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� � � � � � Day of mourning declared in Czech Republic after gunman kills 14 at Prague university - BBC News    The Czech Republic has declared Saturday a national day of mourning after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 at a university in Prague. President Petr Pavel expressed his "great sadness" and "helpless anger at the totally unnecessary" loss of life. The gunman, who police said had been "eliminated", is believed to have also killed his father and may be linked to the deaths of two people last week. It is one of the worst mass shootings in recent European history. Continued here � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium San Diego: The US' unsung LGBTQ+ hub - BBC News    California has long been known as one of the most progressive, tolerant and LGBTQ+-friendly states in the US. Los Angeles was home to the US' first gay rights organisation and coined the term "Pride" to refer to gay advocacy. San Francisco hosted the country's first gay rights march and elected the first openly gay man to public office. The state was the first to legalise domestic partnerships between same-sex couples and consistently ranks as the best place in the US for LGBTQ+ travellers to visit. In 2017, California issued a travel ban prohibiting state-funded travel to any state "that discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression". The travel ban initially applied to just five states, but after a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation has swept across the US in the past seven years, it currently covers nearly half of the country. Now, in an effort to advance some of its other progressive policy goals, California is considering ending its travel ban and replacing it with an advertising campaign to promote acceptance and inclusion of LGBTQ+ people in these "banned" states. The move is the latest effort in California's long history of promoting acceptance and inclusion for the gay community. Continued here � � � � � � Vin Diesel: Film star accused of sexual battery by ex-assistant - BBC News    US actor Vin Diesel's former personal assistant is suing the Fast & Furious star, accusing him of sexual assault during the 2010 filming of Fast Five. A lawyer for the actor, real name Mark Sinclair, said his client "denies this claim in its entirety". Asta Jonasson claims in the lawsuit that the actor pinned her to a wall as he performed a sex act on himself. Continued here � � � � � � Should we geoengineer volcanoes? - BBC Future    One night in 1986, a cloud of CO2 gas emerged from an unsettled volcanic lake in Cameroon. It crept downslope, clinging to the ground, entering farms and buildings. What happened next was nothing short of horrific: more than 1,700 people and 3,000 livestock were suffocated. The death toll from the disaster of Lake Nyos, caused by a so-called "limnic" eruption, was so high that scientists and engineers were tasked with preventing it happening again. Three years later, they began siphoning off the deadly gas from the bottom of the lake with a simple garden hose, which was followed later by bigger pipes. The procedure wasn't without risk – it's possible that the siphoning could have triggered another major gas release – but it worked. CO2 gas levels since then have been successfully controlled. It's one of various example where "geoengineering" a volcano could save lives and prevent catastrophe. Over the years, various other approaches have been tried and proposed. For example, in Iceland, where a volcano began erupting spectacularly on the Reykjanes peninsula this week, the authorities have attempted to direct lava flows using mounds of rock. And in the 1970s, they attempted to use seawater to cool the outpourings of the volcano Heimaey. Elsewhere, such as Hawaii, planes have dropped bombs in the hopes of controlling volcanoes (unsuccessfully). And in the future, it's possible that drilling into magma chambers to degas them, or manipulating atmospheric sulphur emissions, could work.  Continued here

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