Kauai in 1982, and Hurricane Iniki, which slammed directly into Kauai a decade later. \n\n\u201cThe entire roof of the home might be decapitated by wind,\u201d Chock says of single-wall homes hit by Iniki. \u201cAnd the whole roof, in one piece, would just fly off the walls, and the rest of the structure would fall apart thereafter.\u201d \n\nIniki damaged or destroyed 41% of Kauai's 15,200 homes with 130- to 160-mph (209- to 257-kph) winds. Seven people were killed, and 100 were injured. \n\nAfter Iwa, new homes had to have their roofs secured to their walls. After Iniki, new construction had to strap upper stories to lower stories and connect the foundation to the first floor. \n\nChock says a home built to code today would withstand a Category 3 hurricane, with winds up to 130 mph (209 kph), if a structural engineer supervised construction. \n\n\nHow can homeowners prepare their homes for hurricanes? \n\n\nHomes built on mountain ridges and in valleys must be able to withstand higher winds. Homes built before the building code changes aren't required to have these features, and few homeowners have retrofitted with hurricane clips like Pappas and Yasuda.\u00a0 \n\n64 per cent of single-family homes - or 125,000 houses - on Oahu lack any hurricane protections, according to a 2019 study by Honolulu. \n\nBob Fenton, Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator for the region that includes both Hawaii and Guam, says these homes are more easily damaged by Category 3 or 4 tropical cyclones . \n\nThe state is looking at some non-profit and volunteer programs that could help fortify homes, says James Barros, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency administrator. \n\n\"But it starts with the individual house - taking a look at, \"How vulnerable is my house to winds?\u2019\u201d he says. \n\nWhat can homeowners in Hawaii learn from better-prepared Guam? \n\n\nGuam already faces ferocious storms with some regularity. \n\nThe US territory nearly 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers) west of Hawaii tends to have more - and more powerful - tropical cyclones because its sea surface temperatures are higher.\u00a0 \n\nThe ocean around Guam is also warmer year-round, so cyclones can form any time. Such storms are called typhoons west of the international dateline and hurricanes to the east. \n\nSince the early 1990s, four typhoons with sustained winds of at least 150 mph (241 kph) have directly hit Guam, including Typhoon Mawar in May. By contrast, Hawaii has only had one such powerful storm, Iniki. \n\nGuam has become more resilient after each storm, often by rebuilding with concrete capable of withstanding Category 4 and 5 typhoons. \n\nThose homes are more expensive to build, and they trap heat and radiate warmth at night when people need to sleep - a problem that could worsen with global warming . \n\nTo cool their homes, many people on Guam paint their roofs white to deflect the sun or plant rooftop gardens, says Kyle Mandapat, a spokesperson for University of Guam Sea Grant. He has even heard of people installing rooftop sprinklers and using drains to catch the water to irrigate their gardens. \n\nMore concrete leads to more air conditioning, which can also be expensive. It's all a lot, but \"people still see that as more of something they can deal with as opposed to the prospect of their house blowing away,\u201d Mandapat said. \n\nHow much are\u00a0hurricane-resistant homes? \n\nConcrete homes are rare in Hawaii, but new homes are being built with pricey hurricane-resistant features. \n\nDaryl Takamiya, a past president of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii, says the hurricane-resistant windows his company is installing at a suburban Honolulu development add $25,000-30,000 (\u20ac22,700-27,300) to the cost of each new home. A hurricane-resistant garage door adds another $1,600 (\u20ac1,450). The homes are being built to withstand winds of up to 130 mph (209 kph). \n\n\u201cThere\u2019s always a drawback, right?\" Takamiya said. \u201cI mean, you can build homes that are basically bunkers, but you\u2019re going to pay for it.\u201d \n\nThe high cost of Hawaii homes is already driving an exodus of residents to other states, including many Native Hawaiians. Family homes at Takamiya's suburban development start at $940,000 (\u20ac856,000) just under the Oahu median price of $1.03 million (\u20ac990,000). \n\nYet these hurricane-resistant homes may become more necessary in Hawaii as the planet warms. \n\nJohn Bravender, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Honolulu, pointed to a 2014 study showing that as oceans have warmed, tropical cyclones in the northern hemisphere have been drifting farther north, and those in the southern hemisphere have been moving further south. \n\nFor Hawaii, that means hurricanes that would have previously passed south of the Big Island may now be more likely to hit the island chain. And unlike Tropical Storm Calvin, which lost its hurricane status as it approached the Big Island last month, they may maintain strength. \n\n\u201cSo far, cross our fingers, nothing has really happened,\u201d said Yasuda, the homeowner, referring to the many close calls Oahu has had. \u201cI don\u2019t know how long we can hope that nothing happens, you know?\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Jan Pappas and Ronald Yasuda are preparing their 1960s-era home for a hurricane. They have had the roof fastened to the walls with metal plates and nails so high winds won&#039;t blow it away.<\/p>\n<p>Their motivation? Global warming fueling disasters around the planet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s happening right now, every place in the world,\" says Pappas, who installed the &#039;hurricane clips&#039; after seeing extreme weather hitting other parts of the world. \"How are we to expect that it\u2019s not going to happen here to us?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Hawaii's homes are not ready for the tropical cyclones that could hit it<\/h2><p>Many of Hawaii&#039;s homes are even more vulnerable than theirs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two-thirds of the single-family homes on Oahu, an island of 1 million people that&#039;s home to Honolulu, have no hurricane protections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That lack of preparedness is unnerving residents as they prepare for the possibility of a 1-2 year weather punch: the increased odds of a tropical cyclone that come with any El Nino year combined with climate-fueled ocean warming. This could mean bigger and more frequent tropical storms on Hawaii&#039;s islands.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7779658,7507652\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//26//anticyclones-marine-heatwaves-and-climate-change-the-science-behind-europes-brutal-summer/">Anticyclones, marine heatwaves and climate change: The science behind Europe\u2019s brutal summer<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//07//el-nino-is-back-heres-what-it-means-for-extreme-weather/">El Ni\u00f1o is back: Surging temperatures bring extreme weather and\u00a0threaten\u00a0lives<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Does El Nino cause more storms?<\/h2><p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//12//theres-a-90-chance-el-nino-will-hit-this-summer-what-does-it-mean-for-extreme-weather/">El Nino<\/strong><\/a>, a naturally occurring warming of equatorial waters in the central and eastern Pacific, affects weather worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Already this year, Hawaii has felt its wrath as a tropical storm passed south of the Big Island last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, warming oceans heated by climate change could strengthen tropical storms and nudge them farther north, potentially putting them on a collision course with Hawaii.<\/p>\n<h2>Are other parts of the US better prepared than Hawaii?<\/h2><p>Hawaii&#039;s experience stands in contrast to the US territory of Guam. There, stronger building codes and years of rebuilding after powerful <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//11//storms-cause-record-breaking-wildfires-in-canada-as-british-columbia-burns/">storms means most homes are now made of sturdy concrete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In May, a Category 4 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 kph) slammed into the island. The storm destroyed some older homes, but the concrete ones generally emerged unscathed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//35//52//808x454_cmsv2_0ba53c0e-2728-58bd-ae52-a4625e355dfb-7793552.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo&#47;Audrey McAvoy, File\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/35\/52\/384x216_cmsv2_0ba53c0e-2728-58bd-ae52-a4625e355dfb-7793552.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/35\/52\/640x360_cmsv2_0ba53c0e-2728-58bd-ae52-a4625e355dfb-7793552.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/35\/52\/750x422_cmsv2_0ba53c0e-2728-58bd-ae52-a4625e355dfb-7793552.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/35\/52\/828x466_cmsv2_0ba53c0e-2728-58bd-ae52-a4625e355dfb-7793552.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/35\/52\/1080x608_cmsv2_0ba53c0e-2728-58bd-ae52-a4625e355dfb-7793552.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/35\/52\/1200x675_cmsv2_0ba53c0e-2728-58bd-ae52-a4625e355dfb-7793552.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/35\/52\/1920x1080_cmsv2_0ba53c0e-2728-58bd-ae52-a4625e355dfb-7793552.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A neighborhood of single-family homes is shown Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, in Honolulu.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo&#47;Audrey McAvoy, File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Has Hawaii learnt from previous hurricanes?<\/h2><p>Many of Hawaii&#039;s single-family homes are single-wall construction, a style phased out only in the 1970s, says Gary Chock, a licensed structural engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii&#039;s temperate <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//climate/">climate means homes don&#039;t need to trap heat, so most don&#039;t have an additional wall to contain insulation. Structurally, their foundations aren&#039;t often properly anchored to the ground. Their lower cost made them Hawaii&#039;s preferred construction style for decades.<\/p>\n<p>They proved particularly vulnerable to powerful winds during Hurricane Iwa, which just missed Kauai in 1982, and Hurricane Iniki, which slammed directly into Kauai a decade later.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7239412\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//12//09//europes-energy-crisis-in-data-which-countries-have-the-best-and-worst-insulated-homes/">Europe/u2019s energy crisis in data: Which countries have the best and worst insulated homes?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe entire roof of the home might be decapitated by wind,\u201d Chock says of single-wall homes hit by Iniki. \u201cAnd the whole roof, in one piece, would just fly off the walls, and the rest of the structure would fall apart thereafter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iniki damaged or destroyed 41% of Kauai&#039;s 15,200 homes with 130- to 160-mph (209- to 257-kph) winds. Seven people were killed, and 100 were injured.<\/p>\n<p>After Iwa, new homes had to have their roofs secured to their walls. After Iniki, new construction had to strap upper stories to lower stories and connect the foundation to the first floor.<\/p>\n<p>Chock says a home built to code today would withstand a Category 3 hurricane, with winds up to 130 mph (209 kph), if a structural engineer supervised construction. <\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7637566,5984048\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//05//03//hawaiian-overtourism-residents-beg-tourists-to-stop-visiting-amid-post-pandemic-boom/">Hawaii overtourism: Residents beg tourists to stop visiting amid post-pandemic boom<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//29//profiting-off-a-cultural-practice-hawaiians-go-to-court-over-concerns-about-artificial-wav/">'Profiting off a cultural practice': Hawaiians go to court over concerns about artificial wave pool<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How can homeowners prepare their homes for hurricanes?<\/h2><p>Homes built on mountain ridges and in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//07//01//po-valley-farmers-living-through-italys-worst-drought-for-70-years/">valleys must be able to withstand higher winds. Homes built before the building code changes aren&#039;t required to have these features, and few homeowners have retrofitted with hurricane clips like Pappas and Yasuda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>64 per cent of single-family homes - or 125,000 houses - on Oahu lack any hurricane protections, according to a 2019 study by Honolulu.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Fenton, Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator for the region that includes both Hawaii and Guam, says these homes are more easily damaged by Category 3 or 4 tropical <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//01//27//meet-the-army-of-ninja-turtles-helping-scientists-get-closer-to-cyclones/">cyclones./n

The state is looking at some non-profit and volunteer programs that could help fortify homes, says James Barros, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency administrator.<\/p>\n<p>\"But it starts with the individual house - taking a look at, \"How vulnerable is my house to winds?\u2019\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<h2>What can homeowners in Hawaii learn from better-prepared Guam?<\/h2><p>Guam already faces ferocious storms with some regularity.<\/p>\n<p>The US territory nearly 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers) west of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//09//01//hawaii-closes-its-last-coal-power-plant-are-its-renewable-replacements-ready-for-the-switc/">Hawaii tends to have more - and more powerful - tropical cyclones because its sea surface temperatures are higher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ocean around Guam is also warmer year-round, so cyclones can form any time. Such storms are called typhoons west of the international dateline and hurricanes to the east.<\/p>\n<p>Since the early 1990s, four typhoons with sustained winds of at least 150 mph (241 kph) have directly hit Guam, including Typhoon Mawar in May. By contrast, Hawaii has only had one such powerful storm, Iniki.<\/p>\n<p>Guam has become more resilient after each storm, often by rebuilding with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//22//this-ukrainian-company-is-hoping-to-rebuild-from-the-ground-up-with-recycled-concrete/">concrete capable of withstanding Category 4 and 5 typhoons.<\/p>\n<p>Those homes are more expensive to build, and they trap heat and radiate warmth at night when people need to sleep - a problem that could worsen with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//09//16//earth-on-the-brink-of-passing-climate-tipping-points-if-global-warming-continues-at-curren/">global warming<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To cool their homes, many people on Guam paint their roofs white to deflect the sun or plant rooftop gardens, says Kyle Mandapat, a spokesperson for University of Guam Sea Grant. He has even heard of people installing rooftop sprinklers and using drains to catch the water to irrigate their gardens.<\/p>\n<p>More concrete leads to more air conditioning, which can also be expensive. It&#039;s all a lot, but \"people still see that as more of something they can deal with as opposed to the prospect of their house blowing away,\u201d Mandapat said.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7735852,7608336\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//07//el-nino-experts-are-expecting-an-above-average-hurricane-season-this-year/">El Ni\u00f1o: Experts are expecting an \u2018above average\u2019 hurricane season this year<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//16//we-need-to-be-prepared-el-nino-and-greenhouse-gases-could-make-the-next-5-years-warmest-on/">/u2018We need to be prepared\u2019: El Ni\u00f1o and emissions could make the next 5 years warmest on record<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How much are\u00a0hurricane-resistant homes?<\/h2><p>Concrete homes are rare in Hawaii, but new homes are being built with pricey hurricane-resistant features.<\/p>\n<p>Daryl Takamiya, a past president of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii, says the hurricane-resistant windows his company is installing at a suburban Honolulu development add $25,000-30,000 (\u20ac22,700-27,300) to the cost of each new home. A hurricane-resistant garage door adds another $1,600 (\u20ac1,450). The homes are being built to withstand winds of up to 130 mph (209 kph).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s always a drawback, right?\" Takamiya said. \u201cI mean, you can build homes that are basically bunkers, but you\u2019re going to pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The high cost of Hawaii homes is already driving an exodus of residents to other states, including many Native Hawaiians. Family homes at Takamiya&#039;s suburban development start at $940,000 (\u20ac856,000) just under the Oahu median price of $1.03 million (\u20ac990,000).<\/p>\n<p>Yet these hurricane-resistant homes may become more necessary in Hawaii as the planet warms.<\/p>\n<p>John Bravender, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Honolulu, pointed to a 2014 study showing that as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//green-series//ocean/">oceans have warmed, tropical cyclones in the northern hemisphere have been drifting farther north, and those in the southern hemisphere have been moving further south.<\/p>\n<p>For Hawaii, that means hurricanes that would have previously passed south of the Big Island may now be more likely to hit the island chain. And unlike Tropical Storm Calvin, which lost its hurricane status as it approached the Big Island last month, they may maintain strength.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, cross our fingers, nothing has really happened,\u201d said Yasuda, the homeowner, referring to the many close calls Oahu has had. \u201cI don\u2019t know how long we can hope that nothing happens, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1690883414,"publishedAt":1691211606,"updatedAt":1691211663,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/05\/hurricane-clips-and-white-roofs-how-hawaiis-homeowners-are-preparing-their-homes-for-el-ni","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/35\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5591690a-fca1-5158-a363-bee6e7471fd4-7793552.jpg","altText":"Children play in the rubble left by the fury of Hurricane Iniki, Sept. 15, 1992, at Brennecke's Beach near Poipu Beach, Hawaii, on the island of Kauai.","caption":"Children play in the rubble left by 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But the canal authority says this will likely drop to around 30 and 32 ships as it continues to roll out water efficiency measures. \n\nAs a result, it expects the waterway\u2019s revenue to shrink by about \u20ac182 million in the next fiscal year, which starts in October. \n\nAnd there are fears things may deteriorate further. 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","summary":"One researcher compared the benefits from cleaner air to the health gains people make after quitting smoking. ","url":"coal-plant-closure-led-to-rapid-drop-in-heart-attacks-and-strokes-in-this-city-new-study-f","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The closure of a large coal plant in the US has been linked to a near-instant drop in heart attacks and strokes among local people. \n\nShenango Coke Works facility in Pittsburgh closed in January 2016 after incurring millions of dollars in government fines for air and water pollution. \n\nYears of community pressure helped bring its long reign to an end - and locals were quickly rewarded in health gains, according to a new study by researchers at New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine. \n\n\"Our research provides compelling scientific evidence that the closure of this coal -processing coke plant significantly eliminated fossil fuel-related air pollution emissions that improved the air quality and cardiovascular health of nearby residents,\" says lead investigator Wuyue Yu. \n\nAverage weekly visits to the local emergency departments for heart-related problems decreased by 42 per cent immediately after the shutdown, analyses of state health records show. \n\nThe study did not demonstrate a cause-and-effect link between any one individual\u2019s health and the plant\u2019s closure, exactly. But the results of the \u201cnatural experiment\u201d - published in the journal Environmental Health Research - show a strong overall statistical association between the two. \n\nWhat is the health impact of shutting a coal plant? \n\nShenango Coke Works on Neville Island in Pennsylvania produced coke - a coal-derived product used in steelmaking - for more than 50 years. \n\nIts closure led to immediate and lasting declines in emissions of fossil fuel-related air pollutants . \n\nAverage daily levels of toxic sulfur dioxide fell by 90 per cent at government air-monitoring stations near the plant, and by 50 per cent at one around 10 kilometres away. Arsenic in particulate matter, another coal-combustion by-product people can inhale, fell by 66 per cent. \n\nAnalysing data from January 2016 through to December 2018, the researchers observed health improvements over the longer-term too. \n\nThere were 33 fewer average annual hospitalisations for heart disease over this period compared to the three years preceding the plant closure. This included 13 fewer average yearly hospitalisations for ischemic heart disease (typically heart attack) and 12 fewer average yearly hospitalisations for cerebrovascular events (most often stroke ). \n\nSenior study investigator George Thurston compared the benefits from the dramatic drop in air pollution exposure to the steady reductions in illness and disease people experience after they quit smoking . \n\n\"Our analysis adds to the growing body of scientific evidence that policies implemented to regulate and reduce fossil fuel -related air pollution have real public health benefits,\" adds Thurston, a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Population Health at NYU Langone. \n\nWhat are the health impacts of Europe\u2019s coal plants? \n\nThere have been plenty of past studies tying fossil-fuel polluted air to immediate upticks in asthma attacks, says Yu, as well as long-term increases in inflammatory conditions that lead to heart attack and stroke. \n\nIn Europe, the Beyond Fossil Fuels (BFF) campaign group has modelled the health impacts from coal power stations in different countries. The highest levels of coal-related premature deaths and hospital admissions can be seen in Germany , Poland and Serbia, all top producers. \n\n\"It\u2019s no surprise that shutting down coal plants and ending the stream of toxic pollution provides massive health benefits for communities, and health savings for countries,\" BFF c oal and gas campaigner Alexandru Musta\u021b\u0103 tells Euronews Green. \n\n\n\"Many Europeans are now experiencing this, as since 2016, 171 coal plants across Europe have either already closed, or committed to close by 2030 at the latest.\u00a0 \n\n\"However, we need to move faster to finish closing coal plants, and not create new problems by replacing them with fossil gas .\" \n\nThe US researchers say their study serves as another scientific milestone about the health benefits of cleaner air, SciDaily reports. \n\nIt also provides a public-policy reminder about the need to carefully monitor air quality after closing polluting plants and to assess their health impact on nearby residents. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The closure of a large coal plant in the US has been linked to a near-instant drop in heart attacks and strokes among local people.<\/p>\n<p>Shenango Coke Works facility in Pittsburgh closed in January 2016 after incurring millions of dollars in government fines for air and water pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Years of community pressure helped bring its long reign to an end - and locals were quickly rewarded in health gains, according to a new study by researchers at New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our research provides compelling scientific evidence that the closure of this <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//04//12//end-of-the-fossil-age-wind-and-solar-broke-energy-records-last-year-report-reveals/">coal-processing coke plant significantly eliminated fossil fuel-related air pollution emissions that improved the air quality and cardiovascular health of nearby residents,\" says lead investigator Wuyue Yu.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7785424,7779658\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//26//anticyclones-marine-heatwaves-and-climate-change-the-science-behind-europes-brutal-summer/">Anticyclones, marine heatwaves and climate change: The science behind Europe\u2019s brutal summer<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//30//arizona-the-realities-of-living-in-a-homeless-encampment-during-the-hottest-july-on-record/">Arizona: The realities of living in a homeless encampment during the hottest July on record<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Average weekly visits to the local emergency departments for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//06//18//infertility-heart-failure-and-kidney-disease-how-does-climate-change-impact-the-human-body/">heart-related problems decreased by 42 per cent immediately after the shutdown, analyses of state health records show.<\/p>\n<p>The study did not demonstrate a cause-and-effect link between any one individual\u2019s health and the plant\u2019s closure, exactly. But the results of the \u201cnatural experiment\u201d - published in the journal Environmental Health Research - show a strong overall statistical association between the two.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the health impact of shutting a coal plant?<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//93//28//808x539_cmsv2_dff9bb2e-d4c9-5cfc-81b2-cb39c16399b4-7799328.jpg/" alt=\"Keith Srakocic&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/93\/28\/384x256_cmsv2_dff9bb2e-d4c9-5cfc-81b2-cb39c16399b4-7799328.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/93\/28\/640x427_cmsv2_dff9bb2e-d4c9-5cfc-81b2-cb39c16399b4-7799328.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/93\/28\/750x500_cmsv2_dff9bb2e-d4c9-5cfc-81b2-cb39c16399b4-7799328.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/93\/28\/828x552_cmsv2_dff9bb2e-d4c9-5cfc-81b2-cb39c16399b4-7799328.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/93\/28\/1080x720_cmsv2_dff9bb2e-d4c9-5cfc-81b2-cb39c16399b4-7799328.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/93\/28\/1200x800_cmsv2_dff9bb2e-d4c9-5cfc-81b2-cb39c16399b4-7799328.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/93\/28\/1920x1280_cmsv2_dff9bb2e-d4c9-5cfc-81b2-cb39c16399b4-7799328.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A woman walks through a neighborhood as a flume of emissions flow from a stack at the Cheswick Generating Station, in Springdale, Pa.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Keith Srakocic&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Shenango Coke Works on Neville Island in Pennsylvania produced coke - a coal-derived product used in steelmaking - for more than 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Its closure led to immediate and lasting declines in emissions of fossil fuel-related <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//02//greek-wildfires-have-unleashed-the-same-co2-emissions-in-july-as-over-222000-cars-in-a-yea/">air pollutants<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Average daily levels of toxic sulfur dioxide fell by 90 per cent at government air-monitoring stations near the plant, and by 50 per cent at one around 10 kilometres away. Arsenic in particulate matter, another coal-combustion by-product people can inhale, fell by 66 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Analysing data from January 2016 through to December 2018, the researchers observed health improvements over the longer-term too.<\/p>\n<p>There were 33 fewer average annual hospitalisations for heart disease over this period compared to the three years preceding the plant closure. This included 13 fewer average yearly hospitalisations for ischemic heart disease (typically heart attack) and 12 fewer average yearly hospitalisations for cerebrovascular events (most often <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2022//09//10//your-blood-type-may-affect-your-risk-of-having-a-stroke-before-age-60-study-finds/">stroke)./n

