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    Chinese cities battle Covid as Olympics loom

    12 Jan 2022

    China is battling coronavirus outbreaks in several cities, testing the country’s strict “zero-covid” strategy just weeks before Beijing hosts the Winter Olympics. Here’s a rundown of the measures in place in key areas of the world’s most populous nation.

    UAE’s heart-warming drive for those battling the cold

    10 Jan 2022

    Winter is the time when the cold really holds one in a vice-like grip. It particularly affects the homeless and the poor. For the well-off and those who can afford warm beds, heaters or even a fireplace, handling the cold weather is a breeze.

    Heat will stay on in Europe this winter, but after?

    29 Dec 2022

    Europe is likely to scrape through this winter without cutting off gas customers despite reduced Russian supplies, but even adjusting to colder homes and paying more may not be enough in coming years, analysts say. “I like a hot house, I have to admit... I really used a lot of gas,” said Sofie de Rous, who until this year kept her home on the

    Migrants near border face cold wait for asylum ruling

    23 Dec 2022

    Hairdresser Grisel Garcés survived a harrowing, four-month journey from her native Venezuela through tropical jungles, migrant detention centers in southern Mexico and then jolting railcar rides north toward the US border. Now on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande across from El Paso, Texas, she’s anxiously awaiting

    Europe has somehow dodged energy apocalypse

    11 Jan 2023

    Europe has dodged an energy apocalypse this winter, economists and officials say, thanks to unusually warm weather and efforts to find other sources of natural gas after Russia cut off most of its supply to the continent. Natural gas suppliers in recent days have increased their stocks at a time when they’re usually being drawn down

    Ukraine braces for ‘dark’ harsh winter

    08 Oct 2023

    Ukraine faces a second winter of lengthy power outages amid relentless Russian missile and drone attacks that have left parts of the energy system more vulnerable than a year ago. Thousands of engineers have toiled over the summer months to repair broken equipment, and better air defences could help

    UK to catch up with Europe on heat pump adoption

    06 Dec 2023

    In a quiet field in eastern England a vast heat pump generates enough warmth to supply houses throughout a historic village, a pilot project testing ways to spur renewable energy use in a country that is falling behind its net zero targets. Resembling a large agricultural site, with gleaming silver water vats,

    Winter vibes

    03 Oct 2022

    My wife already has her blanket on the bed. So try to reckon during winters. Time to get my winter wrappers and hoodies out after those long blistering summer months out here. Some of the stores are already decked up selling winter outfits and this reminisces me of Christmas. As the weather is getting cooler it makes my daily regime

    Cool weather

    12 Feb 2024

    The United Arab Emirate residents and tourists from many parts of the world are enjoying the chilly weather, spending their quality of time with family and friends (“Thunderstorm, rainbow, chilly breeze bring back winter in UAE,” Feb.12, Gulf Today website). According to the report, heavy rains with

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    16 Feb 2024

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