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Temperature increases have been reported in dozens of store cooling systems, weeks after a similar attack in France.
Temperature increases have been reported in dozens of store cooling systems, weeks after a similar attack in France.
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Esmaeil Baghaei said Qatar is facilitating indirect talks based on Iran’s seven-step peace plan.
<p>Concerns about datacenters and high energy bills could help Democrats clinch races in Ohio, Arizona and Michigan</p><p>In Arizona, where summer temperatures regularly hit triple digits, air conditioning can be a matter of life and death. This year, as the state recorded its <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/weather/2026/09/11/arizona-us-had-warmest-summer-to-date-did-el-nio-play-a-part/91699212007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z111209p002050l001850c002050e1126xxv111209&gca-ft=8&gca-ds=sophi">hottest summer on record</a>, Diali Avila’s monthly power bill went up to $400, the highest it has ever been.</p><p>Avila, the state director for Climate Power, an advocacy group, said the upcoming elections offered voters an opportunity to elect candidates who can ease their utility bills. “People are making the connection: they’re looking at their electricity bills that they get at the end of the month, and then they’re looking at their ballot, and they’re [realizing], this is my moment to take action,” she said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/02/electricity-bills-midterm-elections">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Prospect to hold workplace sessions and recruit members under agreement with tech company</p><p>Trade unions are expected to make further inroads into big tech companies in the UK after new rights for unions to access workplaces <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/30/tuc-leader-union-recognition-private-sectoraccess">came into force</a>, with Google UK signing an agreement on Monday.</p><p>The Prospect union has reached an agreement with Google to begin organising among about 7,000 workers across its UK operations, including YouTube but excluding DeepMind.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/nov/02/unions-google-workers-uk-employment-rights">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Action taken to prevent bottom trawling in the marine protected area and conserve porpoise populations</p><p>Greenpeace activists have dropped boulders in the North Sea to snag the dragnets of industrial trawlers fishing in a marine protected area.</p><p>Activists onboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise dropped the giant stones to form an underwater barrier around the Southern North Sea marine protected area (MPA) – the UK’s most bottom-trawled MPA.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/02/greenpeace-boulder-barrier-north-sea-industrial-fishing-bottom-trawling-marine-protected-area">Continue reading...</a>