Senior study investigator George Thurston compared the benefits from the dramatic drop in air pollution exposure to the steady reductions in illness and disease people experience after they quit <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//19//france-smoking-ban-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-smoking-in-woodlands-to-curb-risk-of-blazes/">smoking./n

/"Our analysis adds to the growing body of scientific evidence that policies implemented to regulate and reduce <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//26//wrong-direction-fossil-fuels-still-dominate-despite-growth-in-renewables-report-reveals/">fossil fuel<\/strong><\/a>-related air pollution have real public health benefits,\" adds Thurston, a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Population Health at NYU Langone.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7514994,7622238\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//04//06//close-all-coal-plants-by-2040-to-prevent-climate-chaos-new-report-urges/">Close all coal plants by 2040 to prevent \u2018climate chaos\u2019, new report urges\u00a0<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//23//repeat-offenders-these-are-the-top-10-most-polluting-power-plants-in-europe/">/u2018Repeat offenders\u2019: These are the top 10 most polluting power plants in Europe<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What are the health impacts of Europe\u2019s coal plants?<\/h2><p>There have been plenty of past studies tying fossil-fuel polluted air to immediate upticks in asthma attacks, says Yu, as well as long-term increases in inflammatory conditions that lead to heart attack and stroke.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe, the Beyond Fossil Fuels (BFF) campaign group has modelled the health impacts from coal power stations in different countries. The highest levels of coal-related premature deaths and hospital admissions can be seen in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//04//11//germany-turns-its-back-on-nuclear-for-good-despite-europes-energy-crisis/">Germany, Poland and Serbia, all top producers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/6852194\"><script src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////public.flourish.studio//resources//embed.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"It\u2019s no surprise that shutting down coal plants and ending the stream of toxic pollution provides massive health benefits for communities, and health savings for countries,\" BFF coal and gas campaigner Alexandru Musta\u021b\u0103 tells Euronews Green. <\/p>\n<p>\"Many Europeans are now experiencing this, as since 2016, 171 coal plants across Europe have either already closed, or committed to close by 2030 at the latest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"However, we need to move faster to finish closing coal plants, and not create new problems by replacing them with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//02//02//fossil-gas-and-nuclear-are-now-green-says-the-eu-but-what-does-this-mean-for-us/">fossil gas<\/strong><\/a>.\"<\/p>\n<p>The US researchers say their study serves as another scientific milestone about the health benefits of cleaner air, SciDaily reports.<\/p>\n<p>It also provides a public-policy reminder about the need to carefully monitor air quality after closing polluting plants and to assess their health impact on nearby residents.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691067798,"publishedAt":1691125240,"updatedAt":1691150262,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/04\/coal-plant-closure-led-to-rapid-drop-in-heart-attacks-and-strokes-in-this-city-new-study-f","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/93\/28\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ce08f607-449c-5922-bfb6-115ff64795db-7799328.jpg","altText":"Smoke pours from the United States Steel Corp.'s Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pennsylvania.","caption":"Smoke pours from the United States Steel Corp.'s Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pennsylvania.","captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Keith Srakocic","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/93\/28\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_dff9bb2e-d4c9-5cfc-81b2-cb39c16399b4-7799328.jpg","altText":"A woman walks through a neighborhood as a flume of emissions flow from a stack at the Cheswick Generating Station, in Springdale, Pa.","caption":"A woman walks through a neighborhood as a flume of emissions flow from a stack at the Cheswick Generating Station, in Springdale, Pa.","captionCredit":"Keith Srakocic\/AP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":3000,"height":2000},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/93\/28\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d44540ed-bf4b-501d-aa7b-ac7512983368-7799328.jpg","altText":"A worker arrives for his shift at the US. 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Enough of treating the world&#039;s most vulnerable people as leverage,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken was presiding over a Security Council meeting on the famine and food insecurity caused by Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow pulled out of the UN-brokered deal in mid-July which allowed Kyiv to safely ship its grain to global markets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1687129795413307392\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Blinken said grain prices had increased by more than eight per cent around the world since Russia\u2019s withdrawal from the agreement, hitting poorer countries hard.<\/p>\n<p>Signed in July 2022, the deal aimed to alleviate the risk of global famine by guaranteeing access to markets for Ukraine, one of the world&#039;s top grain exporters.<\/p>\n<p>In the two weeks since it refused to extend the agreement, Russia has repeatedly attacked Ukraine\u2019s agricultural and port infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow is demanding guarantees on another agreement concerning its own exports, in particular for fertilizer components.<\/p>\n<p>At the Security Council meeting, Blinken will present a draft communique on the subject of food security.<\/p>\n<p>At least 90 countries have already signed the statement, committing to \"take action to end the use of food as a weapon of war and to cease the starvation of civilians as a tactic of warfare\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691080850,"publishedAt":1691093919,"updatedAt":1691094266,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/03\/antony-blinken-accuses-russia-of-assault-on-the-world-food-system","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/99\/88\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0a2c06bc-f229-5a3b-9764-c7e1829f8f8e-7799988.jpg","altText":"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken","caption":"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken","captionCredit":"Bebeto Matthews\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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His refusal to accept defeat and his lies about widespread election fraud helped fuel the violent riot on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of supporters stormed the US Capitol. \n\nTrump, who is now the early front-runner in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, sat stern-faced with his hands folded, shaking his head at times as he conferred with an attorney and occasionally glancing around the courtroom as his court appearance began. He stood up to enter his \u201cnot guilty\u201d plea, answered perfunctory questions from the judge and thanked her at the conclusion of the arraignment. \n\nHis appearance Thursday unfolded - as will the rest of the case - in a downtown courthouse between the Capitol and the White House and in a building where more than 1,000 of the Capitol rioters have been charged by the Justice Department, which last November appointed Smith to lead a probe into the role of Trump and his allies in the events of that day. \n\nThe indictment charges Trump with four felony counts related to his efforts to undo his presidential election loss, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. The charges could lead to a lengthy prison sentence in the event of a conviction, with the most serious counts calling for up to 20 years. \n\nSmith himself attended the arraignment, sitting in the courtroom's front row behind the prosecutors handling the case and about 20 feet away from Trump. He looked at times in Trump's direction, though neither appeared to gesture at or talk to each other. \n\nUS Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya set the next court date for 28 August, when a tentative trial date will be set, and directed Trump not to communicate directly about the facts of case with any individual known to be a witness. \n\nThree police officers who defended the Capitol that day were also seen entering the courthouse. One of them, Aquilino Gonell, who retired from the Capitol Police after suffering injuries, took stock of the location's symbolism, noting that it was \u201cthe same court in which hundreds of rioters have been sentenced. It's the same court former President Trump is being arraigned in today for his alleged involvement before, during, and after the siege.\u201d \n\nTrump has said he is innocent. His legal team has characterized the latest case as an attack on his right to free speech and his right to challenge an election that he believed had been stolen. \n\nHe addressed the proceedings in a brief statement on a drizzly tarmac at Washington's Reagan National Airport before he boarded his plane back to New Jersey. \n\n\u201cThis is the persecution of the person that\u2019s leading by very, very substantial numbers in the Republican primary and leading Biden by a lot,\" he said. \"So if you can\u2019t beat \u2018em, you persecute \u2018em or you prosecute \u2019em. We can\u2019t let this happen in America.\u201d \n\nOne early point of contention emerged Thursday when defence lawyers bristled at the idea that a trial could be rapidly scheduled. Prosecutors said they would move quickly to provide Trump's lawyers with the information they'd need to prepare a defence, but defence attorney John Lauro said it was \u201csomewhat absurd\u201d that the case could be ready for trial anytime soon. \n\n\"These are weighty issues. Obviously, the US has had three years to investigate this matter,\u201d Lauro said. \n\nThe election theft case is part of escalating legal troubles for the ex-president, coming nearly two months after Trump pleaded not guilty to dozens of federal felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate and thwarting government efforts to retrieve them. That case is set for trial next May. \n\nHe also was charged in New York with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment to a porn actor during the 2016 presidential campaign, a case scheduled for trial next March. And prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, are expected in the coming weeks to announce charging decisions in an investigation into efforts to subvert election results in that state. \n\nThursday's arraignment was part of a now-familiar but nonetheless stunning ritual for Trump, requiring him to hit pause on his presidential campaign and play the role of criminal defendant. He was flown by private plane from New Jersey to Washington, where his motorcade with lights and sirens made its way through the nation's capital - a journey documented in wall-to-wall cable coverage once again. \n\nHis appearance represented a relatively rare return to Washington since he left the White House. After a trip that took him through a highway tunnel and District streets, Trump lamented what he called the \"filth and the decay\" of the city, which he claimed was worse than when he ended his term. But that overlooks the fact that when he left office, some businesses were boarded up and military presence in the city was ramped up in the aftermath of the insurrection sparked by his own election lies. \n\nFederal and state election officials and Trump\u2019s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence the election was tainted. The former president's allegations of fraud were also roundly rejected by courts, including by judges Trump appointed. \n\nThe courtroom Thursday filled with spectators who included several federal judges, including Chief District Court Judge James Boasberg - presumably there to observe the momentous event. \n\nThe indictment chronicles how Trump and his Republican allies, in what Smith described as an attack on a \u201cbedrock function of the US government,\u201d repeatedly lied about the results in the two months after he lost the election and pressured his vice president, Mike Pence, and state election officials to take action to help him cling to power. \n\nThe former president was the only person charged in the case, though prosecutors referenced six unnamed co-conspirators, mostly lawyers, they say he plotted with, including in a scheme to enlist fake electors in seven battleground states won by Biden to submit false certificates to the federal government. \n\nThe indictment also relies on testimony from a broad cross-section of Trump's aides and state election officials and cites contemporaneous notes that prosecutors say were taken by Pence. \n\nThe legal proceedings going forward will be presided over by US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, an appointee of President Barack Obama who has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The former president appeared before a magistrate judge in Washington\u2019s federal courthouse two days after being indicted by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of the three criminal cases he&#039;s facing, the most recent charges are especially historic since they focus on Trump&#039;s efforts as president to subvert the will of voters and obstruct the certification of Democrat Joe Biden\u2019s victory. His refusal to accept defeat and his lies about widespread election fraud helped fuel the violent riot on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of supporters stormed the US Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who is now the early front-runner in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, sat stern-faced with his hands folded, shaking his head at times as he conferred with an attorney and occasionally glancing around the courtroom as his court appearance began. He stood up to enter his \u201cnot guilty\u201d plea, answered perfunctory questions from the judge and thanked her at the conclusion of the arraignment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//01//68//808x539_cmsv2_05078f00-eb9a-571d-b919-259947e746a9-7800168.jpg/" alt=\"Dana Verkouteren&#47;Dana Verkourteren\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/384x256_cmsv2_05078f00-eb9a-571d-b919-259947e746a9-7800168.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/640x427_cmsv2_05078f00-eb9a-571d-b919-259947e746a9-7800168.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/750x500_cmsv2_05078f00-eb9a-571d-b919-259947e746a9-7800168.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/828x552_cmsv2_05078f00-eb9a-571d-b919-259947e746a9-7800168.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/1080x720_cmsv2_05078f00-eb9a-571d-b919-259947e746a9-7800168.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/1200x800_cmsv2_05078f00-eb9a-571d-b919-259947e746a9-7800168.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/1920x1281_cmsv2_05078f00-eb9a-571d-b919-259947e746a9-7800168.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">This artist sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, right, conferring with defence lawyer Todd Blanche, during his appearance at the Federal Courthouse in Washington.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Dana Verkouteren&#47;Dana Verkourteren<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>His appearance Thursday unfolded - as will the rest of the case - in a downtown courthouse between the Capitol and the White House and in a building where more than 1,000 of the Capitol rioters have been charged by the Justice Department, which last November appointed Smith to lead a probe into the role of Trump and his allies in the events of that day.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment charges Trump with four felony counts related to his efforts to undo his presidential election loss, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. The charges could lead to a lengthy prison sentence in the event of a conviction, with the most serious counts calling for up to 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Smith himself attended the arraignment, sitting in the courtroom&#039;s front row behind the prosecutors handling the case and about 20 feet away from Trump. He looked at times in Trump&#039;s direction, though neither appeared to gesture at or talk to each other.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7785144,7761702,7665360\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//02//trump-indicted-over-effort-to-overturn-2020-election/">Trump indicted over effort to overturn 2020 election<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//06//09//ai-deepfakes-are-being-weaponised-in-the-race-for-us-president-and-trump-is-the-latest-tar/">AI deepfakes are being weaponised in the race for US president - and Trump is the latest target<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//19//trumps-target-letter-suggests-the-sprawling-us-probe-into-the-2020-election-is-zeroing-in-/">Trump's target letter suggests the sprawling US probe into the 2020 election is zeroing in on him<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>US Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya set the next court date for 28 August, when a tentative trial date will be set, and directed Trump not to communicate directly about the facts of case with any individual known to be a witness.<\/p>\n<p>Three police officers who defended the Capitol that day were also seen entering the courthouse. One of them, Aquilino Gonell, who retired from the Capitol Police after suffering injuries, took stock of the location&#039;s symbolism, noting that it was \u201cthe same court in which hundreds of rioters have been sentenced. It&#039;s the same court former President Trump is being arraigned in today for his alleged involvement before, during, and after the siege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said he is innocent. His legal team has characterized the latest case as an attack on his right to free speech and his right to challenge an election that he believed had been stolen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//01//68//808x539_cmsv2_1353da19-7358-51bd-99c8-9245f0b81c4e-7800168.jpg/" alt=\"Jose Luis Magana&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/384x256_cmsv2_1353da19-7358-51bd-99c8-9245f0b81c4e-7800168.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/640x427_cmsv2_1353da19-7358-51bd-99c8-9245f0b81c4e-7800168.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/750x500_cmsv2_1353da19-7358-51bd-99c8-9245f0b81c4e-7800168.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/828x552_cmsv2_1353da19-7358-51bd-99c8-9245f0b81c4e-7800168.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/1080x720_cmsv2_1353da19-7358-51bd-99c8-9245f0b81c4e-7800168.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/1200x800_cmsv2_1353da19-7358-51bd-99c8-9245f0b81c4e-7800168.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/1920x1281_cmsv2_1353da19-7358-51bd-99c8-9245f0b81c4e-7800168.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Demonstrators protest outside the E. Barrett Prettyman US Federal Courthouse, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Washington.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jose Luis Magana&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He addressed the proceedings in a brief statement on a drizzly tarmac at Washington&#039;s Reagan National Airport before he boarded his plane back to New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the persecution of the person that\u2019s leading by very, very substantial numbers in the Republican primary and leading Biden by a lot,\" he said. \"So if you can\u2019t beat \u2018em, you persecute \u2018em or you prosecute \u2019em. We can\u2019t let this happen in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One early point of contention emerged Thursday when defence lawyers bristled at the idea that a trial could be rapidly scheduled. Prosecutors said they would move quickly to provide Trump&#039;s lawyers with the information they&#039;d need to prepare a defence, but defence attorney John Lauro said it was \u201csomewhat absurd\u201d that the case could be ready for trial anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>\"These are weighty issues. Obviously, the US has had three years to investigate this matter,\u201d Lauro said.<\/p>\n<p>The election theft case is part of escalating legal troubles for the ex-president, coming nearly two months after Trump pleaded not guilty to dozens of federal felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate and thwarting government efforts to retrieve them. That case is set for trial next May.<\/p>\n<p>He also was charged in New York with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment to a porn actor during the 2016 presidential campaign, a case scheduled for trial next March. And prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, are expected in the coming weeks to announce charging decisions in an investigation into efforts to subvert election results in that state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-euronews\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//embed//2337482/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thursday&#039;s arraignment was part of a now-familiar but nonetheless stunning ritual for Trump, requiring him to hit pause on his presidential campaign and play the role of criminal defendant. He was flown by private plane from New Jersey to Washington, where his motorcade with lights and sirens made its way through the nation&#039;s capital - a journey documented in wall-to-wall cable coverage once again.<\/p>\n<p>His appearance represented a relatively rare return to Washington since he left the White House. After a trip that took him through a highway tunnel and District streets, Trump lamented what he called the \"filth and the decay\" of the city, which he claimed was worse than when he ended his term. But that overlooks the fact that when he left office, some businesses were boarded up and military presence in the city was ramped up in the aftermath of the insurrection sparked by his own election lies.<\/p>\n<p>Federal and state election officials and Trump\u2019s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence the election was tainted. The former president&#039;s allegations of fraud were also roundly rejected by courts, including by judges Trump appointed.