Day: May 3, 2025

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Brooklyn

Organic growth spurt: NYC Sanitation composting is a big success


As we predicted, New York City’s new household organic waste collection mandate (also called composting) is working — and not because officials are hammering people with fines, but because official…

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Brooklyn

‘Mineral Diplomacy’: Trump Looks for a Win in the High-Stakes Battle for Vital Global Resources


‘Growth in minerals, metals, and energy is a matter of U.S. national security,’ an insider says.

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RT by @mikenov: ❗️🇬🇧Britain has transferred all of its 155mm AS-90 self-propelled howitzers to 🇺🇦Ukraine



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Brooklyn

RT by @Xudozhnikipoeti: «Дождь, звонкой пеленой наполнил небо майский дождь Гром, прогремел по крышам, распугал всех кошек гром Я открыл окно, и весёлый ветер разметал всё на столе – Глупые стихи, что писал я в душной и унылой пустоте». Юрий Шевчук. Сыктывкар. 1980-е. Фото Сергея Зиновьева.



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Brooklyn

Tánaiste does not believe arms being flown through Ireland to Israel


Tánaiste Simon Harris admitted it is ‘a real challenge’ to know what is being flown through Irish skies.

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Brooklyn

‘Ambitious’ software engineers admit €3,500 Ikea theft spree


Three “ambitious” software engineers have pleaded guilty to stealing more than €3,500 worth of goods during a series of thefts from Ikea in Dublin.Monnisha Nimma, 27, Ms Sai Radhika Kavuri, 32, and 34-year-old Sri Ravikiran Garimella, each with an address at Station Walk, N

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Brooklyn

Woman dies in Greek city ‘after bomb explodes in her hands’


Several shops and vehicles were damaged by the explosion.

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Brooklyn

Russian drone attack wounds 47 in Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv


Russia launched a major drone assault on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, wounding 47. Ukraine reported 183 drones and decoys fired, with 150 intercepted or jammed, alongside two ballistic missiles.

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Brooklyn

Паскаль Кэмпион. “Приключения зовут!”



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Brooklyn

В этот день родился Маттеус Поппельман (1662—1736), придворный архитектор герцога Саксонии. (Дворец Цвингер, Дрезден)