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The mystery has stoked public interest and frustration among lawmakers, with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin telling reporters Monday that crews had yet to recover debris from the three most recent incidents. Announcing a new interagency team to study these objects, the White House said Monday they posed no threat to people on the ground, sent no communication signals and had no maneuvering or propulsion capabilities.The US military has been using a broader range of radar data as it monitors North American airspace, taking a deeper look at more objects it might have leaked in the past, the National Security Council…

“It is time that we start factoring climate change into our development plans,” Evans Mukolwe, a former head of the Kenyan and UN weather agencies, told The Associated Press. “The current drought that we warned about a few years ago has broader ramifications for socioeconomic conditions in the region, including peace, security, and political stability.”Mukolwe added that climate change has contributed to below-average rainy seasons in the region for some three decades.The Intergovernmental Authority on Development's climate center said five rainy seasons have failed since 2020, affecting more than 50 million people. The center will release its projections for the…

With the Brooklyn Nets' "Big Three" disbanded following three separate trades over the past two seasons, speculation has begun as to where it all went wrong. Three of the best players in the NBA, Kyrie Irving, James Harden and Kevin Durant, were on the same team but played fewer than 20 games together. While general manager Sean Marks and owner Joe Tsai believed they had the right plan, the furthest the team had gotten was the second round of the playoffs in the past four seasons.Harden spoke about his time with the Nets on Saturday, which drew attention after being…

A study published Monday offers even more evidence of the harmful effects of sugar on health. He investigationpublished in the journal BMC Medicine, found that diets high in free sugars, a category that includes sugar added to processed foods and soft drinks, as well as that found in fruit juices and syrups, increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.The study was based on data on the eating habits of more than 110,000 people aged 37 to 73 in the UK, whose health outcomes were then tracked for around nine years.The results suggested that every 5% increase in the proportion…