<\/p>\n<p>The courtroom Thursday filled with spectators who included several federal judges, including Chief District Court Judge James Boasberg - presumably there to observe the momentous event.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment chronicles how Trump and his Republican allies, in what Smith described as an attack on a \u201cbedrock function of the US government,\u201d repeatedly lied about the results in the two months after he lost the election and pressured his vice president, Mike Pence, and state election officials to take action to help him cling to power.<\/p>\n<p>The former president was the only person charged in the case, though prosecutors referenced six unnamed co-conspirators, mostly lawyers, they say he plotted with, including in a scheme to enlist fake electors in seven battleground states won by Biden to submit false certificates to the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment also relies on testimony from a broad cross-section of Trump&#039;s aides and state election officials and cites contemporaneous notes that prosecutors say were taken by Pence.<\/p>\n<p>The legal proceedings going forward will be presided over by US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, an appointee of President Barack Obama who has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691090248,"publishedAt":1691091565,"updatedAt":1691126484,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/03\/trump-arrives-at-federal-courthouse-in-washington-over-charges-he-plotted-to-overturn-2020","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/01\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_05e57920-0020-5b8f-a59c-866d7cee3832-7800168.jpg","altText":"Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orches","caption":"Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orches","captionCredit":"Alex Brandon\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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devise new molecules that could \u2018fuel revolution in cancer treatment\u2019","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"New molecules could \u2018fuel revolution in cancer treatment\u2019","titleListing2":"Scientists devise new molecules that could \u2018fuel a revolution in cancer treatment\u2019","leadin":"The molecules take a unique approach to combat cancer by rewiring mutated cancer-driving genes to self-destruct.\n","summary":"The molecules take a unique approach to combat cancer by rewiring mutated cancer-driving genes to self-destruct.\n","url":"scientists-devise-new-molecules-that-could-fuel-revolution-in-cancer-treatment","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Researchers have created a new molecule that they say could revolutionise cancer therapy. \n\nThe innovative approach, published in the scientific journal Nature, harnesses the power of a new class of molecules called TCIPs. \n\nGerald Crabtree, a developmental biologist at Stanford University and lead author of the study, said the research could \u201cpossibly fuel a revolution in cancer treatment.\u201d \n\nWhen an individual or organism has cancer, certain genes, known as cancer drivers, undergo mutations that make them continuously send signals promoting uncontrolled cell proliferation and tumour growth. \n\nHistorically, cancer treatments have focused on inhibiting these cancer drivers or targeting their signalling pathways to stop uncontrolled growth. \n\nHowever, the newly devised TCIPs (short for transcriptional\/epigenetic chemical inducers of proximity) are molecules that take a different approach. \n\nInstead of trying to stop the signals from cancer drivers, TCIPs can rewire the cancer-driving genes to self-destruct. \n\nMolecules cause cancer drivers to 'self-destruct' \n\nFor the own good of the organism, we all have within us, in every cell, means for self-destruction, Crabtree explains. \n\n\u201cCells can make a decision to disappear, to commit a kind of altruistic suicide in which the cells are eliminated because it's gone rogue for one reason or another,\u201d he says. \n\n\u201cA cell could, for example, self-destruct as a precaution because it has mutations in immune function that make it attack your own cells. And these kinds of cells are eliminated by a very, very powerful mechanism.\u201d \n\nCrabtree says that it occurred to him that they could take the cancer drivers and rewire them to activate cell death. \n\n\u201cSo we've invented a group of molecules that do that, they cause the cancer driver to now engage the cell death pathway.\u201d \n\nAbout 60 billion of our cells are destroyed every day by the cell mechanism, Crabtree explains, adding that the new molecule is \u201ctaking advantage of a natural cell death mechanism that we use for eliminating cells that have become un-useful.\u201d \n\nPreclinical studies in mice are promising \n\nIn the Stanford scientists' experiments, the mice treated with the new molecules exhibited normal behaviour and weight gain. \n\n\u201cNone of them died or anything like that,\u201d Crabtree said. \n\nAnd when human cancer cells were transplanted into the mice, the TCIPs effectively eradicated the cancerous growth and \u201ccured the mouse\u201d. \n\nWhile the findings hold great potential, Crabtree acknowledges that translating this discovery into human therapies \u201ccould take several years\u201d. \n\nBut once the safety and efficacy are cleared, the potential of these new molecules goes beyond cancer therapy. \n\nScientists are now using the TCIPs to pick out cancer drivers and activate self-destruction, \u201cbut we could also use the same approach and similar molecules to activate other therapeutic genes. And we've done proof of concept experiments for that.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Researchers have created a new molecule that they say could revolutionise cancer therapy.<\/p>\n<p>The innovative approach, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nature.com//articles//s41586-023-06348-2/">published in the scientific journal Nature, harnesses the power of a new class of molecules called TCIPs.<\/p>\n<p>Gerald Crabtree, a developmental biologist at Stanford University and lead author of the study, said the research could \u201cpossibly fuel a revolution in cancer treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When an individual or organism has cancer, certain genes, known as cancer drivers, undergo mutations that make them continuously send signals promoting uncontrolled cell proliferation and tumour growth.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, cancer treatments have focused on inhibiting these cancer drivers or targeting their signalling pathways to stop uncontrolled growth.<\/p>\n<p>However, the newly devised TCIPs (short for transcriptional\/epigenetic chemical inducers of proximity) are molecules that take a different approach.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of trying to stop the signals from cancer drivers, TCIPs can rewire the cancer-driving genes to self-destruct.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7798542,7606148\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//08//03//surgeons-successfully-restore-touch-and-movement-in-quadriplegic-man-using-ai-brain-implan/">Surgeons successfully restore touch and movement in quadriplegic man using AI brain implants<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//05//15//new-ai-algorithm-unlocks-most-stable-covid-vaccine-to-date-and-opens-door-to-new-cancer-dr/">Chinese tech giant Baidu is using AI to unlock better mRNA vaccines and cancer drugs. Here\u2019s how<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Molecules cause cancer drivers to 'self-destruct'<\/h2><p>For the own good of the organism, we all have within us, in every cell, means for self-destruction, Crabtree explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCells can make a decision to disappear, to commit a kind of altruistic suicide in which the cells are eliminated because it&#039;s gone rogue for one reason or another,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA cell could, for example, self-destruct as a precaution because it has mutations in immune function that make it attack your own cells. And these kinds of cells are eliminated by a very, very powerful mechanism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crabtree says that it occurred to him that they could take the cancer drivers and rewire them to activate cell death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we&#039;ve invented a group of molecules that do that, they cause the cancer driver to now engage the cell death pathway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 60 billion of our cells are destroyed every day by the cell mechanism, Crabtree explains, adding that the new molecule is \u201ctaking advantage of a natural cell death mechanism that we use for eliminating cells that have become un-useful.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7791556,7777600\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//31//only-one-country-in-europe-doing-enough-to-stop-people-smoking-according-to-the-who/">Only one country in Europe doing enough to stop people smoking, according to the WHO<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//25//9-million-people-in-england-projected-to-be-living-with-a-major-illness-by-2040/">9 million people in England projected to be living with a major illness by 2040<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Preclinical studies in mice are promising<\/h2><p>In the Stanford scientists&#039; experiments, the mice treated with the new molecules exhibited normal behaviour and weight gain. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of them died or anything like that,\u201d Crabtree said. <\/p>\n<p>And when human cancer cells were transplanted into the mice, the TCIPs effectively eradicated the cancerous growth and \u201ccured the mouse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While the findings hold great potential, Crabtree acknowledges that translating this discovery into human therapies \u201ccould take several years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But once the safety and efficacy are cleared, the potential of these new molecules goes beyond cancer therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists are now using the TCIPs to pick out cancer drivers and activate self-destruction, \u201cbut we could also use the same approach and similar molecules to activate other therapeutic genes. And we&#039;ve done proof of concept experiments for that.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691072122,"publishedAt":1691073327,"updatedAt":1691073330,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/08\/03\/scientists-devise-new-molecules-that-could-fuel-revolution-in-cancer-treatment","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/95\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1dc47a03-3948-5cb3-adb6-f9f68208299c-7799546.jpg","altText":"New revolutionary molecule by Stanford scientists may transform cancer treatment","caption":"New revolutionary molecule by Stanford scientists may transform cancer treatment","captionCredit":"Euronews\/Canva","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/95\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8a7b72bc-daca-57b9-b591-bf03534a74f5-7799546.jpg","altText":"New revolutionary molecule by Stanford scientists may transform cancer treatment","caption":"New revolutionary molecule by Stanford scientists may transform cancer treatment","captionCredit":"Euronews\/ESA","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"bello","title":"Camille Bello","twitter":"@CamilleBelloD"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":5797,"slug":"cancer","urlSafeValue":"cancer","title":"Cancer","titleRaw":"Cancer"},{"id":10351,"slug":"research-on-cancer","urlSafeValue":"research-on-cancer","title":"Research on cancer","titleRaw":"Research on cancer"},{"id":7226,"slug":"biology","urlSafeValue":"biology","title":"Biology","titleRaw":"Biology"},{"id":12635,"slug":"breast-cancer","urlSafeValue":"breast-cancer","title":"Breast cancer","titleRaw":"Breast cancer"},{"id":17708,"slug":"lung-cancer-treatment","urlSafeValue":"lung-cancer-treatment","title":"lung cancer treatment","titleRaw":"lung cancer treatment"},{"id":12449,"slug":"medicine","urlSafeValue":"medicine","title":"Medicine","titleRaw":"Medicine"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2034306},{"id":2336312},{"id":2337046}],"technicalTags":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/health\/health"},"vertical":"next","verticals":[{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"},"themes":[{"id":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/health"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":43,"urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_health','gs_science','gs_science_misc','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','neg_facebook_2021','neg_bucherer','neg_saudiaramco','gs_health_misc','gt_mixed','gv_death_injury','gs_science_genetics','gs_health_specialities','gs_health_cancer','gb_death_injury_high_med','gb_death_injury_high_med_low','gb_death_injury_news-ent','gs_edu'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/next\/2023\/08\/03\/scientists-devise-new-molecules-that-could-fuel-revolution-in-cancer-treatment","lastModified":1691073330},{"id":2337834,"cid":7798804,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230803_C2SU_52645791","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Hollywood strikes: Studios make first steps to negotiate with the WGA over strikes","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Hollywood strikes: Studios make first steps to negotiate with the WGA","titleListing2":"The studios have taken the first tentative steps towards making a deal with the actors and writers union after strikes brought Hollywood to a standstill this summer. ","leadin":"The studios have taken the first tentative steps towards making a deal with the actors and writers union after strikes brought Hollywood to a standstill this summer. ","summary":"The studios have taken the first tentative steps towards making a deal with the actors and writers union after strikes brought Hollywood to a standstill this summer. ","url":"hollywood-strikes-studios-make-first-steps-to-negotiate-with-the-wga-over-strikes","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The head of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has requested a meeting with the heads of the Writers Guild of America (WGA). \n\nThis is the first time since the WGA went on strike in May that the AMPTP has made any movement towards negotiations. The proposed meeting tomorrow (Friday 4 August) will be to discuss the resumption of contracts. \n\nIt\u2019s taken three months worth of strikes before this first step in resolving the dispute. For context, in the last writers strike in 2007, it took just 12 days before the AMPTP opened up negotiations. The strikes have already gone on long enough that the Emmys have been forced to postpone the 2023 awards ceremony to January 2024.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cWe\u2019ll be back in communication with you sometime after the meeting with further information,\u201d an email from the WGA to its members read. \u201cAs we\u2019ve said before, be wary of rumours. Whenever there is important news to share, you will hear it directly from us.\u201d \n\nWhile the AMPTP has reached out to the WGA, there has been no official conversations planned with the other striking union, the Screen Actors Guild \u2013 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). \n\nSAG-AFTRA have been on strike since 14 July in the first dual strike by the creative unions since 1960. The main contention for both unions is a lack of residuals from streaming platforms and the rising threat of AI on creative industries. \n\n\u201cI had hoped that we would already have had some kind of conversations with the industry by now,\u201d SAG-AFTRA Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland told The Associated Press Tuesday. \u201cObviously, that hasn\u2019t happened yet, but I\u2019m optimistic.\u201d \n\nAsked about the prospect of talks with either guild, a spokesperson for the AMPTP in an email said only that \u201cWe remain committed to finding a path to mutually beneficial deals with both Unions.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The head of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has requested a meeting with the heads of the Writers Guild of America (WGA).<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time since the WGA went on strike in May that the AMPTP has made any movement towards negotiations. The proposed meeting tomorrow (Friday 4 August) will be to discuss the resumption of contracts.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s taken three months worth of strikes before this first step in resolving the dispute. For context, in the last writers strike in 2007, it took just 12 days before the AMPTP opened up negotiations. The strikes have already gone on long enough that the Emmys have been forced to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//28//emmy-awards-to-be-postponed-due-to-strikes/">postpone the 2023 awards<\/strong><\/a> ceremony to January 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7785364,7760704\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//28//emmy-awards-to-be-postponed-due-to-strikes/">Emmy Awards to be postponed due to strikes<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//18//hollywood-strikes-actors-join-the-picket-line-including-allison-janney-and-jason-sudeikis/">Hollywood strikes: Actors join the picket line - including Allison Janney and Jason Sudeikis<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be back in communication with you sometime after the meeting with further information,\u201d an email from the WGA to its members read. \u201cAs we\u2019ve said before, be wary of rumours. Whenever there is important news to share, you will hear it directly from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the AMPTP has reached out to the WGA, there has been no official conversations planned with the other striking union, the Screen Actors Guild \u2013 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CvdBFEGSdcN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//CvdBFEGSdcN//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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city bans 'sexist' songs amid growing concerns over violence against women ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Mexican city bans 'sexist' songs amid growing violence concerns","titleListing2":"The ban issued by the council of Chihuahua could target some of Latin pop's biggest stars, whose lyrics are often accused of promoting misogyny","leadin":"The ban issued by the council of Chihuahua could target some of Latin pop's biggest stars, whose lyrics are often accused of promoting misogyny.","summary":"The ban issued by the council of Chihuahua could target some of Latin pop's biggest stars, whose lyrics are often accused of promoting misogyny.","url":"mexican-city-bans-sexist-lyrics-amid-growing-concerns-over-violence-against-women","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Sing about slapping a butt, get slapped with a fine \u2014 at least, that's what one Mexican city has decided. \n\nAt the end of July, the city council of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico, agreed to prohibit artists from singing lyrics promoting the \"denigration, discrimination, marginalisation or exclusion\" of women at public music events. \n\nAnyone performing such risqu\u00e9 ditties risks landing a hefty fine ranging between \u20ac36,472 to \u20ac64,595 (674,000 to 1.2 million pesos). \n\nSpeaking to El Heraldo de Mexico, city councillor Patricia Ulate Bernal \u2014 who belongs to the conservative National Action Party \u2014 stated that such sanctions aimed to \"promote a community in which men and women live with equality and respect\". \n\nA \"pandemic\" of gender-based violence \n\nThe ban comes amid growing concerns over violence against women in the country, with city mayor Marco Bonilla claiming seven out of 10 calls to Chihuahua's city police relate to domestic abuse. \n\nBonilla further deemed gender-based violence a \"pandemic\", and asserted that the money from fines would be donated to shelters and campaigns supporting victims. \n\nFollowing this move, some of Mexico and Latin America's hottest pop stars could face a much chillier reception in Chihuahua. \n\nFrom Reggaeton's incumbent king, Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny, to Mexican narco-balladeer Peso Pluma, there are a string of popular artists in the Hispanosphere whose lyrics are often deemed to glorify violent and sexist attitudes. \n\nBernal cared to emphasise that the city's decision was not grounded on a repudiation of specific musical genres, like the Afro-Caribbean Reggaeton or the country's own\u00a0 Corridos tumbados , a hip hop-inflected spin on a traditional Mexican style. \n\n\"It seems there is misinformation about what was approved,\" she stated. \"The reform is not directed at a musical genre in particular; it respects the right to freedom of expression at all times, and the right citizens have to listen to the music of their choice.\" \n\nWhich European cities have also attempted to ban sexist music? \n\nWhile Mexico has a history of legislative attempts to curtail live music\u00a0\u2014 with the country's popular narcocorridos , or \"drug ballads\", a common target\u00a0\u2014 Europe is no stranger to such initiatives. \n\nLast summer, authorities in the German towns of\u00a0W\u00fcrzburg, Munich and D\u00fcsseldorf ignited a national debate after deciding to ban one song, DJ Robin and Schuerze's chart-topping 'Layla', from being played at their yearly summer music festivals. \n\nThe party anthem's salacious lyrics,\u00a0which included the line \"I've got a brothel and my madam's name is Layla \/ She's prettier, younger, sexier\", were deemed sexist and of poor taste \u2014 a common accusation levelled at other songs in Germany's notorious Schlager genre, a folk-disco hybrid associated with the tourist clubbing scene of the Balearics. \n\nEarlier this year, Carnival organisers in north-eastern Spain were also told to remove sexist songs from their playlist to avoid public subsidies. \n\nAmong the targeted songs was Spanish-Cuban singer Chanel's hit single 'SloMo', which was Spain's 2022 Eurovision Song Contest entry. \n\nA necessary move or unconstitutional censorship? \n\nChihuahua's decision to regulate live music has not been well received by all, both at home and abroad. \n\nState congressman Francisco S\u00e1nchez, from the centre-left Citizens' Movement party, pilloried the decision as being unconstitutional and \"threaten[ing] freedom\", deeming it \"useless and retrograde\". \n\nMexico's leftist president, Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez, further defended artists' right to \"sing whatever they want\", albeit condemning the use of violent and drug-related imagery in popular music. \n\nSome commentators have gone even further, branding the decision a form of cultural puritanism and even drawing comparisons with the Taliban's suppression of music in Afghanistan. \n\nSpeaking on South African radio channel CapeTalk, international correspondent Adam Gilchrist denounced the Mexican city's decision as a form of \"censorship\". \n\n\"Do you know what my worry is... who decides? Who decides that a song lyric is specifically denigrating, excluding, marginalising and discriminating against women?,\" he asked. \"So we are kind of back to the Taliban and their music vibes, aren't we?\" \n\nBut certain Mexican activists claim the decision is necessary in the context of the country's worsening sexist violence woes. \n\n\"The reality is that we have a gender violence problem that cannot be unseen,\" stated women rights' activist Veronica Corchado when speaking to The Guardian. \"Women have to be part of political decision-making on an everyday basis so women can have better opportunities, a voice, an opinion about political aspects on everyday issues.\" \n\nChihuahua's decision comes hot on the heels of a United Nations report exposing the extent of gender-based violence Mexico, as approximately 10 girls and women are killed in the country every day. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Sing about slapping a butt, get slapped with a fine \u2014 at least, that&#039;s what one Mexican city has decided.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of July, the city council of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico, agreed to prohibit artists from singing lyrics promoting the \"denigration, discrimination, marginalisation or exclusion\" of women at public music events.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone performing such risqu\u00e9 ditties risks landing a hefty fine ranging between \u20ac36,472 to \u20ac64,595 (674,000 to 1.2 million pesos).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to El Heraldo de Mexico, city councillor Patricia Ulate Bernal \u2014 who belongs to the conservative National Action Party \u2014 stated that such sanctions aimed to \"promote a community in which men and women live with equality and respect\".<\/p>\n<h2>A \"pandemic\" of gender-based violence<\/h2><p>The ban comes amid growing concerns over violence against women in the country, with city mayor Marco Bonilla claiming seven out of 10 calls to Chihuahua&#039;s city police relate to domestic abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Bonilla further deemed gender-based violence a \"pandemic\", and asserted that the money from fines would be donated to shelters and campaigns supporting victims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1685187546756612096\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Following this move, some of Mexico and Latin America&#039;s hottest pop stars could face a much chillier reception in Chihuahua.