July will be the hottest month ever recorded on the planet, notes Grumpy Editor.
That finding comes from the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization, gathered in partnership with the European Copernicus Climate Change Service.
"Climate change is here. It is terrifying, and it is just the beginning,” says U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Human-caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions are ultimately the main driver of these rising temperatures, poimts out Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus service. "Extreme weather which has affected many millions of people in July is unfortunately the harsh reality of climate change and a foretaste of the future.”
"We are now seeing clearly around the world why it is so urgent to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adds Professor Petteri Taalas, head of the WMO, the U.N.'s weather service. He called climate action "not a luxury, but a must.”
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ECONOMY STRONG IN SECOND QUARTER. The economy was stronger than expected in the second quarter. Gross domestic product, broadest measure of economic output, grew by an annualized, seasonally adjusted 2.4 percent rate in the April-through-June period. That was a faster pace than in the first three months of the year and was also above economists’ expectations for a 1.8 percent rate,
BEER MAKER LAYING OFF HUNDREDS. Anheuser-Busch, maker of the beer Bud Light, is laying off hundreds of corporate positions across the U.S. The company says it will impact less than two percent of its work force nationwide.
NORTH KOREA PARADE MARKS KOREAN WAR. Marking the truce that halted the Korean War 70 years ago, North Korea held an evening military parade in downtown Pyongyang. The three-year war technically has not ended since there has been no peace treaty. About 90 percent of foreign troops that participated in the Korean War were from the U.S.
WASHINGTON POST SEES RED INK. Ten years after The Washington Post was purchased by Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos, the publication is "on a pace to lose about $100 million in 2023," according to a New York Times report.
GORILLAS FOOL ZOO KEEPERS. Zookeepers at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium were surprised with the birth of a baby gorilla. A gorilla was thought to be male until the gorilla care team discovered it (the mother) holding the baby gorilla.
M*A*S*H ITEMS SOLD. Combat boots and dog tags actor Alan Alda wore in the TV series M*A*S*H sold at auction for $125,000. Alda held on to the items for more than 40 years after the show ended.
MARINES EXPECT TO MEET RECRUITING GOAL. While the Army, Navy and Air Force say they expect to fall short of recruiting goals this year, the Marines Expect to meet theirs. While the Marines have a smaller recruiting goal than the Army –-- 33,000 vs. 65,000 –-- they have high standards, refusing to take potential recruits who get low scores on the Armed Services Voluntary Aptitude Battery test.
