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People escape the searing summer heat at Baghdad Aquatic Centre in Baghdad, Iraq, July, 6, 2023
EARTH’S average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week.
The planetary average hit 17.23°C, surpassing the 17.18°C mark set on Tuesday and equalled on Wednesday, according to data from the University of Maine's Climate Reanalyser.
That average includes places that are sweltering in dangerous heat such as Jingxing in China, which recorded 43.3°C.
Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
ROGER McKENZIE looks at the gradual demise of US’s nefarious influence around the world and the complexity of impending freedom