<\/p>\n<p>From Reggaeton&#039;s incumbent king, Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny, to Mexican narco-balladeer Peso Pluma, there are a string of popular artists in the Hispanosphere whose lyrics are often deemed to glorify violent and sexist attitudes.<\/p>\n<p>Bernal cared to emphasise that the city&#039;s decision was not grounded on a repudiation of specific musical genres, like the Afro-Caribbean Reggaeton or the country&#039;s own\u00a0<em>Corridos tumbados<\/em>, a hip hop-inflected spin on a traditional Mexican style.<\/p>\n<p>\"It seems there is misinformation about what was approved,\" she stated. \"The reform is not directed at a musical genre in particular; it respects the right to freedom of expression at all times, and the right citizens have to listen to the music of their choice.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Which European cities have also attempted to ban sexist music?<\/h2><p>While Mexico has a history of legislative attempts to curtail live music\u00a0\u2014 with the country&#039;s popular <em>narcocorridos<\/em>, or \"drug ballads\", a common target\u00a0\u2014 Europe is no stranger to such initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, authorities in the German towns of\u00a0W\u00fcrzburg, Munich and D\u00fcsseldorf ignited a national debate after deciding to ban one song, DJ Robin and Schuerze&#039;s chart-topping &#039;Layla&#039;, from being played at their yearly summer music festivals.<\/p>\n<p>The party anthem&#039;s salacious lyrics,\u00a0which included the line \"I&#039;ve got a brothel and my madam&#039;s name is Layla \/ She&#039;s prettier, younger, sexier\", were deemed sexist and of poor taste \u2014 a common accusation levelled at other songs in Germany&#039;s notorious Schlager genre, a folk-disco hybrid associated with the tourist clubbing scene of the Balearics.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Carnival organisers in north-eastern Spain were also told to remove sexist songs from their playlist to avoid public subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>Among the targeted songs was Spanish-Cuban singer Chanel&#039;s hit single &#039;SloMo&#039;, which was Spain&#039;s 2022 Eurovision Song Contest entry.<\/p>\n<h2>A necessary move or unconstitutional censorship?<\/h2><p>Chihuahua&#039;s decision to regulate live music has not been well received by all, both at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>State congressman Francisco S\u00e1nchez, from the centre-left Citizens&#039; Movement party, pilloried the decision as being unconstitutional and \"threaten[ing] freedom\", deeming it \"useless and retrograde\".<\/p>\n<p>Mexico&#039;s leftist president, Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez, further defended artists&#039; right to \"sing whatever they want\", albeit condemning the use of violent and drug-related imagery in popular music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6898061288305191\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//65//74//808x557_cmsv2_303cf391-c4f9-53a3-a5b5-2da9fb401297-7796574.jpg/" alt=\"John Locher&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/65\/74\/384x265_cmsv2_303cf391-c4f9-53a3-a5b5-2da9fb401297-7796574.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/65\/74\/640x441_cmsv2_303cf391-c4f9-53a3-a5b5-2da9fb401297-7796574.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/65\/74\/750x517_cmsv2_303cf391-c4f9-53a3-a5b5-2da9fb401297-7796574.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/65\/74\/828x571_cmsv2_303cf391-c4f9-53a3-a5b5-2da9fb401297-7796574.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/65\/74\/1080x745_cmsv2_303cf391-c4f9-53a3-a5b5-2da9fb401297-7796574.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/65\/74\/1200x828_cmsv2_303cf391-c4f9-53a3-a5b5-2da9fb401297-7796574.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/65\/74\/1920x1324_cmsv2_303cf391-c4f9-53a3-a5b5-2da9fb401297-7796574.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Peso Pluma, left, and Becky G perform at the Latin American Music Awards on Thursday, 20 April 2023, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">John Locher&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some commentators have gone even further, branding the decision a form of cultural puritanism and even drawing comparisons with the Taliban&#039;s suppression of music in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on South African radio channel CapeTalk, international correspondent Adam Gilchrist denounced the Mexican city&#039;s decision as a form of \"censorship\".<\/p>\n<p>\"Do you know what my worry is... who decides? Who decides that a song lyric is specifically denigrating, excluding, marginalising and discriminating against women?,\" he asked. \"So we are kind of back to the Taliban and their music vibes, aren&#039;t we?\"<\/p>\n<p>But certain Mexican activists claim the decision is necessary in the context of the country&#039;s worsening sexist violence woes.<\/p>\n<p>\"The reality is that we have a gender violence problem that cannot be unseen,\" stated women rights&#039; activist Veronica Corchado when speaking to The Guardian. \"Women have to be part of political decision-making on an everyday basis so women can have better opportunities, a voice, an opinion about political aspects on everyday issues.\"<\/p>\n<p>Chihuahua&#039;s decision comes hot on the heels of a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ohchr.org//en//stories//2023//07//were-here-tell-it-mexican-women-break-silence-over-femicides/">United Nations report exposing<\/strong><\/a> the extent of gender-based violence Mexico, as approximately 10 girls and women are killed in the country every day.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1690976763,"publishedAt":1691041844,"updatedAt":1691041904,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/08\/03\/mexican-city-bans-sexist-lyrics-amid-growing-concerns-over-violence-against-women","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/65\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fe584946-819f-5d65-9c86-dceedf1e8c4c-7796574.jpg","altText":"Artists like reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny are often accused of having sexist lyrics in their songs.","caption":"Artists like reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny are often accused of having sexist lyrics in their songs.","captionCredit":"Amy Harris\/2023 Invision","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":1067},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/65\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_303cf391-c4f9-53a3-a5b5-2da9fb401297-7796574.jpg","altText":"Peso Pluma, left, and Becky G perform at the Latin American Music Awards on Thursday, 20 April 2023, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. 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to face judge over charges he tried to overturn 2020 presidential election","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump to be charged for trying to overturn 2020 election in DC","titleListing2":"Trump to face judge over charges he tried to overturn 2020 presidential election","leadin":"Trump is expected to be processed by law enforcement, be officially taken into custody and enter a not-guilty plea in front of a judge before being released, so he can rejoin the campaign trail as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024","summary":"Trump is expected to be processed by law enforcement, be officially taken into custody and enter a not-guilty plea in front of a judge before being released, so he can rejoin the campaign trail as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024","url":"trump-to-face-judge-over-charges-he-tried-to-overturn-2020-presidential-election","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Donald Trump is due in federal court Thursday to answer charges that he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election, facing a judge just blocks from the US Capitol. \n\nOn 6 January 2021, his supporters stormed government buildings in a bid to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power to his successor Joe Biden. \n\nTrump is expected to be processed by law enforcement, be officially taken into custody and enter a not-guilty plea in front of a judge before being released, so he can rejoin the campaign trail as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024. \n\nAn indictment Tuesday from Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith charges Trump with four felony counts related to his efforts to undo the election result in the run-up to the January riot at the Capitol, including conspiracy to defraud the US government and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. The charges could lead to a years long prison sentence in the event of a conviction. \n\nTrump was the only person charged in the case, though prosecutors referenced six co-conspirators they say he plotted with, including in a scheme to enlist fake electors in seven battleground states won by President Joe Biden to submit false certificates to the federal government. These conspirators are mostly lawyers.\u00a0 \n\nThe indictment chronicles how Trump and allies, in what Smith described as an attack on a \"bedrock function of the US government,\" repeatedly lied about the results in the two months since he lost the election and pressured his vice president, Mike Pence, and state election officials to take action to help him cling to power. \n\nIn other cases, Trump was charged in New York with falsifying business records in connection with an alleged hush money payment to a porn actor during the 2016 presidential campaign.\u00a0 \n\nSmith's office has also charged him with 40 felony counts in Florida, accusing him of illegally retaining classified documents at his Palm Beach estate, Mar-a-Lago, and refusing government demands to give them back. He has pleaded not guilty in both those cases, which are set for trial next year. \n\nAnd prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia are expected in the coming weeks to announce charging decisions in an investigation into efforts to subvert election results in that state. \n\nTrump's lawyer, John Lauro, asserted in television interviews that Trump's actions were protected by the First Amendment right to free speech and that he relied on the advice of lawyers. Trump himself has claimed without evidence that Smith's team is trying to interfere with the 2024 presidential election, in which Trump is the dominant front-runner to claim the Republican nomination. \n\nSmith said in a rare public statement that he was seeking a speedy trial, though Lauro has said he intends to slow the case down so that the defence team can conduct its own investigation. \n\nThe arraignment will be handled before US Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadyaha, who joined the bench last year. But going forward, the case will be presided over by US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, an appointee of President Barack Obama who has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters. \n\nShe has also ruled against Trump before, refusing in November 2021 to block the release of documents to the US House\u2019s 6 January committee by asserting executive privilege. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Donald Trump is due in federal court Thursday to answer charges that he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election, facing a judge just blocks from the US Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>On 6 January 2021, his supporters stormed government buildings in a bid to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power to his successor Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is expected to be processed by law enforcement, be officially taken into custody and enter a not-guilty plea in front of a judge before being released, so he can rejoin the campaign trail as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7761702\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//19//trumps-target-letter-suggests-the-sprawling-us-probe-into-the-2020-election-is-zeroing-in-/">Trump's target letter suggests the sprawling US probe into the 2020 election is zeroing in on him<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>An indictment Tuesday from Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith charges Trump with four felony counts related to his efforts to undo the election result in the run-up to the January riot at the Capitol, including conspiracy to defraud the US government and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. The charges could lead to a years long prison sentence in the event of a conviction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//78//46//808x539_cmsv2_22db3656-41f0-59b5-9007-420afceaa856-7797846.jpg/" alt=\"Alex Brandon&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/384x256_cmsv2_22db3656-41f0-59b5-9007-420afceaa856-7797846.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/640x427_cmsv2_22db3656-41f0-59b5-9007-420afceaa856-7797846.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/750x500_cmsv2_22db3656-41f0-59b5-9007-420afceaa856-7797846.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/828x552_cmsv2_22db3656-41f0-59b5-9007-420afceaa856-7797846.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/1080x720_cmsv2_22db3656-41f0-59b5-9007-420afceaa856-7797846.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/1200x800_cmsv2_22db3656-41f0-59b5-9007-420afceaa856-7797846.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/1920x1281_cmsv2_22db3656-41f0-59b5-9007-420afceaa856-7797846.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Workers put up barricades and secure the area outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, in Washington.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Alex Brandon&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Trump was the only person charged in the case, though prosecutors referenced six co-conspirators they say he plotted with, including in a scheme to enlist fake electors in seven battleground states won by President Joe Biden to submit false certificates to the federal government. These conspirators are mostly lawyers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The indictment chronicles how Trump and allies, in what Smith described as an attack on a \"bedrock function of the US government,\" repeatedly lied about the results in the two months since he lost the election and pressured his vice president, Mike Pence, and state election officials to take action to help him cling to power.<\/p>\n<p>In other cases, Trump was charged in New York with falsifying business records in connection with an alleged hush money payment to a porn actor during the 2016 presidential campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#039;s office has also charged him with 40 felony counts in Florida, accusing him of illegally retaining classified documents at his Palm Beach estate, Mar-a-Lago, and refusing government demands to give them back. He has pleaded not guilty in both those cases, which are set for trial next year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//78//46//808x539_cmsv2_7ec82554-c49b-540e-a573-f5444d56c936-7797846.jpg/" alt=\"Jose Luis Magana&#47;Copyright 2020 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/384x256_cmsv2_7ec82554-c49b-540e-a573-f5444d56c936-7797846.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/640x427_cmsv2_7ec82554-c49b-540e-a573-f5444d56c936-7797846.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/750x500_cmsv2_7ec82554-c49b-540e-a573-f5444d56c936-7797846.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/828x552_cmsv2_7ec82554-c49b-540e-a573-f5444d56c936-7797846.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/1080x720_cmsv2_7ec82554-c49b-540e-a573-f5444d56c936-7797846.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/1200x800_cmsv2_7ec82554-c49b-540e-a573-f5444d56c936-7797846.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/1920x1281_cmsv2_7ec82554-c49b-540e-a573-f5444d56c936-7797846.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jose Luis Magana&#47;Copyright 2020 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>And prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia are expected in the coming weeks to announce charging decisions in an investigation into efforts to subvert election results in that state.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#039;s lawyer, John Lauro, asserted in television interviews that Trump&#039;s actions were protected by the First Amendment right to free speech and that he relied on the advice of lawyers. Trump himself has claimed without evidence that Smith&#039;s team is trying to interfere with the 2024 presidential election, in which Trump is the dominant front-runner to claim the Republican nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Smith said in a rare public statement that he was seeking a speedy trial, though Lauro has said he intends to slow the case down so that the defence team can conduct its own investigation.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7786936\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//29//donald-trump-denies-new-federal-charges-says-they-are-politically-motivated/">Donald Trump denies new federal charges, says they are politically motivated<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The arraignment will be handled before US Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadyaha, who joined the bench last year. But going forward, the case will be presided over by US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, an appointee of President Barack Obama who has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters.<\/p>\n<p>She has also ruled against Trump before, refusing in November 2021 to block the release of documents to the US House\u2019s 6 January committee by asserting executive privilege.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691024878,"publishedAt":1691040764,"updatedAt":1691042591,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/03\/trump-to-face-judge-over-charges-he-tried-to-overturn-2020-presidential-election","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/78\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6afe4e2f-cbb2-54f6-a299-84df5ff9a2df-7797846.jpg","altText":"FILE - Former President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during the North Carolina Republican Party Convention in Greensboro, N.C., June 10, 2023.","caption":"FILE - Former President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during the North Carolina Republican Party Convention in Greensboro, N.C., June 10, 2023.","captionCredit":"Chuck Burton\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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Here's how much you need to invest to get a golden visa ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Want to move to the US? Golden visas offer a way in for the wealthy","titleListing2":"Want to move to the US? Here's how much you need to invest to get a golden visa ","leadin":"How to get a green card by investment and make your American dream a reality.","summary":"How to get a green card by investment and make your American dream a reality.","url":"want-to-move-to-the-us-heres-how-much-you-need-to-invest-to-get-a-golden-visa","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Always wanted to live in the US? \n\nUnfortunately, the country\u2019s Permanent Resident Card, or green card, is notoriously difficult to get. \n\nUnless you have a family member in the US, a job offer or a lucky streak on the diversity visa lottery, you might need to put your American dream aside. \n\nExcept if you\u2019re extremely wealthy, that is. The USA is among a handful of countries that still offer \u2018golden visas\u2019, or citizenship by investment. \n\nThe Immigrant Investor Program, or EB-5 visa, is America\u2019s version of this scheme. \n\nHere\u2019s how it works and who\u2019s eligible. \n\nHow do you get a US golden visa? \n\nThe EB-5 visa requires a minimum $800,000 (\u20ac730,000) investment in an approved commercial enterprise in the US. Additionally, the business must create or preserve at least 10 jobs. \n\nFor projects outside of targeted employment areas, the minimum investment rises to $1,050,000 (\u20ac960,000). \n\nThe investor must plan to be involved in the business as a manager. \n\nIf your application is approved after filing evidence of your investment, you can begin applying for a green card. \n\nIf successful, you will gain the right to live, work, study or retire in the US . Your dependent family members - spouse and unmarried children under 21 years old - will also be eligible for a conditional green card. \n\nAfter five years of living in the US, you can apply for citizenship. \n\nHow many golden visas does the US hand out? \n\nThe US issues just 10,000 EB-5 visas per year, including those given to family members of investors. \n\nAs of last year, when the programme was renewed for another five years, 20 per cent of these visas are set aside for projects in rural locations. These target areas with fewer than 20,000 residents or with high unemployment rates. \n\nEach country is allocated a maximum of 7 per cent of all EB-5 visas each year. \n\nWhich nationalities apply for the most US golden visas? \n\nThe EB-5 visa is by far the most popular with people from China. In 2022, over 6,000 US golden visas were issued to Chinese nationals, with those carried over from the COVID-era partially accounting for the high number. \n\nDue to the popularity of the scheme and the restrictive quota, Chinese investors currently face a decade-long wait for their green cards. \n\nHowever, the waitlist is far shorter with the new rural scheme because it is considered a new category. This has led to fresh interest in the scheme. \n\nIndia came next with 1,381 EB-5 visas in 2022, followed by Vietnam (815), South Korea and Brazil (336 each). \n\nWhich other countries offer golden visas?\u00a0 \n\nGolden visas are becoming increasingly controversial in Europe. Many countries are eliminating or toughening up their schemes to avoid potential security risks, with Portugal the latest country to pull the plug. \n\nThe European Commission has warned that these schemes could be used for money laundering, tax evasion and organised crime. \n\nNevertheless, Austria, Italy, Greece, Malta, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey still have golden visa schemes in place. \n\nElsewhere, Singapore, the UAE and various Caribbean islands also offer golden visas. Although Canada does not have a countrywide golden visa scheme, some provinces do offer them. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Always wanted to live in the US?<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the country\u2019s Permanent Resident Card, or green card, is notoriously difficult to get.<\/p>\n<p>Unless you have a family member in the US, a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//06//it-will-soon-be-easier-for-foreign-workers-to-move-to-denmark-heres-which-jobs-need-fillin/">job offer<\/strong><\/a> or a lucky streak on the diversity visa lottery, you might need to put your American dream aside.<\/p>\n<p>Except if you\u2019re extremely wealthy, that is. The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//08//becoming-a-mother-doesnt-have-to-stop-you-travelling-follow-my-tips-to-keep-adventure-aliv/">USA is among a handful of countries that still offer \u2018golden visas\u2019, or citizenship by investment.<\/p>\n<p>The Immigrant Investor Program, or EB-5 visa, is America\u2019s version of this scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how it works and who\u2019s eligible.<\/p>\n<h2>How do you get a US golden visa?<\/h2><p>The EB-5 visa requires a minimum $800,000 (\u20ac730,000) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//09//07//wealthy-americans-shopping-for-holiday-homes-in-europe-while-euro-is-weak/">investment in an approved commercial enterprise in the US. Additionally, the business must create or preserve at least 10 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>For projects outside of targeted employment areas, the minimum investment rises to $1,050,000 (\u20ac960,000).<\/p>\n<p>The investor must plan to be involved in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//20//moving-to-germany-will-be-easier-if-you-can-fill-one-of-these-skills-gaps/">business as a manager.<\/p>\n<p>If your application is approved after filing evidence of your investment, you can begin applying for a green card.<\/p>\n<p>If successful, you will gain the right to live, work, study or retire in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//04//american-flight-free-adventures-whats-it-like-to-cross-the-states-on-a-bus-full-of-strange/">US. Your dependent family members - spouse and unmarried children under 21 years old - will also be eligible for a conditional green card.<\/p>\n<p>After five years of living in the US, you can apply for citizenship.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6826990,7744272\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//03//what-is-a-golden-visa-and-why-are-some-countries-giving-them-up-for-good/">What are \u2018golden visas\u2019 and which EU countries hand them out?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//11//want-to-be-a-digital-nomad-these-remote-jobs-require-minimal-experience/">Want to be a digital nomad? These remote jobs require minimal experience<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How many golden visas does the US hand out?<\/h2><p>The US issues just 10,000 EB-5 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//21//skilled-workers-are-in-demand-as-germany-tackles-labour-shortage-with-new-points-based-vis/">visas per year, including those given to family members of investors.<\/p>\n<p>As of last year, when the programme was renewed for another five years, 20 per cent of these visas are set aside for projects in rural locations. These target areas with fewer than 20,000 residents or with high unemployment rates.