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• A lifecycle emissions analysis reveals that replacing a functional fossil-fuel vehicle with an electric vehicle (EV) is almost always beneficial for the climate, even if the existing car is new. • Although manufacturing a new EV generates an initial "carbon debt," the study finds that this is typically offset by lower driving emissions within three years. • This finding highlights the long-term environmental advantages of transitioning to electric transport to reduce overall carbon footprints.

• A suspected shooter, identified as a former lawmaker, was arrested after firing shots at a senior official inside a government office in Thailand. • The incident occurred shortly after the country experienced its deadliest shooting in nearly four years, highlighting a volatile security climate. • This event underscores ongoing concerns regarding firearm prevalence in Thailand, which had the highest gun ownership rate in Southeast Asia as of 2017.

Order also recommends all shots be given at separate medical visits though cost of doing them together is lowerDonald Trump has signed an executive order with plans for sweeping changes to the childhood vaccination schedule that attempts to override the authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).It’s an attempt to undergird the changes made earlier this year to CDC vaccination recommendations, which were halted by a federal judge. The CDC is the federal agency tasked with recommending vaccines, not the White House. Continue reading...

Chris Philp says patrol vessel may have been trying to stop him highlighting the small boats crisisUK politics live – latest updatesA Conservative MP has claimed a French warship fired warning shots near a boat he was on in the Channel in an attempt to stop him covering the small boats crisis.Chris Philp, who is his party’s home affairs spokesperson, was being interviewed by the BBC a couple of miles off Boulogne on Tuesday when the warship Flamant passed by. As it did so, a French navy officer standing at the stern fired 17 shots from a handgun, aiming away from Philp. Continue reading...

No one was injured and no suspects have been identified in connection to shooting near Toronto compound, police sayShots were fired near the US consulate in Toronto early on Monday but no one was injured in the second shooting near the diplomatic compound in four months.“Officers heard a firearm being discharged in the area,” and “a white sedan was seen fleeing the scene”, Toronto police said on X. Continue reading...

• Astronomers have discovered a massive object orbiting a brown dwarf every 170 days on an oval path. • The object is estimated to be 90% as massive as Jupiter, making it an exceptionally large satellite. • This discovery is a milestone in the search for exomoons and challenges existing scientific definitions by blurring the line between a moon and a planet.

• Morning Rounds reports on several critical health updates, including the legal and administrative status of service members who refused the Covid-19 vaccine. • The briefing highlights a current Ebola outbreak, which is described as the fastest-growing in history, signaling an urgent public health crisis. • These stories underscore the ongoing tension between military mandates and personal health choices, as well as the volatility of global infectious disease containment.