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PARIS AP 鈥?Lights on the Eiffel Tower will soon be turned off more than an hour earlier at night to save electricity, the Paris mayor announced Tuesday, as聽Russia war in Ukraine deepens an聽energy crisis in Europe.Mayor Anne Hidalgo said the iconic tower that is normally illuminated until 1 a.m. is only one of the city monuments and municipal buildings that will be plunged into darkness earlier in the evening as the French capital 鈥?like the rest of France and Europe 鈥?faces risks of power shortages, rationing and blackouts when energy demand surges this winter.Russia has reduced natural gas supplies聽to several European countries as they support Ukraine, sending prices for gas and electricity surging. It 聽fueled inflation聽and raised fears about shrinking supp stanley cup lies as the heating season draws near, forcing countries to enact conservation measures and relief for consumers and businesses. While some聽European companies have reduced or halted production聽as energy prices surge, the聽European Union is looking to pass proposals聽to ease the crisis.WATCH: As pr stanley cup ice of natural gas surges, so do household energy billsLights on the Eiffel Tower will be turned off after the last visitor leaves at 11:45 p.m., starting Sept. 23, Hidal stanley cup go said. Other landmarks operated by the city, such as Saint-Jacques tower and City Hall, will be turned off at 10 p.m. Its a symbolic, but an important step, Hidalgo said, brushing off criticism that Paris authorities could do more to redu Dxpt Justice Dept. to sue NC for alleged racial discrimination at the voting booth
ABOARD A C130 CARGO PLANE OVER PAKISTAN | We ;re flying back to Islamabad, Pakistan capital, after a day-long trip, care of the U.S. State Department, to survey flood damage in the south and see some of the relief efforts. At the front of the plane, Dr. Rajiv Shah, the new administrator of the U.S. stanley cup Agency for International Development, huddles with aides and writes in a notebook, presumably discussing the U.S. role in the massive relief and reconstruction effort that will be needed in Pakistan. After we land, Shah has a meeting scheduled with the country president.It has been a whirlwind of rushed activity bookended by the two-hour long plane trips stanley cup for the dozen or so journalists ferried down to Sukkur to watch Shah as he moved quickly through two camps housing people displaced by floods. During his 20 minute-long visits to each, he talked with some of the homeless as well as with aid workers. Shah announced that the U.S. would add another $50 million to the $150 million already committed to disaster relief the $50 million will come out of a previously-approved $7.5 development grant for Pakistan . My journalist skepticism aside, it is impossible not to feel touched by the utter devastation I ;ve witnessed d stanley cup uring my brief time here, and to see the need for humanitarian assistance. I looked out of the windows of this plane and saw floodwaters off into the horizon, islands of structures and trees poking up here and there. I ;ve spoken t |
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