<\/p>\n<p>Each country is allocated a maximum of 7 per cent of all EB-5 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//25//want-to-live-in-the-eu-new-rules-could-make-it-easier-to-move-between-countries/">visas each year.<\/p>\n<h2>Which nationalities apply for the most US golden visas?<\/h2><p>The EB-5 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//30//sunshine-high-wages-and-new-rules-australias-working-holiday-visa-is-opening-up-to-over-30/">visa is by far the most popular with people from China. In 2022, over 6,000 US golden visas were issued to Chinese nationals, with those carried over from the COVID-era partially accounting for the high number.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the popularity of the scheme and the restrictive quota, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//23//visit-chinas-venice-of-the-east-for-waterways-nature-and-oriental-gardens/">Chinese investors currently face a decade-long wait for their green cards.<\/p>\n<p>However, the waitlist is far shorter with the new rural scheme because it is considered a new category. This has led to fresh interest in the scheme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//09//beaches-hippy-communes-and-coworking-how-goa-is-pushing-for-india-to-become-a-remote-work-/">India came next with 1,381 EB-5 visas in 2022, followed by Vietnam (815), South Korea and Brazil (336 each).<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7766342\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//20//worlds-most-powerful-passport-germany-italy-and-spain-move-up-into-second-place/">World/u2019s most powerful passport: Germany, Italy and Spain move up into second place<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Which other countries offer golden visas?<\/h2><p>Golden visas are becoming increasingly controversial in Europe. Many countries are eliminating or toughening up their schemes to avoid potential security risks, with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//12//portugals-golden-visa-ban-has-received-mixed-responses-heres-why/">Portugal the latest country to pull the plug.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission has warned that these schemes could be used for money laundering, tax evasion and organised crime.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Austria, Italy, Greece, Malta, Spain, Switzerland and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//11//visa-free-eu-travel-could-be-on-the-horizon-for-turkey-after-next-months-election/">Turkey still have golden visa schemes in place.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Singapore, the UAE and various Caribbean islands also offer golden visas. Although <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//07//canada-is-extending-visa-free-travel-to-13-new-countries-but-theres-a-catch/">Canada does not have a countrywide golden visa scheme, some provinces do offer them.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1690988894,"publishedAt":1690990327,"updatedAt":1690990402,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/08\/02\/want-to-move-to-the-us-heres-how-much-you-need-to-invest-to-get-a-golden-visa","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/71\/60\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_75041cf0-14fc-5b7d-96b2-e5028a390172-7797160.jpg","altText":"The USA's golden visa scheme could be your ticket to a green card.","caption":"The USA's golden visa scheme could be your ticket to a green card.","captionCredit":"Canva","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"symons","title":"Angela Symons","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":18848,"slug":"visa","urlSafeValue":"visa","title":"visa","titleRaw":"visa"},{"id":18118,"slug":"golden-visa","urlSafeValue":"golden-visa","title":"Golden visa","titleRaw":"Golden visa"},{"id":4525,"slug":"borders","urlSafeValue":"borders","title":"Borders","titleRaw":"Borders"},{"id":447,"slug":"usa","urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","titleRaw":"USA"},{"id":20966,"slug":"green-card","urlSafeValue":"green-card","title":"green card","titleRaw":"green card"},{"id":11071,"slug":"investment","urlSafeValue":"investment","title":"Investment","titleRaw":"Investment"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"destinations","urlSafeValue":"destinations","title":"Destinations","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/destinations\/destinations"},"vertical":"travel","verticals":[{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"},"themes":[{"id":"destinations","urlSafeValue":"destinations","title":"Destinations","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/destinations"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":28,"urlSafeValue":"destinations","title":"Destinations"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','gs_science_geography','gs_busfin','gs_busfin_economy','neg_facebook_2021','gs_business','gs_politics','sm_politics','gv_crime','shadow9hu7_pos_ukrainecrisis','neg_nespresso','gs_politics_misc','gs_politics_issues_policy','neg_audi_list2','gs_busfin_business','gt_negative','neg_facebook','gb_crime_edu','gb_crime_high_med_low'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/travel\/2023\/08\/02\/want-to-move-to-the-us-heres-how-much-you-need-to-invest-to-get-a-golden-visa","lastModified":1690990402},{"id":2337120,"cid":7796708,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230802_GNSU_52636610","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Deep sea mining: Here\u2019s which countries oppose and support the controversial practice","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Deep sea mining fails to get green light at UN debate","titleListing2":"Deep sea mining: Here\u2019s which countries oppose and support the controversial practice","leadin":"Finland, Germany and Portugal were among the countries that blocked deep sea mining licences.","summary":"Finland, Germany and Portugal were among the countries that blocked deep sea mining licences.","url":"deep-sea-mining-heres-which-countries-oppose-and-support-the-controversial-practice","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"After weeks of fierce debate, deep sea mining has failed to get approval during international talks. \n\nThe controversial practice involves removing precious metals and minerals from the ocean\u2019s seabed. So far, only small tests have been carried out but companies were hoping to get the green light to start full-scale production. \n\nOpponents point to the destruction it would cause to marine ecosystems and the climate. \n\nThe UN\u2019s 36-member International Seabed Authority (ISA), which governs international waters, began a lengthy conference on the issue on 10 July in Jamaica. It ended on 28 July with more than 20 governments opposing fast-tracked licences. \n\nHowever, a legal loophole remains, which could allow companies to start mining next year. \n\nWhat is deep sea mining and why is it problematic? \n\nDeep-sea mining would see heavy machinery scoop up small rocks containing rare metals and minerals from the ocean floor. These would then be pumped to the surface. \n\nCompanies are particularly interested in cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese, which could be extracted for electric car batteries and smartphones . \n\nThese precious metals and minerals have built up on the seafloor over millions of years. They form an important habitat for marine life . \n\nScientists have warned that such extraction could kick up silt storms and create noise and light pollution in the little-explored ocean deep . \n\nEnvironmentalists are also concerned about the impact of deep sea mining on the ocean as a heat and carbon sink. Others say it could negatively impact the fishing industry. \n\nCompanies pushing for deep sea mining , however, argue that undersea mining would be cheaper and have less of an environmental impact than land mining. \n\nGreenpeace, a vocal opponent of deep sea mining, says we should instead focus on improving recycling and reducing dependence on cars. \n\nWhere has deep sea mining taken place so far? \n\nThe ISA has issued more than 30 exploration licences but none for actual mining so far. \n\nMost of the exploration is focused in an area between Hawaii and Mexico that spans some 4.5 million square kilometres, with the activity taking place at depths of up to 6,000 metres. \n\nAs well as debating the future of licensing, the recent conference looked at laying out regulations for the budding industry. \n\nA deadline of 9 July was set to finalise the regulations. This is because in July 2021 the Micronesian island of Nauru announced its intention to begin deep sea mining. That announcement triggered a loophole called the \u2018two-year rule\u2019, which obliged the ISA to provisionally approve the application by July 2023, regardless of whether regulations were in place. \n\nThe regulatory framework is still stuck in draft mode, however, and will be discussed again at the body's November meeting, the third one of the year. \n\nWhich countries are opposed to deep sea mining? \n\nA growing number of countries are calling for a temporary suspension of deep sea mining, saying they are concerned about the potential environmental impact. They want more scientific studies to be done first. \n\nBrazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Chile, Finland, Germany, Portugal , Switzerland and Vanuatu were among the 21 countries that support a ban, moratorium or precautionary pause on deep sea mining. \n\nChina, Norway, Nauru, Mexico and the UK , meanwhile, were in support of fast-tracking licences for deep sea mining. \n\nThe next meeting of the Assembly will take place in mid-2024. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>After weeks of fierce debate, deep sea mining has failed to get approval during international talks.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial practice involves removing precious metals and minerals from the ocean\u2019s seabed. So far, only small tests have been carried out but companies were hoping to get the green light to start full-scale production.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents point to the destruction it would cause to marine ecosystems and the climate.<\/p>\n<p>The UN\u2019s 36-member International Seabed Authority (ISA), which governs international waters, began a lengthy conference on the issue on 10 July in Jamaica. It ended on 28 July with more than 20 governments opposing fast-tracked licences.<\/p>\n<p>However, a legal loophole remains, which could allow companies to start mining next year.<\/p>\n<h2>What is deep sea mining and why is it problematic?<\/h2><p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//18//france-votes-to-ban-deep-sea-mining-in-its-waters-why-is-this-practice-so-controversial/">Deep-sea mining<\/strong><\/a> would see heavy machinery scoop up small rocks containing rare metals and minerals from the ocean floor. These would then be pumped to the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Companies are particularly interested in cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese, which could be extracted for electric car batteries and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//05//sick-of-buying-a-new-phone-every-two-years-fairphones-last-for-years-and-dont-exploit-mine/">smartphones./n

These precious metals and minerals have built up on the seafloor over millions of years. They form an important habitat for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//25//how-can-technology-help-shine-a-light-on-our-hidden-underwater-treasures/">marine life<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have warned that such extraction could kick up silt storms and create noise and light pollution in the little-explored <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//25//photogrammetry-virtual-reality-and-ecotourism-exploring-and-preserving-our-underwater-heri/">ocean deep<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Environmentalists are also concerned about the impact of deep sea mining on the ocean as a heat and carbon sink. Others say it could negatively impact the fishing industry.<\/p>\n<p>Companies pushing for deep sea <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//02//01//south-america-s-lithium-fields-reveal-the-dark-side-of-our-electric-future/">mining, however, argue that undersea mining would be cheaper and have less of an environmental impact than land mining.<\/p>\n<p>Greenpeace, a vocal opponent of deep sea mining, says we should instead focus on improving <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2022//04//25//metals-europe-carbon/">recycling and reducing dependence on cars.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7004466,7440290\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//09//29//deep-sea-mining-green-tech-enabler-or-environmental-catastrophe/">Deep-sea mining: green-tech enabler or environmental catastrophe?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//03//coal-mining-is-to-blame-for-oder-river-mass-die-off-greenpeace-poland-warns/">Coal mining is to blame for Oder River mass die-off, Greenpeace Poland warns<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Where has deep sea mining taken place so far?<\/h2><p>The ISA has issued more than 30 exploration licences but none for actual <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//28//we-will-not-give-up-how-a-turkish-forest-became-the-site-of-fierce-coal-mine-resistance/">mining so far.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the exploration is focused in an area between Hawaii and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//20//extreme-heatwave-exposes-submerged-church-and-triggers-water-shortages-in-mexico/">Mexico that spans some 4.5 million square kilometres, with the activity taking place at depths of up to 6,000 metres.<\/p>\n<p>As well as debating the future of licensing, the recent conference looked at laying out regulations for the budding industry.<\/p>\n<p>A deadline of 9 July was set to finalise the regulations. This is because in July 2021 the Micronesian island of Nauru announced its intention to begin deep sea mining. That announcement triggered a loophole called the \u2018two-year rule\u2019, which obliged the ISA to provisionally approve the application by July 2023, regardless of whether regulations were in place.<\/p>\n<p>The regulatory framework is still stuck in draft mode, however, and will be discussed again at the body&#039;s November meeting, the third one of the year.<\/p>\n<h2>Which countries are opposed to deep sea mining?<\/h2><p>A growing number of countries are calling for a temporary suspension of deep sea mining, saying they are concerned about the potential <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//20//un-adopts-world-first-treaty-to-protect-marine-life-in-seas-outside-national-boundaries/">environmental impact. 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reassured after detecting signal from Voyager 2 probe","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"NASA reassured after detecting signal from Voyager 2 probe","titleListing2":"NASA reassured after detecting signal from Voyager 2 probe","leadin":"NASA has been reassured after detecting a signal from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the probe about a week ago.","summary":"NASA has been reassured after detecting a signal from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the probe about a week ago.","url":"nasa-reassured-after-detecting-signal-from-voyager-2-probe","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Good news for NASA after it detected a 'heartbeat signal' from its Voyager 2 probe. \n\nThe spacecraft has been exploring the universe since 1977, but mission controllers lost contact with it over a week ago after sending a faulty command that tilted its antenna to point two degrees away from Earth. \n\nAs a result, the probe - which is currently some 20 billion kilometres from Earth - stopped receiving commands or 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indicted over effort to overturn 2020 election","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump indicted over bid to overturn 2020 election","titleListing2":"Trump indicted over effort to overturn 2020 election","leadin":"The former US president's resistance to Joe Biden's legitimate victory culminated in a deadly attack on Congress by a horde of his supporters. ","summary":"The former US president's resistance to Joe Biden's legitimate victory culminated in a deadly attack on Congress by a horde of his supporters. ","url":"trump-indicted-over-effort-to-overturn-2020-election","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Donald Trump has been hit with another federal indictment, this one outlining his alleged attempts to overturn the legitimate result of the 2020 election. \n\nThe indictment, handed down by the special counsel appointed to investigate the case, Jack Smith,\u00a0accuses the former president of four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the US, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. \n\nInvestigators will look into events around the 6 January 2021 riot at the US Capitol.\u00a0 \n\nIf convicted on even some of the charges, Trump could theoretically face years in jail. He is nonetheless running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and is so far heavily outpolling his competitors. \n\nThe 77-year-old denies wrongdoing, slamming the case as \"ridiculous\" on social media.\u00a0 \n\nIn the two months between the election and the riot, Trump not only propagated outright disinformation about the result, but also urged his supporters to \"fight like hell\" and summoned them to the nation's capital for the certification via tweet, promising it would be \"wild!\" \n\nThe resulting riot, which was kicked off by a rally outside the White House, saw thousands of Trump supporters (including organised extremists) descend upon the US Capitol to try and disrupt the official certification of the 2020 election result. \n\nSeveral people died during and after the event, and scores of law enforcement officers were injured. Hundreds of rioters have been arrested and charged with various offences, and most of those who have appeared in court have pleaded guilty in the face of overwhelming evidence posted on social media. \n\nMany have explicitly stated that they were convinced they were doing Trump's bidding in storming the building. Others have complained they feel betrayed at his failure to pardon the rioters en masse before he left office. \n\nCaught out \n\nTrump has long dismissed any and all federal and state-level investigations into him as part of a broader witch hunt mounted by his political opponents. \n\nThe indictment is the third targeting the former president this year alone. After a grand jury in Manhattan voted to indict him over \"hush money\" payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in advance of the 2016 election, the former president was charged with 37 separate offences in connection with his hoarding of classified documents at his residence at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. \n\nThat indictment has since been enhanced with further charges, including that he asked a staffer to delete CCTV footage from the residence after the FBI began investigating reports that documents were being illegally kept there. \n\nHe and some of his allies have previously falsely claimed that as president, he was entitled to declassify the documents by fiat without informing any authorities he was doing so. \n\nHowever,\u00a0among the evidence gathered by prosecutors is an audio recording of him showing a journalist a classified plan for an attack on Iran. On the recording, which dates from after he left office, he explicitly acknowledges that the document is still secret and that he should not be displaying it. \n\nThe Washington investigation into Trump's post-election disinformation campaign has been running for almost two years. It is separate from another inquiry in Fulton County, Georgia, where Trump is accused of illegally pressuring state officials to \"find\" enough votes for him to overturn Joe Biden's crucial victory in the state. \n\nNo indictment has been issued in that case, but several of Trump's most senior former associates have been called in to testify to the grand jury. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Donald Trump has been hit with another federal indictment, this one outlining his alleged attempts to overturn the legitimate result of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment, handed down by the special counsel appointed to investigate the case, Jack Smith,\u00a0accuses the former president of four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the US, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators will look into events around the 6 January 2021 riot at the US Capitol.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If convicted on even some of the charges, Trump could theoretically face years in jail. He is nonetheless running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and is so far heavily outpolling his competitors.<\/p>\n<p>The 77-year-old denies wrongdoing, slamming the case as \"ridiculous\" on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the two months between the election and the riot, Trump not only propagated outright disinformation about the result, but also urged his supporters to \"fight like hell\" and summoned them to the nation&#039;s capital for the certification via tweet, promising it would be \"wild!\"<\/p>\n<p>The resulting riot, which was kicked off by a rally outside the White House, saw thousands of Trump supporters (including organised extremists) descend upon the US Capitol to try and disrupt the official certification of the 2020 election result.<\/p>\n<p>Several people died during and after the event, and scores of law enforcement officers were injured. Hundreds of rioters have been arrested and charged with various offences, and most of those who have appeared in court have pleaded guilty in the face of overwhelming evidence posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Many have explicitly stated that they were convinced they were doing Trump&#039;s bidding in storming the building. Others have complained they feel betrayed at his failure to pardon the rioters en masse before he left office.<\/p>\n<h2>Caught out<\/h2><p>Trump has long dismissed any and all federal and state-level investigations into him as part of a broader witch hunt mounted by his political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment is the third targeting the former president this year alone. After a grand jury in Manhattan voted to indict him over \"hush money\" payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in advance of the 2016 election, the former president was charged with 37 separate offences in connection with his hoarding of classified documents at his residence at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>That indictment has since been enhanced with further charges, including that he asked a staffer to delete CCTV footage from the residence after the FBI began investigating reports that documents were being illegally kept there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//78//51//44//808x539_cmsv2_f5ff7c0e-71bc-5400-84ad-79806fa893ca-7785144.jpg/" alt=\"Jose Luis Magana&#47;Copyright 2020 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_f5ff7c0e-71bc-5400-84ad-79806fa893ca-7785144.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_f5ff7c0e-71bc-5400-84ad-79806fa893ca-7785144.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_f5ff7c0e-71bc-5400-84ad-79806fa893ca-7785144.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_f5ff7c0e-71bc-5400-84ad-79806fa893ca-7785144.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_f5ff7c0e-71bc-5400-84ad-79806fa893ca-7785144.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_f5ff7c0e-71bc-5400-84ad-79806fa893ca-7785144.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/44\/1920x1281_cmsv2_f5ff7c0e-71bc-5400-84ad-79806fa893ca-7785144.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pro-Trump rioters attack the US Capitol on January 6th 2021.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jose Luis Magana&#47;Copyright 2020 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He and some of his allies have previously falsely claimed that as president, he was entitled to declassify the documents by fiat without informing any authorities he was doing so.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0among the evidence gathered by prosecutors is an audio recording of him showing a journalist a classified plan for an attack on Iran. On the recording, which dates from after he left office, he explicitly <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////edition.cnn.com//2023//06//26//politics//trump-classified-documents-audio//index.html/">acknowledges that the document is still secret<\/strong><\/a> and that he should not be displaying it.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington investigation into Trump&#039;s post-election disinformation campaign has been running for almost two years. 