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Thick smog shrouds Asian cities
NEW DELHI (AP) — Thick smog shrouded New Delhi and other cities around South and Southeast Asia as air pollution levels soared Thursday.
Air pollution in the region worsens particularly in winter when the burning of crop residue in agricultural areas coincides with cooler temperatures that trap the smoke. The smoke is blown into cities, where there are more people and where auto emissions further add to the pollution. Emissions from industries without pollution controls and the use of coal to produce electricity are also linked to poor air quality in urban areas.
Several studies have estimated more than a million Indians die each year from air pollution-related diseases.
New Delhi’s air quality fell into the severe category, according to SAFAR, India’s main environmental monitoring agency. It measures particulate matter in the air that can enter the lungs.
A woman wearing a face mask walks on a street in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
In many areas of the city, the levels were more than 50 times higher than the World Health Organization’s recommended safe limit. Forecasters warned air quality will worsen before the arrival of cold winds next week that could blow away the smog.
Lahore, Pakistan, which is on the border with India, had an air quality index level considered hazardous, according to the Swiss group IQAir, which tracks global air quality.
The levels in Hanoi, Vietnam, were unhealthy, according to IQAir.
A woman wearing a face mask rides under a hazy sky in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Transport, industry and construction were the main causes of bad air in Hanoi, Nguyen Hoang Anh, deputy head of the environmental quality management division at the ministry’s Pollution Control Department told state media on Monday.
Hanoi has around 1 million cars and nearly 7 million motorbikes. Many are old and don’t meet emission standards. Construction projects also don’t stop dust from escaping, and factories use fossil fuel for power, contributing to the city’s smog.
Bangkok’s air quality was unhealthy for sensitive groups on IQAir. The Meteorological Department said air ventilation rates have been poor recently and an atmospheric inversion layer caused airborne particles to accumulate.
A thick layer of smog covers central in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A fruit seller arranges his stall in early morning as smog envelopes the area of Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A boy walks with drinking water as smoke rises from a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Thursday, Nov.14, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Thick smog hangs over West Lake in Hanoi blurring buildings in the distance, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Aniruddha Ghosal)
Pigeons rest on a traffic light post surrounded by a thick layer of smog in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A cyclist crosses a road as smog envelopes the area of Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Nguyen Van Thai, wearing a face mask, exercises by the West Lake under a hazy sky in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Commuters walk amidst a thick layer of smog in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A commuter wearing a mask rides on a road enveloped by smog in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A Delhi government vehicle sprinkles water to control air pollution as a thick layer of smog envelops the city, New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A worker sweeps a pathway surrounded by a thick layer of smog in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A family on a motorcycle waits at a traffic signal surrounded by smog in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A man leans on a tree on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
The sun shines through a thick layer of smog in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
People wearing face masks wait at a traffic signal in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A bird flies through a thick layer of smog in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Man charged with attempted murder, released after allegedly forcing toddler into crocodile enclosure at zoo
Man FORCES child into crocodile enclosure
A British man has been arrested after allegedly forcing a 3-year-old boy into a crocodile enclosure at a zoo. The child suffered critical injuries, and authorities say the suspect did not know the boy as the investigation continues.
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A man was released from custody on Friday after he was charged with attempted murder for allegedly forcing a 3-year-old boy into a crocodile enclosure at a zoo.
Cambridgeshire police said that the man, who remains unidentified, wasn’t fit to be interviewed.
The boy suffered critical injuries in the incident at Johnsons of Old Hurst, a farm and zoo in Huntingdon, England, north of London.
The 30-year-old man will remain on bail until Sept. 30, pending further inquiries.
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A crocodile rests inside an enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst, a farm and zoo in Old Hurst, Cambridgeshire, Britain, on April 14, 2026. (Dorota Dee Trajdos/Reuters)
“The man, who is not known to the victim, was assessed as not being fit for interview,” police said in a statement.
The boy is in stable condition, after reportedly suffering a broken arm and pelvis.
He was saved from the crocodile by Tracey Johnson, the wife of the zoo’s owner.
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“I know Tracey very well and she’s a lovely lady and it’s nothing more than I’d expect from her,” a local told BBC News. “She’d always put her own life at risk to save someone else. She’s an extraordinary lady and very brave.
The villager added that Johnson put herself in “immense danger” during the rescue.
The owners said their tropical house would remain closed until further notice.
Crocodiles rest inside an enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst farm and zoo in Old Hurst, Cambridgeshire, Britain, on April 14, 2026. (Dorota Dee Trajdos/Reuters)
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the boy and his family following the incident that occurred today,” the owners wrote on social media.
Johnsons of Old Hurst is a farm and zoo north of London in Huntingdon, England. (Google Maps)
Huntingdonshire district councillor Charlotte Lowe said she couldn’t “fathom how it’s happened because they’ve got all the right protection and safety equipment, for want of a better word, in there,” The Guardian reported.
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US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his comments on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, saying she asked him “over and over” for a photo when the pair met at the G7 summit in France earlier this week.
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Following the summit, Trump told an Italian journalist that he “felt sorry for Meloni” after she “begged me to take a picture with her”.
Meloni hit back in a video posted to social media, branding Trump’s claims as “completely made up” and insisting that neither she nor Italy begs anyone for anything.
The once close pair’s relationship has grown increasingly fractious in recent months, particularly since Rome refused to provide the US support for its operations in Iran and after Meloni defended Pope Leo XIV, who was criticised by the Trump administration over his remarks on the war and the US’s immigration policies.
“Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked, over and over, for a picture with me during the G-7 meeting in France,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account on Saturday. “She is doing poorly in Italy with her level of popularity, possibly because she turned down the United States of America, a Country that truly loves and protects Italy, when it came to denying Iran from obtaining or developing a Nuclear Weapon”.
“Now, after the United States defeated Iran militarily, she wants to be friends again in order to get her “numbers up.” No thanks!!!” Trump added.
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