And there has been some success already. Picsart, a AI-powered photo and video editing website and app, was launched in Armenia in 2011. Today the company of the same name, which has dual headquarters in Yerevan and Miami, is valued at $1.5bn.
Climate change brings dangerous variability, notes Abatzoglou. That swing in weather we've seen in southern California, from a period of heavy rainfall to suddenly hot, dry, fire-sparking conditions – known as "hydroclimate whiplash" – is clearly very problematic."It's really these sequences that I think are important when it comes to fire," says Abatzoglou.
"Rapid swings between unusually wet to unusually dry conditions. That's something we are seeing across the globe."The UK inflation rate has gone up for the second month in a row, with prices rising at their fastest pace since March. What does it mean for you?The main measure of inflation - looking at how much prices had risen over the previous 12 months -
That is a lot lower than its peak during the cost of living crisis. In 2022, inflation soared to 11.2% because oil and gas were in greater demand after the Covid pandemic, and energy prices surged again when Russia invaded Ukraine.Inflation had fallen to 1.7% in September this year - its lowest level for over three years - but now it's rising again.
The Office for National Statistics, which calculates the inflation rate, highlighted the rising cost of petrol and diesel as one of the key reasons behind the latest inflation rise.
Tobacco products went up after the chancellor raised taxes on them in the Budget. Clothing, footwear and electronic games also cost more.Many islanders were caught and punished for
a Jersey schoolmaster who was arrested in 1944 for anti-German activities.He was deported and held in German concentration camps
Huge construction works were carried out on all the islands built by forced labourers and slave workers.When the first slaves arrived at the end of 1941 islanders were shocked as many of the prisoners were starving and dressed in rags.