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Japan’s outside-the-icebox way to stay cool
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Japan’s outside-the-icebox way to stay cool

A Japanese company has come up with a novel way to beat the heat: a human-sized refrigerator.

After a summer from hell, will voters embrace climate action?
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After a summer from hell, will voters embrace climate action?

In both Canada and the United States, there has been so much climate-related extreme weather that it is hard to keep track. The summer started with wildfires and floods in typically temperate Nova Scotia. Heat records have fallen in Arizona. Ocean water the temperature of a hot tub has killed coral in the turquoise waters of the Florida Keys. A deadly fire laid waste to tropical Maui. A hurricane hit L.A. So ... have voters been paying attention?

Election officials display a ballot paper while sorting and counting votes after polls close at a polling station during Zambia's general elections.
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Election crisis in one of Africa’s most stable democracies, Mecca agreement may get another signee, SCOTUS sides with Trump on mail-in ballots

The mineral-rich southern African nation of Zambia is slipping into political crisis following last week’s disputed election, in which incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema won a second five-year term.

A church is pictured during sunset as a heat wave hits Europe in Oisy-le-Verger, France.
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Why we need to adapt to a hotter world

In coming years, billions of dollars will be spent to change the way we live, work, and survive in a world of hotter temps and extreme weather events.