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Swiss hydropower is 12% less this year because of the hot summer and drought. In Spain and Portugal hydropower is down 20%. Switzerland gets 60% of its energy from hydropower and about 29% from nuclear energy, only 3% from fossil fuels. Water from melting glaciers are keeping some lakes at water levels close to normal.

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The NY Times shows what different world leaders said at the UN General Assembly this week.

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The Guardian looks at the catastrophe in the aftermath of flooding in the form of waterborne diseases that affect 33 million people in Pakistan. The worst hit parts are in Sindh province. A separate report says 16 million children are affected in 2022.

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The German government plans to give $8 billion to Uniper in exchange for  a majority stake in Germany's energy company Uniper. Uniper was hit hard when Russia turned off natural gas supplies. It reported a net loss of $12.6 billion for the first half of 2022. The German government will also take a stake in the Finnish company that owns Uniper, Fortum Oyj.

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James Marson tells the story of how Ukraine volunteer forces helped defend Kviv from the Russian army in the early days of the war. As refugees spilled out on the roads the regular army did not have the mobility and speed that volunteers organized in small units. Volunteers quickly blew up bridges and dams to slow the Russian advance until regular army units could move into action. This was how Kviv was defended in March 2022.

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Europe's largest river restoration on the Meuse river in the southern Nether lands. The river was widened and the banks lowered. wildlife and birds are coming back. People can walk the length of the river along paths on the banks.

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Liz Truss, new UK prime minister, says higher energy costs will not be passed on to bill payers and households.

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Inflation in the US eased from 8.5% to 8.3% in July according to the Labor Department consumer price index. This reflected declines in gasoline costs, airfares, and slower growth in cost of groceries. Climbing housing costs are a problem. They now make up 25% of the August 2022 inflation rate, up from 20% in February.

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The South Korean won has lost 17% of its value so far in 2022. Heavy reliance on exports to a rapidly slowing Chinese economy, high corporate and household debt levels, outflow of funds, and the depreciating won, reflect weakness in the Korean economy.

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Agricultural experts say it would take 2 bumper harvests to restore stable food supplies in the world after the effects of drought on agriculture and the war in Ukraine.

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Turkish president Erdogan says his talks with Mr. Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meetings gave him the impression that Russia would like to end the war as soon as it can. Ukraine is recovering some of the territory lost in the early days of the war in the Luhansk region as its forces advance leading to a situation in which a new phase is reached in the war.

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"Today's era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this." Modi tells Putin at a meeting this week with the Russian leader. And Putin's reply "I know your position on the conflict in Ukraine and the concerns that you constantly express. We will do our best to stop this as soon as possible. Only unfortunately the opposing side, the leadership of Ukraine, announced that it wants to achieve its goals by military means  as they say "on the battlefield."

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Unemployment rate in urban areas of India decrease for the fourth consecutive quarter to 7.6% in the April to June quarter of 2022. It is now lower than the pre-pandemic level.  Employment growth continued in July and August, as shown in the Global Purchasing Managers Indices for the Manufacturing and Services sectors. The Finance Ministry say what is at work are the reflection of "increasing effectiveness of income support and targeted subsidies provided by the government, creation of jobs from elevated levels of public sector capital expenditures, and general rise in employment levels."  Added to this are the foreign direct investment flows being the fifth largest among a "defined set of developed and developing economies," and the increase in exports.

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