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","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"A giant \u2018sun umbrella\u2019 could stem global warming, new paper claims","titleListing2":"Could a giant \u2018sun umbrella\u2019 help stop climate change and is it a good idea? ","leadin":"We might one step closer to a giant solar shade that could help cool the Earth.","summary":"We might one step closer to a giant solar shade that could help cool the Earth.","url":"could-a-giant-sun-umbrella-help-stop-climate-change-and-is-it-a-good-idea","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"We all know that seeking shade is one of the best ways to escape the heat. But could a giant \u2018sun umbrella\u2019 help block harmful UV rays and cool the Earth? \n\nThat\u2019s the latest idea from a US astronomer at the University of Hawai\u02bbi. \n\nThis isn\u2019t the first time space-based sun shields - mirrors or shades placed in orbit between the sun and Earth - have been proposed for climate change prevention. \n\nUntil now, however, scientists have struggled to design a shield that balances weight and costs. \n\nA potential solution is to tether it to a counterweight filled with asteroid material, according to the new proposal published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal. \n\nIf the design is workable, it could start mitigating climate change within decades, the paper\u2019s author Istv\u00e1n Szapudi claims. \n\nHow could solar shields stop climate change? \n\n'Sun blocking' technologies - also known as 'solar radiation modification' (SRM) - could theoretically cool down the Earth by shading it from some of the sun\u2019s rays. \n\nUntil now, the solar shield concept faced a major hurdle: weight. \n\nPrevious proposals have placed the shield at the point where the Earth\u2019s gravity and the sun\u2019s radiation pressure are in balance. \n\nHowever, these two counteracting forces mean the shield would have to meet minimum weight requirements to ensure it stays in place. This rules out low-cost, lightweight materials like graphene, which could be easily lifted into space . \n\nBy attaching the shield to a counterweight, positioned towards the sun, these weight restrictions could be circumvented, Szapudi theorises. \n\nThe shield could also be placed closer to Earth, making it more effective. \n\nHow would a tethered solar shield work? \n\nThe solar shield would be attached to a counterweight by a strong graphene tether. \n\nThe counterweight would slowly open once in space , allowing it to gradually fill with lunar dust or asteroid material that would act as ballast. \n\nAs the ballast would be captured in space, it would not need to be launched from Earth. \n\nActing as a counterweight, it would dramatically reduce the weight of the shield, according to Szapudi. \n\nTogether, the shield and counterweight would weigh around 318 million tonnes - 100 times less than untethered designs. \n\nThe shield itself, which is the part that would need to be launched into Space, would only account for around 32,000 tonnes, or one per cent of the weight. \n\nRockets today are capable of lifting up to 45,000 tonnes into low Earth orbit. \n\nWhy are some scientists against solar radiation modification? \n\nThe field of solar radiation modification includes other technologies such as solar radiation and pumping sun-blocking particles into the Earth\u2019s atmosphere. \n\nAcknowledging the potential risks of modifying the Earth\u2019s atmosphere, Szapudi says space-based strategies are preferable. \n\n\u201cGiven the severity of the problem, any avenue that might lead to the partial mitigation of a catastrophe should be investigated,\u201d he writes. \n\nYet not all scientists are in agreement. \n\nIn a 2008 paper titled \u201820 reasons why geoengineering may be a bad idea\u2019, US climatologist Alan Robock compares these technologies to putting Earth on \u201clife support\u201d, saying \u201cthe cure may be worse than the disease\u201d. \n\nRobock warns of the unknown consequences of such technologies, including the effects on regional climate, plants and solar power. \n\nHe also notes that relying on SRM technologies could result in abandoning carbon emissions cuts. 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But could a giant \u2018sun umbrella\u2019 help block harmful UV rays and cool the Earth?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the latest idea from a US astronomer at the University of Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time space-based sun shields - mirrors or shades placed in orbit between the sun and Earth - have been proposed for climate change prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, however, scientists have struggled to design a shield that balances weight and costs.<\/p>\n<p>A potential solution is to tether it to a counterweight filled with asteroid material, according to the new proposal published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal.<\/p>\n<p>If the design is workable, it could start mitigating climate change within decades, the paper\u2019s author Istv\u00e1n Szapudi claims.<\/p>\n<h2>How could solar shields stop climate change?<\/h2><p>&#039;Sun blocking&#039; technologies - also known as &#039;solar radiation modification&#039; (SRM) - could theoretically cool down the Earth by shading it from some of the sun\u2019s rays.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//10//13//scientists-dream-up-a-massive-floating-solar-farm-in-space-heres-how-it-would-work/">solar shield concept faced a major hurdle: weight.<\/p>\n<p>Previous proposals have placed the shield at the point where the Earth\u2019s gravity and the sun\u2019s radiation pressure are in balance.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7114094,7378766\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//06//space-race-rocket-launches-can-damage-the-ozone-layer-researchers-find/">Space race: Rocket launches can damage the ozone layer, researchers find<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//05//sun-blockers-us-scientists-aim-to-cool-the-earth-by-reflecting-sunlight-into-space/">US considers 'sun blocking' to cool the Earth: What is it and does it really work?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, these two counteracting forces mean the shield would have to meet minimum weight requirements to ensure it stays in place. This rules out low-cost, lightweight materials like graphene, which could be easily lifted into <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//02//spacex-locals-speak-out-on-environmental-damage-caused-by-concrete-rain/">space./n

By attaching the shield to a counterweight, positioned towards the sun, these weight restrictions could be circumvented, Szapudi theorises.<\/p>\n<p>The shield could also be placed closer to Earth, making it more effective.<\/p>\n<h2>How would a tethered solar shield work?<\/h2><p>The solar shield would be attached to a counterweight by a strong graphene tether.<\/p>\n<p>The counterweight would slowly open once in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//03//04//three-tons-of-space-junk-heads-to-the-moon-on-a-5-800-mph-collision-course/">space, allowing it to gradually fill with lunar dust or asteroid material that would act as ballast.<\/p>\n<p>As the ballast would be captured in space, it would not need to be launched from Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Acting as a counterweight, it would dramatically reduce the weight of the shield, according to Szapudi.<\/p>\n<p>Together, the shield and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//03//24//satellite-launched-to-remove-space-debris-that-could-collide-with-spaceships/">counterweight would weigh around 318 million tonnes - 100 times less than untethered designs.<\/p>\n<p>The shield itself, which is the part that would need to be launched into Space, would only account for around 32,000 tonnes, or one per cent of the weight.<\/p>\n<p>Rockets today are capable of lifting up to 45,000 tonnes into low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<h2>Why are some scientists against solar radiation modification?<\/h2><p>The field of solar radiation modification includes other technologies such as solar radiation and pumping <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//10//firing-moon-dust-into-space-could-stop-global-warming-scientists-find-but-is-there-an-easi/">sun-blocking particles<\/strong><\/a> into the Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the potential risks of modifying the Earth\u2019s atmosphere, Szapudi says space-based strategies are preferable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the severity of the problem, any avenue that might lead to the partial mitigation of a catastrophe should be investigated,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n<p>Yet not all scientists are in agreement.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2008 paper titled \u201820 reasons why geoengineering may be a bad idea\u2019, US climatologist Alan Robock compares these technologies to putting Earth on \u201clife support\u201d, saying \u201cthe cure may be worse than the disease\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Robock warns of the unknown consequences of such technologies, including the effects on regional climate, plants and solar power.<\/p>\n<p>He also notes that relying on SRM technologies could result in abandoning <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//19//scientists-calculate-how-much-co2-is-being-removed-from-the-atmosphere-for-the-first-time/">carbon emissions<\/strong><\/a> cuts. This would allow other damaging effects of greenhouse gases, such as ocean acidification, to continue.<\/p>\n<p>To account for the unpredictability of geoengineering, Szapudi suggests \u201ca modular and reversible approach\u201d using several smaller shields over a single shield.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1690902071,"publishedAt":1690902491,"updatedAt":1692029027,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/01\/could-a-giant-sun-umbrella-help-stop-climate-change-and-is-it-a-good-idea","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/43\/82\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2aefbe5a-3c04-524f-b7ae-c098fa000d2e-7794382.jpg","altText":"Could a giant \u2018sun umbrella\u2019 help stop climate change? This astrologist says we\u2019re one step closer.","caption":"Could a giant \u2018sun umbrella\u2019 help stop climate change? 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\n\nAdding a pinch of borax to a glass of water , TikTokers say, can help manage several health conditions - including erectile dysfunction and kidney stones. Others say that bathing with a pinch of borax in the tub water will make your skin look better. \n\nBut there is absolutely no evidence that ingesting borax can have any of these health benefits - quite the opposite. \n\nAccording to the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health , if breathed in, borax can cause irritation in the eyes, skin, and upper respiratory system, as well as dermatitis, nosebleeds, coughing, and difficulty breathing. \n\nWebMD, a platform for health news and information, writes that borax can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea if ingested by itself, while large amounts can lead to shock and kidney failure. In the US, borax is banned from food products. \n\nMedical experts on TikTok and in the media are speaking out against the trend, warning users against the dangers of ingesting borax. \n\n\"Just because it's natural it doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s good for you to eat. Remember that arsenic is also natural,\" a medical doctor who goes by the name of Dr Idz on TikTok said in a video posted on the platform. \n\nThe claim that borax isn\u2019t toxic - in small or any doses - as claimed by some on TikTok, has been debunked by fact-checkers at Full Fact, who determined that the substance is recognised as being toxic to reproductive health, as stated by the European Chemical Agency. \n\nThe agency writes that borax \u201cmay damage fertility and may damage the unborn child\u201d and is considered dangerous according to the EU\u2019s harmonised classification and labelling. \n\nThe ECA adds that borax was previously approved for use as a biocide - a chemical substance used to control harmful organisms, like pesticides - in the EEA and\/or Switzerland, but the approval has now expired. \n\nAsked about the spread of misinformation on the platform, TikTok told several news media, including Vox and NBC News, that they didn\u2019t look at the borax challenge as a trend and that the majority of the videos about it were counterpoints to ingesting the substance. \n\nEuronews Next has contacted TikTok for comment. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Dubbed by health specialists as the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////vm.tiktok.com//ZGJbDYGwv///">/u201cstupidest health trend\u201d<\/strong><\/a> they have ever seen, Borax has taken over certain quarters of TikTok, with several users talking about having \"jumped on the Borax train\" - an alleged body cleanse trend that involves the use of a powdery household cleaner.<\/p>\n<p>Borax - which is also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate - is a naturally occurring mineral that combined boron, sodium, and oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s far from a new discovery and has been widely used as a household cleaner and laundry detergent for years, while it can also be found in small doses in toothpaste, cosmetics, and pesticides.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7275484\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//03//02//ozempic-how-a-tiktok-weight-loss-trend-caused-a-global-diabetes-drug-shortage-and-health-c/">Ozempic: How a TikTok weight loss trend caused a global diabetes drug shortage - and health concerns<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But it\u2019s only recently that the substance has taken on a life of its own on TikTok, where users have started praising the alleged benefits of ingesting the mineral in viral videos.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s the #boraxchallenge - and why is it bad?<\/h2><p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.tiktok.com//@leahbarrettodom//video//6959722820192587014/">Adding a pinch of borax to a glass of water<\/strong><\/a>, TikTokers say, can help manage several health conditions - including erectile dysfunction and kidney stones. Others say that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.tiktok.com//@akrivera13//video//7052073596088257838?lang=en\%22>bathing with a pinch of borax<\/strong><\/a> in the tub water will make your skin look better.<\/p>\n<p>But there is absolutely no evidence that ingesting borax can have any of these health benefits - quite the opposite.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cdc.gov//niosh//npg//npgd0058.html/">According to the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health<\/strong><\/a>, if breathed in, borax can cause irritation in the eyes, skin, and upper respiratory system, as well as dermatitis, nosebleeds, coughing, and difficulty breathing.<\/p>\n<p>WebMD, a platform for health news and information, writes that borax can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea if ingested by itself, while large amounts can lead to shock and kidney failure. In the US, borax is banned from food products.<\/p>\n<p>Medical experts on TikTok and in the media are speaking out against the trend, warning users against the dangers of ingesting borax.<\/p>\n<p>\"Just because it&#039;s natural it doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s good for you to eat. Remember that arsenic is also natural,\" a medical doctor who goes by the name of Dr Idz on TikTok said in a video posted on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>The claim that borax isn\u2019t toxic - in small or any doses - as claimed by some on TikTok, has been debunked by fact-checkers at Full Fact, who determined that the substance is recognised as being toxic to reproductive health, as stated by the European Chemical Agency.<\/p>\n<p>The agency writes that borax <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////echa.europa.eu//substance-information//-//substanceinfo//100.129.152/">/u201cmay damage fertility and may damage the unborn child\u201d<\/strong><\/a> and is considered dangerous according to the EU\u2019s harmonised classification and labelling.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7734704\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div 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launches new studies to test treatments for millions suffering from long COVID","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US launches new studies to test long COVID treatments","titleListing2":"The US is beginning a series of new studies to test treatments to help the millions of people suffering from long COVID.","leadin":"Around 36 million people are estimated to suffer from long COVID across Europe.","summary":"Around 36 million people are estimated to suffer from long COVID across Europe.","url":"us-launches-new-studies-to-test-treatments-for-millions-suffering-from-long-covid","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The US is starting a handful of studies that will test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in the country's efforts against the mysterious condition that is affecting millions. \n\nThe announcement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s $1.15 billion (\u20ac1.04 billion) RECOVER project comes amid frustration from patients who\u2019ve struggled for months or even years with sometimes-disabling health problems -- with no proven treatments and only a smattering of rigorous studies to test potential ones. \n\n\u201cThis is a year or two late and smaller in scope than one would hope but nevertheless it\u2019s a step in the right direction,\u201d said Dr Ziyad Al-Aly of Washington University in St. Louis, who isn\u2019t involved with NIH\u2019s project but whose own research highlighted long COVID\u2019s toll. \n\nGetting answers is critical, he added, because \"there\u2019s a lot of people out there exploiting patients\u2019 vulnerability\" with unproven therapies. \n\nScientists don\u2019t yet know what causes long COVID, the catchall term for about 200 widely varying symptoms. Between 10 per cent and 30 per cent of people are estimated to have experienced some form of long COVID after recovering from a coronavirus infection, a risk that has dropped somewhat since early in the pandemic. \n\n\"If I get 10 people, I get 10 answers of what long COVID really is,\" US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said. \n\nThat's why so far the RECOVER initiative has tracked 24,000 patients in observational studies to help define the most common and burdensome symptoms -- findings that now are shaping multipronged treatment trials. The first two will look at: \n\nWhether taking up to 25 days of Pfizer's antiviral drug Paxlovid could ease long COVID, because of a theory that some live coronavirus, or its remnants, may hide in the body and trigger the disorder. Normally Paxlovid is used when people first get COVID-19 and for just five days. \nTreatments for \u201cbrain fog\u201d and other cognitive problems. They include Posit Science Corp.\u2019s BrainHQ cognitive training program, another called PASC-Cognitive Recovery by New York City\u2019s Mount Sinai Health System, and a Soterix Medical device that electrically stimulates brain circuits. \n\nTwo additional studies will open in the coming months. One will test treatments for sleep problems. The other will target problems with the autonomic nervous system -- which controls unconscious functions like breathing and heartbeat -- including the disorder called POTS. \n\nA more controversial study of exercise intolerance and fatigue also is planned, with NIH seeking input from some patient groups worried that exercise may do more harm than good for certain long COVID sufferers. \n\nThe trials are enrolling 300 to 900 adult participants for now but have the potential to grow. Unlike typical experiments that test one treatment at a time, these more flexible \"platform studies\" will let NIH add additional potential therapies on a rolling basis. \n\n\"We can rapidly pivot,\" Dr Amy Patterson with the NIH explained. A failing treatment can be dropped without ending the entire trial and \"if something promising comes on the horizon, we can plug it in\". \n\nThe flexibility could be key, according to Dr Anthony Komaroff, a Harvard researcher who isn\u2019t involved with the NIH program but has long studied a similarly mysterious disorder known as chronic fatigue syndrome or ME\/CFS. For example, he said, the Paxlovid study \"makes all sorts of sense,\" but if a 25-day dose shows only hints of working, researchers could extend the test to a longer course instead of starting from scratch. \n\nKomaroff also said that he understands people's frustration over the wait for these treatment trials, but believes NIH appropriately waited \"until some clues came in about the underlying biology,\" adding: \"You\u2019ve got to have targets\". \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The US is starting a handful of studies that will test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in the country&#039;s efforts against the mysterious condition that is affecting millions.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)&#039;s $1.15 billion (\u20ac1.04 billion) RECOVER project comes amid frustration from patients who\u2019ve struggled for months or even years with sometimes-disabling health problems -- with no proven treatments and only a smattering of rigorous studies to test potential ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a year or two late and smaller in scope than one would hope but nevertheless it\u2019s a step in the right direction,\u201d said Dr Ziyad Al-Aly of Washington University in St. Louis, who isn\u2019t involved with NIH\u2019s project but whose own research highlighted long COVID\u2019s toll. <\/p>\n<p>Getting answers is critical, he added, because \"there\u2019s a lot of people out there exploiting patients\u2019 vulnerability\" with unproven therapies.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists don\u2019t yet know what causes long COVID, the catchall term for about 200 widely varying symptoms. Between 10 per cent and 30 per cent of people are estimated to have experienced some form of long COVID after recovering from a coronavirus infection, a risk that has dropped somewhat since early in the pandemic.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7711424\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//06//28//36-million-people-in-the-european-region-are-living-with-long-covid-symptoms-who-says/">'We're still at home sick': 36 million people across Europe are living with long COVID symptoms<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"If I get 10 people, I get 10 answers of what long COVID really is,\" US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said.<\/p>\n<p>That&#039;s why so far the RECOVER initiative has tracked 24,000 patients in observational studies to help define the most common and burdensome symptoms -- findings that now are shaping multipronged treatment trials. The first two will look at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whether taking up to 25 days of Pfizer's antiviral drug Paxlovid could ease long COVID, because of a theory that some live coronavirus, or its remnants, may hide in the body and trigger the disorder. Normally Paxlovid is used when people first get COVID-19 and for just five days.<\/li>\n<li>Treatments for \u201cbrain fog\u201d and other cognitive problems. They include Posit Science Corp.\u2019s BrainHQ cognitive training program, another called PASC-Cognitive Recovery by New York City\u2019s Mount Sinai Health System, and a Soterix Medical device that electrically stimulates brain circuits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two additional studies will open in the coming months. One will test treatments for sleep problems. The other will target problems with the autonomic nervous system -- which controls unconscious functions like breathing and heartbeat -- including the disorder called POTS.<\/p>\n<p>A more controversial study of exercise intolerance and fatigue also is planned, with NIH seeking input from some patient groups worried that exercise may do more harm than good for certain long COVID sufferers.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7774478\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//24//long-covid-impact-on-brain-function-equivalent-to-ageing-10-years/">Long COVID impact on brain function equivalent to ageing 10 years<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The trials are enrolling 300 to 900 adult participants for now but have the potential to grow. Unlike typical experiments that test one treatment at a time, these more flexible \"platform studies\" will let NIH add additional potential therapies on a rolling basis.<\/p>\n<p>\"We can rapidly pivot,\" Dr Amy Patterson with the NIH explained. A failing treatment can be dropped without ending the entire trial and \"if something promising comes on the horizon, we can plug it in\".<\/p>\n<p>The flexibility could be key, according to Dr Anthony Komaroff, a Harvard researcher who isn\u2019t involved with the NIH program but has long studied a similarly mysterious disorder known as chronic fatigue syndrome or ME\/CFS. For example, he said, the Paxlovid study \"makes all sorts of sense,\" but if a 25-day dose shows only hints of working, researchers could extend the test to a longer course instead of starting from scratch.<\/p>\n<p>Komaroff also said that he understands people&#039;s frustration over the wait for these treatment trials, but believes NIH appropriately waited \"until some clues came in about the underlying biology,\" adding: \"You\u2019ve got to have targets\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1690879811,"publishedAt":1690881250,"updatedAt":1690881253,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/08\/01\/us-launches-new-studies-to-test-treatments-for-millions-suffering-from-long-covid","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/32\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ee857b04-c611-57ab-bcf6-1c0645f46d65-7793278.jpg","altText":"This nurse came down with COVID-19 in the summer of 2020; her condition spiraled downward, and her life was saved only by grace of a double lung transplant.","caption":"This nurse came down with COVID-19 in the summer of 2020; her condition spiraled downward, and her life was saved only by grace of a double lung transplant.","captionCredit":"Charles Rex Arbogast\/AP Photo","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":4890,"height":3260}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":26464,"slug":"long-covid","urlSafeValue":"long-covid","title":"Long COVID","titleRaw":"Long COVID"},{"id":17660,"slug":"tedavi","urlSafeValue":"tedavi","title":"treatment","titleRaw":"treatment"},{"id":18052,"slug":"study","urlSafeValue":"study","title":"study","titleRaw":"study"},{"id":15712,"slug":"public-health","urlSafeValue":"public-health","title":"Public health","titleRaw":"Public health"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2224664},{"id":2308302},{"id":2329752}],"technicalTags":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"AP","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/health\/health"},"vertical":"next","verticals":[{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"},"themes":[{"id":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/health"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":43,"urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gt_negative','gb_safe','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_health','neg_intel_en','gs_health_misc','gs_covid19','neg_mobkoi_feb2021','neg_facebook_2021','gt_negative_fear','neg_facebook','neg_nespresso','gs_busfin','gt_positive_curiosity','gt_negative_anger','gs_science_geography'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/next\/2023\/08\/01\/us-launches-new-studies-to-test-treatments-for-millions-suffering-from-long-covid","lastModified":1690881253},{"id":2335730,"cid":7792546,"versionId":3,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230801_NWSU_52617501","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"HBO's 'Euphoria' star Angus Cloud found dead at California family home","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"HBO's 'Euphoria' star Angus Cloud found dead at California family home","titleListing2":"No cause of death has been given, but the young actor's family said he had been struggling with his father's recent death.","leadin":"No cause of death has been given, but the young actor's family said he had been struggling with his father's recent death.","summary":"No cause of death has been given, but the young actor's family said he had been struggling with his father's recent death.","url":"euphoria-star-angus-cloud-found-dead-at-california-family-home","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Angus Cloud, the actor who starred as the drug dealer Fezco \u201cFez\u201d O'Neill on the HBO series \u201cEuphoria,\u201d has died. He was 25. \n\nCloud's publicist, Cait Bailey, said Cloud died on Monday, 31 July 2023 at his family home in Oakland, California. No cause of death was given. \n\nIn a statement, Cloud's family said goodbye to \u201can artist, a friend, a brother and a son.\u201d \n\n\u201cLast week he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss,\u201d the family said. \u201cThe only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend. Angus was open about his battle with mental health and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence.\u201d \n\n\u201cWe hope the world remembers him for his humour, laughter and love for everyone,\u201d his family added. \n\nScouted on the streets of New York \n\nCloud hadn\u2019t acted before he was cast in \u201cEuphoria.\u201d He was walking down the street in New York when casting scout El\u00e9onore Hendricks noticed him. Cloud was resistant at first, suspecting a scam. Then casting director Jennifer Venditti met with him and series creator Sam Levinson eventually made him a co-star in the series alongside Zendaya for its first two seasons. \n\nTo some, Cloud seemed so natural as Fez that they suspected he was identical to the character \u2014 a notion that Cloud pushed back against. \n\n\u201cIt does bother me when people are like, \u2018It must be so easy! You get to go in and be yourself.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Why don\u2019t you go and do that?\u2019 It\u2019s not that simple,\" Cloud told Variety. \"I brought a lot to the character. You can believe what you want. It ain\u2019t got nothing to do with me.\u201d \n\nThe part made Cloud the breakout star of one the buzziest shows on television. He was recently cast to co-star in \u201cScream 6.\u201d \n\n\u201cWe are incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Angus Cloud,\u201d HBO said in a statement. \u201cHe was immensely talented and a beloved part of the HBO and \u2018Euphoria\u2019 family. We extend our deepest condolences to his friends and family during this difficult time.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Angus Cloud, the actor who starred as the drug dealer Fezco \u201cFez\u201d O&#039;Neill on the HBO series \u201cEuphoria,\u201d has died. He was 25.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud&#039;s publicist, Cait Bailey, said Cloud died on Monday, 31 July 2023 at his family home in Oakland, California. No cause of death was given.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Cloud&#039;s family said goodbye to \u201can artist, a friend, a brother and a son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss,\u201d the family said. \u201cThe only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend. Angus was open about his battle with mental health and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope the world remembers him for his humour, laughter and love for everyone,\u201d his family added.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Scouted on the streets of New York<\/strong><\/h2><p>Cloud hadn\u2019t acted before he was cast in \u201cEuphoria.\u201d He was walking down the street in New York when casting scout El\u00e9onore Hendricks noticed him. Cloud was resistant at first, suspecting a scam. Then casting director Jennifer Venditti met with him and series creator Sam Levinson eventually made him a co-star in the series alongside Zendaya for its first two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>To some, Cloud seemed so natural as Fez that they suspected he was identical to the character \u2014 a notion that Cloud pushed back against.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does bother me when people are like, \u2018It must be so easy! You get to go in and be yourself.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Why don\u2019t you go and do that?\u2019 It\u2019s not that simple,\" Cloud told Variety. \"I brought a lot to the character. You can believe what you want. It ain\u2019t got nothing to do with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The part made Cloud the breakout star of one the buzziest shows on television. He was recently cast to co-star in \u201cScream 6.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Angus Cloud,\u201d HBO said in a statement. \u201cHe was immensely talented and a beloved part of the HBO and \u2018Euphoria\u2019 family. 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Re-View: The end of an era as the last Playboy Club closes","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Culture Re-View: The last Playboy Club hops off","titleListing2":"On this day in 1988, the last Playboy Club closed in Lansing, Michigan, bringing to an end nearly 30 years of the iconic nightspot.","leadin":"On this day in 1988, the last Playboy Club closed in Lansing, Michigan, bringing to an end nearly 30 years of the iconic nightspot.","summary":"On this day in 1988, the last Playboy Club closed in Lansing, Michigan, bringing to an end nearly 30 years of the iconic nightspot.","url":"culture-re-view-the-end-of-an-era-as-the-last-playboy-club-closes","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Playboy brand has long been a huge part of the identity of the United States but, on 31 July 1988, the last club closed its doors for good. \n\nThe late night venue in Lansing, the state capital of Michigan, had outlived other Playboy Clubs in New York, Los Angeles and Miami which all folded in the mid-1980s. \n\nAt the time, media reports said the club\u2019s closing left a vacancy in the Hilton hotel it had called home. The Chicago Tribune wrote the Hilton was seeking \u201csomething fresher and less sexist\u201d for the space. \n\nWhile gentleman's clubs, especially the Playboy model, have long been synonymous with sleaze, Hugh Hefner\u2019s venues were initially seen as exclusive. \n\nThe first Playboy Club opened in Chicago in 1960. \n\nMembers and their guests were served food and drinks by Playboy Bunnies who were dressed in tight-fitting bodysuits topped off with rabbit-like ears and tails. \n\nDuring the last three months of 1961, over 132,000 people paid a visit to the Chicago club, rendering it the busiest nightclub in the world. \n\nA rabbit-headed metal Playboy key - switched for a metal key-card by 1966 - was required for admission. \n\nPlayboy Club membership soon became a status symbol and many keyholders didn\u2019t even make use of them. Only 21% of all key holders ever went to a club. \n\nThroughout the worldwide venues\u2019 existence, the clubs went hand-in-hand with popular culture, featuring in episodes of Charlie\u2019s Angels and in 1971\u2019s Diamonds Are Forever . \n\nIn the James Bond film, the eponymous character was revealed to be a member of the club. \n\nThe club\u2019s popularity took off almost instantly, with numerous new locations opening across the United States.\u00a0 Hefner\u2019s bunnies soon went international, with sites popping up from Jamaica to Osaka. \n\nIn 1965, the first of Playboy's British casinos was opened, following legalisation of gambling in the UK. By 1981, the casino at 45 Park Lane was the most profitable casino in the world. \n\nLansing\u2019s own Playboy Club opened a year later, continuing with the tradition of the key cards. \n\nIt was a traditional Hefner venue in every sense. As well as the now iconic costumes and bunny logo, the women employed had to weigh themselves in front of bosses and were punished if their weight had fluctuated. \n\nBy 1987, Lansing was one of the few remaining clubs not pushed out by larger nightspots and was forced to drop the key cards, taking any business it could drum up. \n\nThe women who worked there said the club had grown pass\u00e9, along with the Playboy brand, turning from glamorous to sleazy. \n\nHugh Hefner\u2019s Playboy magazine had gone into decline by then too. \n\nIn 1975, average circulation of the publication was 5.6 million and by 2017 - the year the Playboy founder died - that figure was just 400,000. \n\nIn 2018, a new iteration of the Playboy Club was opened in New York City to immense criticism. Questions were raised over the wisdom of opening such a space in the #MeToo era. Just over a year after its opening, the venue was shut down. \n\nWhile the Playboy brand certainly didn\u2019t die with Hefner, its popularity is certainly diminished. As of 2020, the print edition of the magazine was canned and, today, remains online only. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Playboy brand has long been a huge part of the identity of the United States but, on 31 July 1988, the last club closed its doors for good.<\/p>\n<p>The late night venue in Lansing, the state capital of Michigan, had outlived other Playboy Clubs in New York, Los Angeles and Miami which all folded in the mid-1980s.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, media reports said the club\u2019s closing left a vacancy in the Hilton hotel it had called home. The Chicago Tribune wrote the Hilton was seeking \u201csomething fresher and less sexist\u201d for the space.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">\u201cIt's closing finally, putting to rest Playboy editor and publisher Hugh Hefner's idea of a good time for guys.\"<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n The Boston Globe, 1988\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While gentleman&#039;s clubs, especially the Playboy model, have long been synonymous with sleaze, Hugh Hefner\u2019s venues were initially seen as exclusive.<\/p>\n<p>The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago in 1960.<\/p>\n<p>Members and their guests were served food and drinks by Playboy Bunnies who were dressed in tight-fitting bodysuits topped off with rabbit-like ears and tails.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.2249897917517354\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//78//51//00//808x985_cmsv2_d11c2b3d-ace1-54ed-8bfd-ffee46cb21d6-7785100.jpg/" alt=\"The AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/384x470_cmsv2_d11c2b3d-ace1-54ed-8bfd-ffee46cb21d6-7785100.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/640x784_cmsv2_d11c2b3d-ace1-54ed-8bfd-ffee46cb21d6-7785100.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/750x919_cmsv2_d11c2b3d-ace1-54ed-8bfd-ffee46cb21d6-7785100.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/828x1014_cmsv2_d11c2b3d-ace1-54ed-8bfd-ffee46cb21d6-7785100.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1080x1323_cmsv2_d11c2b3d-ace1-54ed-8bfd-ffee46cb21d6-7785100.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1200x1470_cmsv2_d11c2b3d-ace1-54ed-8bfd-ffee46cb21d6-7785100.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1920x2352_cmsv2_d11c2b3d-ace1-54ed-8bfd-ffee46cb21d6-7785100.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Hugh Hefner and then-girlfriend Barbi Benton are served by Playboy Club Bunny Cheri (R), 1970<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">The AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>During the last three months of 1961, over 132,000 people paid a visit to the Chicago club, rendering it the busiest nightclub in the world.<\/p>\n<p>A rabbit-headed metal Playboy key - switched for a metal key-card by 1966 - was required for admission.<\/p>\n<p>Playboy Club membership soon became a status symbol and many keyholders didn\u2019t even make use of them. Only 21% of all key holders ever went to a club.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6389636608344549\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//78//51//00//808x515_cmsv2_f9637912-8f70-589d-b0fa-63ca9dafd5f7-7785100.jpg/" alt=\"Greg Smith&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/384x245_cmsv2_f9637912-8f70-589d-b0fa-63ca9dafd5f7-7785100.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/640x409_cmsv2_f9637912-8f70-589d-b0fa-63ca9dafd5f7-7785100.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/750x479_cmsv2_f9637912-8f70-589d-b0fa-63ca9dafd5f7-7785100.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/828x529_cmsv2_f9637912-8f70-589d-b0fa-63ca9dafd5f7-7785100.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1080x690_cmsv2_f9637912-8f70-589d-b0fa-63ca9dafd5f7-7785100.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1200x767_cmsv2_f9637912-8f70-589d-b0fa-63ca9dafd5f7-7785100.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1920x1227_cmsv2_f9637912-8f70-589d-b0fa-63ca9dafd5f7-7785100.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Playboy bunnies celebrate Easter at the Club in Dallas, Texas, 1978<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Greg Smith&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Throughout the worldwide venues\u2019 existence, the clubs went hand-in-hand with popular culture, featuring in episodes of <em>Charlie\u2019s Angels<\/em> and in 1971\u2019s <em>Diamonds Are Forever<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the James Bond film, the eponymous character was revealed to be a member of the club.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s popularity took off almost instantly, with numerous new locations opening across the United States.\u00a0Hefner\u2019s bunnies soon went international, with sites popping up from Jamaica to Osaka.<\/p>\n<p>In 1965, the first of Playboy&#039;s British casinos was opened, following legalisation of gambling in the UK. By 1981, the casino at 45 Park Lane was the most profitable casino in the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6496666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//78//51//00//808x525_cmsv2_ad7ea189-7df1-523c-8a7d-c44d73620983-7785100.jpg/" alt=\"AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/384x249_cmsv2_ad7ea189-7df1-523c-8a7d-c44d73620983-7785100.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/640x416_cmsv2_ad7ea189-7df1-523c-8a7d-c44d73620983-7785100.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/750x487_cmsv2_ad7ea189-7df1-523c-8a7d-c44d73620983-7785100.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/828x538_cmsv2_ad7ea189-7df1-523c-8a7d-c44d73620983-7785100.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1080x702_cmsv2_ad7ea189-7df1-523c-8a7d-c44d73620983-7785100.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1200x780_cmsv2_ad7ea189-7df1-523c-8a7d-c44d73620983-7785100.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1920x1247_cmsv2_ad7ea189-7df1-523c-8a7d-c44d73620983-7785100.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">London&apos;s original Playboy Club on the corner of Park Lane and Curzon Street, 1981<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lansing\u2019s own Playboy Club opened a year later, continuing with the tradition of the key cards.<\/p>\n<p>It was a traditional Hefner venue in every sense. As well as the now iconic costumes and bunny logo, the women employed had to weigh themselves in front of bosses and were punished if their weight had fluctuated.<\/p>\n<p>By 1987, Lansing was one of the few remaining clubs not pushed out by larger nightspots and was forced to drop the key cards, taking any business it could drum up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.8673333333333333\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//78//51//00//808x703_cmsv2_67021239-cdf0-5d39-a4e3-23653c93e156-7785100.jpg/" alt=\"David Olds&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/384x333_cmsv2_67021239-cdf0-5d39-a4e3-23653c93e156-7785100.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/640x555_cmsv2_67021239-cdf0-5d39-a4e3-23653c93e156-7785100.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/750x651_cmsv2_67021239-cdf0-5d39-a4e3-23653c93e156-7785100.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/828x718_cmsv2_67021239-cdf0-5d39-a4e3-23653c93e156-7785100.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1080x937_cmsv2_67021239-cdf0-5d39-a4e3-23653c93e156-7785100.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1200x1041_cmsv2_67021239-cdf0-5d39-a4e3-23653c93e156-7785100.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1920x1665_cmsv2_67021239-cdf0-5d39-a4e3-23653c93e156-7785100.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Bunnies Kay (L) and Michelle pictured during the final days of the Lansing venue<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">David Olds&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The women who worked there said the club had grown pass\u00e9, along with the Playboy brand, turning from glamorous to sleazy.<\/p>\n<p>Hugh Hefner\u2019s Playboy magazine had gone into decline by then too.<\/p>\n<p>In 1975, average circulation of the publication was 5.6 million and by 2017 - the year the Playboy founder died - that figure was just 400,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6784523015343562\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//78//51//00//808x550_cmsv2_313893b1-870b-5692-8eda-2a70ac97d78d-7785100.jpg/" alt=\"AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/384x261_cmsv2_313893b1-870b-5692-8eda-2a70ac97d78d-7785100.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/640x434_cmsv2_313893b1-870b-5692-8eda-2a70ac97d78d-7785100.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/750x509_cmsv2_313893b1-870b-5692-8eda-2a70ac97d78d-7785100.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/828x562_cmsv2_313893b1-870b-5692-8eda-2a70ac97d78d-7785100.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1080x733_cmsv2_313893b1-870b-5692-8eda-2a70ac97d78d-7785100.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1200x814_cmsv2_313893b1-870b-5692-8eda-2a70ac97d78d-7785100.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/51\/00\/1920x1303_cmsv2_313893b1-870b-5692-8eda-2a70ac97d78d-7785100.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Hugh Hefner poses with a group of bunnies at the Playboy Club in Los Angeles, days before the club closed, 1986<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2018, a new iteration of the Playboy Club was opened in New York City to immense criticism. Questions were raised over the wisdom of opening such a space in the #MeToo era. Just over a year after its opening, the venue was shut down.<\/p>\n<p>While the Playboy brand certainly didn\u2019t die with Hefner, its popularity is certainly diminished. 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","url":"democracy-is-a-tool-of-satan-the-murky-world-of-orthodox-influencers","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\u201cDemocracy is a tool of Satan that has been perfected by Jews and their gentile allies in secret societies to take sly control of nations while allowing citizens to feel that they have a choice in the matter, keeping them compliant and dumb.\u201d \n\nThese are the written words of Roosh Valizadeh .\u00a0 \n\nIn his rampantly anti-Semitic online writings - which parrot the classic line that Jews run the world \u2013 the former pickup and alt-right blogger, turned Orthodox zealot, talks about a once Christian West transformed into a state of \u201cJewish pornographic sewage\u201d. \n\nAlleged national decline is a prominent theme in the American\u2019s writings, believing untold millions in the Western world have sold their \u201csouls for comfort, money, and sex\u201d. \n\n\"America\u2019s \u201cmoral sickness\u201d is in its terminal stage,\u201d he wrote \u00a0in one blog post. \u201cThe boomers are busy counting their money, Gen X is trying to keep their 2.1 children from becoming gay, millennials opened Pandora\u2019s box on degeneracy\u2026 and the zoomers may not be able to keep their brains intact from being exposed to hardcore pornography at the age of eight.\u201d \n\n\u2018They\u2019re done with democracy\u2019 \n\nRoosh V is just one of a small clique of more radical Orthodox internet celebrities. \n\nOrthodox Christianity in the United States is a very complex religious scene, with each influencer having their own particular brand. \n\nHistorically Orthodoxy was the faith of Eastern European immigrants. However, Sarah Riccardi-Swartz , assistant professor of religion and anthropology at Northeastern University, told Euronews the religion is being pulled to the right, \"even alt-right\", by a rising cohort of home-grown converts. \n\n\u201cThey go by labels like traditionalist, America First, patriots or monarchists. They use all sorts of different political descriptors. But one of the things they have in common is that they\u2019re largely far-right. They're kind of done with American democracy,\u201d she said. \n\nMany tap into disaffection within religious communities that mainstream church leaders and right-wing politicians have let society turn its back on religion and morality. \n\nUsing meme culture, their own websites and social media platforms, such as Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, the Orthodox celebs reach tens of thousands of people on a daily basis. \n\n\u201cWhat\u2019s drawing people specifically to Orthodoxy is they see it as a faith that is unchanged, one that has kept to traditional gender roles, forms of patriarchy and hierarchy,\u201d Riccardi-Swartz explained. \u201cThat's really appealing to a community that feels like society and gender roles are shifting rapidly.\u201d \n\n\u201cIt's fascinating that they use social media to expand their base and movement, which is a lot about getting back to the land... and going offline,\u201d she added, pointing out how modern technologies were ironically being used to revive deeply traditional societies. \n\n\u2018Alpha male versions of only fans girls\u2019 \n\nMuch far-right Orthodox influencer chat focuses on what it means to be a man in modern society, with their listeners mostly young, university-educated white men, hailing from upper-middle-class backgrounds, explained Riccardi-Swartz. \n\nOne example is 30-year-old David Patrick Harry , a PhD student at the University of Berkley and founder of the so-called Church of the Eternal Logos . \n\nIn stripped-down live streams, introduced with ethereal religious hymns overlapped with hip-hop beats, he delivers speeches on the manosphere \u2013 an umbrella term for male supremacist ideas and groups \u2013 to his nearly 20,000 subscribers. \n\nHis Instagram - again followed by tens of thousands - is a mix of esoteric Orthodox musings, gym videos and glitzy churches. \n\nIn one illuminating video, he criticises the misogynistic internet star Andrew Tate as an example of morally disreputable men who are \u201cself-absorbed\u201d,\u201d materialistic\u201d and \u201dhedonistic\u201d \u2013 instead arguing for a \u201ctrue patriarchy\u201d of spiritual principles. \n\n\u201cMen are the castle walls, women and children are the jewels inside\u2026 when men don't have values that transcend the physical world\u2026 they collapse,\u201d he said in one live stream, published in June.\u00a0 \n\nContradictions blight some Orthodox influencers' messages, however. \n\nA prevalent theme across some of their online content is a critique of capitalism and how it has helped unleash malevolent forces in society. \n\nHowever, according to Riccardi-Swartz, \u201cmany of them are micro-celebrities. They have created brands, promote their content, have ads, monetise their podcasts and YouTube videos, and often sell things.\u201d \n\nHarry, for example, touts his own branded caps, drawstring bags, premium video sponsorship ($250) and one-on-one education and consulting for up to $380. Other influencers earn income from streaming services, like iTunes and Spotify, and one even hawks CBD gummies. \n\n\u201cIt's just all a grift at some level,\u201d Riccardi-Swartz told Euronews. \u201cThey're promoting what they perceive as an idyllic utopia of traditionalists. But in reality, they're just recapitulating capitalism, over and over again.\u201d \n\n\u2018The Orthodox youth can only be entertained by memes for so long\u2019 \n\nThough spread over a large diffuse area, the Orthodox church\u2019s far-right micro stars are taking action and trying to bring about change. \n\nDissident Mama \u2013 focused on the alleged cultural genocide of US southerners and \u201canti whiteness\u201d \u2013 writes put-downs of critics, railing against \u201cscardey cat socialists\u201d, \u201cpaid propagandists posing as historians\u201d and \u201cprogressives Greta Thunberg-ese\u201d. \n\nDarker actions have been taken by some followers of the clique, such as abusing social groups they oppose and doxxing critical Orthodox priests, revealing personal details about their families.\u00a0 \n\nAll this radicalism is creating a rift within the church between younger vocal upstarts and the established powers, many of whom are older men who have little understanding of digital technologies, explained Riccardi-Swartz. \n\n\u201cI get emails on the regular from older ethnic Russians and Greeks and Eastern European Orthodox Christians who are very concerned about how their parish demographics are changing. They don't understand why when they go to coffee hour, there's now a young white man telling them that they're gonna go to hell if they don't vote for the Republican Party,\u201d she said. \n\n\u201cThings are shifting. You now have a minority religious faith, which is sort of being colonised by white American men.\u201d \n\n\u201cIt's very scary.\u201d \n\nDespite their online hubris, many were still doubtful their movement could take the streets by storm. \n\n\u201cEven if you wanted to assemble a movement to combat the Jewish cultural terrorist, you would not be able to find many men who (1) still possess the cognitive ability to perceive the truth and accept it, (2) have enough physical stamina to endure a fight that requires them to stand for more than two hours a day, and (3) won\u2019t be taken down by the Feds in an unseemly sting operation on trumped-up charged instigated by a loser infiltrator,\u201d\u00a0wrote Orthodox blogger Roosh V. \n\n\u201cWe cannot speak the truth, we cannot organise, we cannot even identify the enemy with our speech, and if we dare do so, we will be utterly destroyed and made to whisper it on the fringes.\"\u00a0 \n\n\"Can you imagine what would happen to you if you went into the bars and slapped every Jew you saw,\" he added. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>\u201cDemocracy is a tool of Satan that has been perfected by Jews and their gentile allies in secret societies to take sly control of nations while allowing citizens to feel that they have a choice in the matter, keeping them compliant and dumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These are the written words of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//rooshv/">Roosh Valizadeh<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his rampantly anti-Semitic online writings - which parrot the classic line that Jews run the world \u2013 the former pickup and alt-right blogger, turned Orthodox zealot, talks about a once Christian West transformed into a state of \u201cJewish pornographic sewage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Alleged national decline is a prominent theme in the American\u2019s writings, believing untold millions in the Western world have sold their \u201csouls for comfort, money, and sex\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\"America\u2019s \u201cmoral sickness\u201d is in its terminal stage,\u201d he <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.rooshv.com//corneliu-zelea-cordreanu-revolutionary-or-saint/">wrote/u00a0in one blog post. \u201cThe boomers are busy counting their money, Gen X is trying to keep their 2.1 children from becoming gay, millennials opened Pandora\u2019s box on degeneracy\u2026 and the zoomers may not be able to keep their brains intact from being exposed to hardcore pornography at the age of eight.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018They\u2019re done with democracy\u2019<\/h2><p>Roosh V is just one of a small clique of more radical Orthodox internet celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>Orthodox Christianity in the United States is a very complex religious scene, with each influencer having their own particular brand.<\/p>\n<p>Historically Orthodoxy was the faith of Eastern European immigrants. However, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//RiccardiSwartz/">Sarah Riccardi-Swartz<\/strong><\/a>, assistant professor of religion and anthropology at Northeastern University, told Euronews the religion is being pulled to the right, \"even alt-right\", by a rising cohort of home-grown converts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey go by labels like traditionalist, America First, patriots or monarchists. They use all sorts of different political descriptors. But one of the things they have in common is that they\u2019re largely far-right. They&#039;re kind of done with American democracy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Many tap into disaffection within religious communities that mainstream church leaders and right-wing politicians have let society turn its back on religion and morality.<\/p>\n<p>Using meme culture, their own websites and social media platforms, such as Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, the Orthodox celebs reach tens of thousands of people on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s drawing people specifically to Orthodoxy is they see it as a faith that is unchanged, one that has kept to traditional gender roles, forms of patriarchy and hierarchy,\u201d Riccardi-Swartz explained. \u201cThat&#039;s really appealing to a community that feels like society and gender roles are shifting rapidly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#039;s fascinating that they use social media to expand their base and movement, which is a lot about getting back to the land... and going offline,\u201d she added, pointing out how modern technologies were ironically being used to revive deeply traditional societies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//qVgKuRNHlMc/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>\u2018Alpha male versions of only fans girls\u2019<\/h2><p>Much far-right Orthodox influencer chat focuses on what it means to be a man in modern society, with their listeners mostly young, university-educated white men, hailing from upper-middle-class backgrounds, explained Riccardi-Swartz.<\/p>\n<p>One example is 30-year-old <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//_dpharry/">David Patrick Harry<\/strong><\/a>, a PhD student at the University of Berkley and founder of the so-called <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//channel//UCH8JwgaHCkhdfERVkGbLl2g/">Church of the Eternal Logos<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In stripped-down live streams, introduced with ethereal religious hymns overlapped with hip-hop beats, he delivers speeches on the manosphere \u2013 an umbrella term for male supremacist ideas and groups \u2013 to his nearly 20,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>His Instagram - again followed by tens of thousands - is a mix of esoteric Orthodox musings, gym videos and glitzy churches.<\/p>\n<p>In one illuminating video, he criticises the misogynistic internet star Andrew Tate as an example of morally disreputable men who are \u201cself-absorbed\u201d,\u201d materialistic\u201d and \u201dhedonistic\u201d \u2013 instead arguing for a \u201ctrue patriarchy\u201d of spiritual principles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//zwBfhWyHLL0/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cMen are the castle walls, women and children are the jewels inside\u2026 when men don&#039;t have values that transcend the physical world\u2026 they collapse,\u201d he said in one live stream, published in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Contradictions blight some Orthodox influencers&#039; messages, however.<\/p>\n<p>A prevalent theme across some of their online content is a critique of capitalism and how it has helped unleash malevolent forces in society.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Riccardi-Swartz, \u201cmany of them are micro-celebrities. They have created brands, promote their content, have ads, monetise their podcasts and YouTube videos, and often sell things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harry, for example, touts his own branded caps, drawstring bags, premium video sponsorship ($250) and one-on-one education and consulting for up to $380. Other influencers earn income from streaming services, like iTunes and Spotify, and one even hawks CBD gummies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#039;s just all a grift at some level,\u201d Riccardi-Swartz told Euronews. \u201cThey&#039;re promoting what they perceive as an idyllic utopia of traditionalists. 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The realities of living in a homeless encampment during the hottest July on record","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Arizona\u2019s homeless fear burns as outside surfaces heat up to 82C","titleListing2":"Arizona: The realities of living in a homeless encampment during the hottest July on record","leadin":"Homeless people are some of the most vulnerable to death during a heatwave. This what it's like living in an encampment in Phoenix, Arizona.","summary":"Homeless people are some of the most vulnerable to death during a heatwave. This what it's like living in an encampment in Phoenix, Arizona.","url":"arizona-the-realities-of-living-in-a-homeless-encampment-during-the-hottest-july-on-record","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Stefon James Dewitt Livengood was laid out for days inside his makeshift dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona, struggling to breath, nauseous and vomiting. \n\nEvery day this month, temperatures have soared past 43.3 degrees Celsius. \n\nLivengood said he stopped briefly at a free clinic that took his blood pressure and declared it acceptable. But he received no other medical help for his apparent heat exhaustion , or for the peeling skin on his arms he believes was caused by sun exposure .\u00a0 \n\nHe is careful when he walks through the sprawling tent city, cognizant that if he falls, the simmering black asphalt could seriously burn his skin. \n\n\u201cIf you\u2019re going outside, let somebody know where you\u2019re going so you can be tracked so you don\u2019t pass out out there,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cIf you fall out in the heat, you don\u2019t want a third degree burn from the ground.\u201d \n\nHigh temperatures can be deadly to homeless people \n\nHomeless people are among those most likely to die in the extreme heat in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.\u00a0 \n\n\nThe city is seeing its longest run of consecutive days of 43.3 Celsius ever recorded , clocking 28 in a row as of Thursday, even as the first monsoon storm of the season brought some overnight relief. \n\n\u201cIt has been a scary situation this year and it's especially scary for our homeless population,\u201d said Dr. Geoff Comp, an emergency room physician for Valleywise Health in central Phoenix. \n\n\u201cThey have a more constant exposure to the heat than most of us.\u201d \n\nPeople living outside are also vulnerable to surface burns from contact with hot metal, concrete or asphalt. \n\nSurgeons at the Arizona Burn Center\u2013Valleywise Health recently warned about burns caused by walking, sitting or falling on outside surfaces reaching up to 82.2 degrees Celsius. \n\nThe burn centre last year saw 85 people admitted with heat-related surface burns for the months of June through August. Seven died. \n\nRecord high overnight temperatures persisted above 32.2 degrees Celsius for 16 days straight after finally slipping to 31.6 Celsius on Thursday after a storm Wednesday evening kicked up dust, high winds and a bit of rainfall. \n\nIf temperatures don't drop sufficiently after the sun sets, it's hard for people's bodies to cool down, health professionals say, especially those who live in flimsy structures without air conditioning or fans. \n\n\u201cPeople really need a lot of water and a cooling system to recover overnight ,\u201d Comp said. \n\nWhat is life like for homeless people during a heatwave? \n\n38-year-old Livengood sleeps in a structure cobbled together with a frame of scavenged wood and metal covered by blue vinyl tarp.\u00a0 \n\nThe space inside is large enough to stand up and walk around in and features an old recliner and a bicycle Livengood uses less now that he spends more time inside with the sides of his dwelling open. \n\n\u201cSome of the friends that I\u2019ve made down here, they come check on me if they don\u2019t see me moving around,\" he said. \n\nThere is no air conditioner, fan or even electricity in Livengood's home, just a little, flat piece of plastic he uses as a hand fan. \n\nLivengood's shack stands among some 800 people living in tents and other makeshift dwellings outside Arizona\u2019s largest temporary shelter. The tents stand close together on concrete sidewalks, and seem to increase the stifling heat from the encampment called \u201cThe Zone.\u201d \n\nBut the location is convenient. Nearby agencies provide social services, food and life-saving water, including the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the Boys and Girls Club, the YMCA and St. Mary\u2019s Food Bank. \n\nLivengood can get breakfast and lunch with faith-based groups in the area before taking a nap in his recliner . \n\nOn some hot days, the local transportation agency Valley Metro send over a couple of empty buses so people can sit for hours in the air conditioning.\u00a0 \n\nOn other days, Livengood and a few friends walk to a nearby city park and sit in the shaded grass under trees outside a public swimming pool. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a definite part of what keeps everybody safe down here in the \u2018The Zone,\u2019\u201d Livengood said, ticking off the things people distribute: hygiene items, sunscreen, lip balm, hats and cooling rags. \u201cA lot of love is given out here.\u201d \n\nLivengood tells of a childhood of trauma and neglect. Born in Phoenix and originally named Jesse James Acosta Jr., Livengood spent much of his early years in public housing in a low-income, largely African American neighbourhood of south Phoenix.\u00a0 \n\nBoth of his parents spent time in prison. His mother struggled with addiction, giving birth to a daughter behind bars, and later slipped into homelessness. \n\n\u201cMy childhood has been filled with a lot of memories of being bounced around, never really having anything stable,\u201d Livengood said. \n\nLivengood was adopted at age 12 by a woman named Denise who legally changed his name to the current one. He and the rest of his adoptive family moved to Alaska, where his adoptive mother died in a traffic accident. \n\nLivengood struggled in school and met the mother of his son. He later left behind the woman and their child to return to Phoenix, a decision he regrets. \n\nBack in the desert, Livengood said he is well aware of the dangers from extreme heat from the pamphlets volunteers pass out with bottles of icy water. \n\n\u201cYeah, it gets really hot out here, guys,\" he said. \"Stay hydrated, drink plenty of water even when you think you\u2019ve had a lot of water. And drink more.\u201d \n\n40 per cent of last years heat-related deaths were homeless people\u00a0 \n\nUnhoused people accounted for about 40 per cent of the 425 heat-associated deaths tallied last year in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, during its hottest summer on record .\u00a0 \n\n\nMore than half of the 425 deaths occurred in July and 80 per cent occurred outdoors. \n\nMaricopa County reported Wednesday that as of 22 July, there were 25 heat-associated deaths confirmed this year going back to 11 April. Another 249 deaths remain under investigation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Stefon James Dewitt Livengood was laid out for days inside his makeshift dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona, struggling to breath, nauseous and vomiting.<\/p>\n<p>Every day this month, temperatures have soared past 43.3 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>Livengood said he stopped briefly at a free clinic that took his blood pressure and declared it acceptable. But he received no other medical help for his apparent <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//19//extreme-heat-how-high-temperatures-affect-the-human-body/">heat exhaustion<\/strong><\/a>, or for the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//07//08//how-to-protect-your-skin-from-sun-damage-as-temperatures-set-to-soar/">peeling skin on his arms he believes was caused by sun exposure<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is careful when he walks through the sprawling tent city, cognizant that if he falls, the simmering black asphalt could seriously burn his skin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re going outside, let somebody know where you\u2019re going so you can be tracked so you don\u2019t pass out out there,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you fall out in the heat, you don\u2019t want a third degree burn from the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7779658\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//26//anticyclones-marine-heatwaves-and-climate-change-the-science-behind-europes-brutal-summer/">Anticyclones, marine heatwaves and climate change: The science behind Europe\u2019s brutal summer<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>High temperatures can be deadly to homeless people<\/h2><p>Homeless people are among those <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//04//overheating-parisians-have-the-highest-risk-of-heat-related-deaths-in-europe/">most likely to die in the extreme heat<\/strong><\/a> in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The city is seeing its <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//27//july-2023-is-expected-to-be-the-hottest-month-ever-recorded-climate-scientists-say/">longest run of consecutive days of 43.3 Celsius ever recorded<\/strong><\/a>, clocking 28 in a row as of Thursday, even as the first <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//19//watch-monsoon-rains-raise-river-levels-to-touch-the-walls-of-the-taj-mahal-in-45-year-high/">monsoon storm of the season brought some overnight relief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a scary situation this year and it&#039;s especially scary for our homeless population,\u201d said Dr. Geoff Comp, an emergency room physician for Valleywise Health in central Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have a more constant exposure to the heat than most of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People living outside are also vulnerable to surface burns from contact with hot metal, concrete or asphalt.<\/p>\n<p>Surgeons at the Arizona Burn Center\u2013Valleywise Health recently warned about burns caused by walking, sitting or falling on outside surfaces reaching up to 82.2 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>The burn centre last year saw 85 people admitted with heat-related surface burns for the months of June through August. Seven died.<\/p>\n<p>Record high overnight temperatures persisted above 32.2 degrees Celsius for 16 days straight after finally slipping to 31.6 Celsius on Thursday after a storm Wednesday evening kicked up dust, high winds and a bit of rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>If temperatures don&#039;t drop sufficiently after the sun sets, it&#039;s hard for people&#039;s bodies to cool down, health professionals say, especially those who live in flimsy structures without air conditioning or fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople really need a lot of water and a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//22//rising-temperatures-will-make-it-harder-to-sleep-these-regions-will-be-worst-affected/">cooling system to recover overnight<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d Comp said.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7783330,7778194\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//02//greek-wildfires-have-unleashed-the-same-co2-emissions-in-july-as-over-222000-cars-in-a-yea/">How damaging were Greek wildfires? Experts explain how heatwave fanned the flames<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//26//polish-city-pushes-for-more-green-spaces-as-country-is-hit-by-heatwave/">Polish city pushes for more green spaces as country is hit by heatwave<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What is life like for homeless people during a heatwave?<\/h2><p>38-year-old Livengood sleeps in a structure cobbled together with a frame of scavenged wood and metal covered by blue vinyl tarp.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The space inside is large enough to stand up and walk around in and features an old recliner and a bicycle Livengood uses less now that he spends more time inside with the sides of his dwelling open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the friends that I\u2019ve made down here, they come check on me if they don\u2019t see me moving around,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>There is no air conditioner, fan or even electricity in Livengood&#039;s home, just a little, flat piece of plastic he uses as a hand fan.<\/p>\n<p>Livengood&#039;s shack stands among some 800 people living in tents and other makeshift dwellings outside Arizona\u2019s largest temporary shelter. The tents stand close together on concrete sidewalks, and seem to increase the stifling heat from the encampment called \u201cThe Zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the location is convenient. Nearby agencies provide social services, food and life-saving water, including the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the Boys and Girls Club, the YMCA and St. Mary\u2019s Food Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Livengood can get breakfast and lunch with faith-based groups in the area before <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//19//time-for-a-siesta-german-doctors-call-for-midday-work-breaks-as-temperatures-rise/">taking a nap in his recliner<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On some hot days, the local transportation agency Valley Metro send over a couple of empty buses so people can sit for hours in the air conditioning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On other days, Livengood and a few friends walk to a nearby city park and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//01//heatwaves-kill-thousands-every-summer-heres-how-many-lives-we-could-save-by-planting-trees/">sit in the shaded grass under trees<\/strong><\/a> outside a public swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a definite part of what keeps everybody safe down here in the \u2018The Zone,\u2019\u201d Livengood said, ticking off the things people distribute: hygiene items, sunscreen, lip balm, hats and cooling rags. \u201cA lot of love is given out here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Livengood tells of a childhood of trauma and neglect. Born in Phoenix and originally named Jesse James Acosta Jr., Livengood spent much of his early years in public housing in a low-income, largely African American neighbourhood of south Phoenix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both of his parents spent time in prison. His mother struggled with addiction, giving birth to a daughter behind bars, and later slipped into homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy childhood has been filled with a lot of memories of being bounced around, never really having anything stable,\u201d Livengood said.<\/p>\n<p>Livengood was adopted at age 12 by a woman named Denise who legally changed his name to the current one. He and the rest of his adoptive family moved to Alaska, where his adoptive mother died in a traffic accident.<\/p>\n<p>Livengood struggled in school and met the mother of his son. He later left behind the woman and their child to return to Phoenix, a decision he regrets.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the desert, Livengood said he is well aware of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//24//spain-bans-outdoor-work-during-heatwaves-what-is-the-future-for-manual-labour/">dangers from extreme heat<\/strong><\/a> from the pamphlets volunteers pass out with bottles of icy water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, it gets really hot out here, guys,\" he said. \"Stay hydrated, drink plenty of water even when you think you\u2019ve had a lot of water. And drink more.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6841106\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//21//heatwave-13-cheap-ways-mediterraneans-have-stayed-cool-for-centuries/">Europe is heading into yet another heatwave: Here are 13 unusual ways to stay cool <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>40 per cent of last years heat-related deaths were homeless people<\/h2><p>Unhoused people accounted for about 40 per cent of the 425 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//10//first-week-of-july-was-the-hottest-on-record-says-un-weather-agency/">heat-associated deaths tallied last year<\/strong><\/a> in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, during its <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//18//hottest-temperatures-ever-how-do-countries-in-europe-compare/">hottest summer on record<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>More than half of the 425 deaths occurred in July and 80 per cent occurred outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>Maricopa County reported Wednesday that as of 22 July, there were 25 heat-associated deaths confirmed this year going back to 11 April. 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