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2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ukraine boycott world judo champs as Belarusians compete under flag
Ukraine's Anton Savytskiy (blue) in the men's -100 kg category at the European Judo Championships in Podgorica on April 26, 2025 (SAVO PRELEVIC) Ukraine will not compete in the world judo championships starting on Friday in Budapest in protest at two Belarusians who will compete under their country's flag for the first time since the Russian-backed invasion of Ukraine. Belarusians Aliaksandr Sidoryk and Yahor Varapayeu are on the entry list in the under 90kg category, flying their country's flag, something they have been prohibited from doing since the start of the invasion on February 24, 2022. Advertisement According to the Ukrainian Judo Federation, a decision by the International Judo Federation (IJF) Executive Board in mid-May authorised Belarusian judokas to represent their country under their flag from June 1. The IJF is the first international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to formalise the return of the Belarusian flag. The IJF authorised Russian and Belarusian judokas to compete under neutral banners from March to September 2022, before banning them in accordance with IOC recommendations. On March 28, 2023, the IOC recommended international federations allow athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports to participate under neutral banners and under strict neutrality conditions, maintaining the exclusion for team competitions. Advertisement Ukraine boycotted the 2023 World Judo Championships due to a decree from the Ukrainian Ministry of Sports prohibiting athletes in its official delegations from participating in competitions featuring Russians or Belarusians. This decree was amended on July 26, 2023, and now only applies to "athletes representing the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus," allowing them to compete against athletes under a neutral banner. For the 2025 World Judo Championships in Budapest, no Ukrainians are on the entry list and Russian judokas are competing under a neutral banner. When contacted by AFP about the return of the Belarusian flag and the Ukrainian boycott, the IOC did not immediately respond. The IJF's decision, however, directly violates IOC recommendations, which have been consistent since the end of March 2023. cfe-dif-tba/ea/iwd
Toronto Sun
30-05-2025
- Climate
- Toronto Sun
Half of world's population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts say
Published May 30, 2025 • 3 minute read Montenegro youths bathe on the banks of River Cijevna, in the outskirts of the city, as temperatures reach as high as 42C amid a heat wave, in Podgorica on July 10, 2024. Photo by SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP via Getty Images Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world's population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The extreme heat caused illness, death, crop losses, and strained energy and health care systems, according to the analysis from World Weather Attribution, Climate Central and the Red Cross. 'Although floods and cyclones often dominate headlines, heat is arguably the deadliest extreme event,' the report said. Many heat-related deaths are unreported or are mislabeled by other conditions like heart disease or kidney failure. The scientists used peer-reviewed methods to study how much climate change boosted temperatures in an extreme heat event and calculated how much more likely its occurrence was because of climate change. In almost all countries in the world, the number of extreme heat days has at least doubled compared with a world without climate change. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Caribbean islands were among the hardest hit by additional extreme heat days. Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States, endured 161 days of extreme heat. Without climate change, only 48 would have occurred. 'It makes it feel impossible to be outside,' said Charlotte Gossett Navarro, chief director for Puerto Rico at Hispanic Federation, a nonprofit focused on social and environmental issues in Latino communities, who lives in the San Juan area and was not involved in the report. 'Even something as simple as trying to have a day outdoors with family, we weren't able to do it because the heat was too high,' she said, reporting feeling dizzy and sick last summer. When the power goes out, which happens frequently in Puerto Rico in part because of decades of neglected grid maintenance and damage from Hurricane Maria in 2017, Navarro said it is difficult to sleep. 'If you are someone relatively healthy, that is uncomfortable, it's hard to sleep … but if you are someone who has a health condition, now your life is at risk,' Gossett Navarro said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Heat waves are silent killers, said Friederike Otto, associate professor of climate science at Imperial College London, one of the report's authors. 'People don't fall dead on the street in a heat wave … people either die in hospitals or in poorly insulated homes and therefore are just not seen,' he said. Low-income communities and vulnerable populations, such as older adults and people with medical conditions, suffer the most from extreme heat. The high temperatures recorded in the extreme heat events that occurred in Central Asia in March, South Sudan in February and in the Mediterranean last July would have not been possible without climate change, according to the report. At least 21 people died in Morocco after temperatures hit 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius) last July. People are noticing temperatures are getting hotter but don't always know it is being driven by climate change, said Roop Singh, head of urban and attribution at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, in a World Weather Attribution statement. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'We need to quickly scale our responses to heat through better early warning systems, heat action plans, and long-term planning for heat in urban areas to meet the rising challenge,' Singh said. City-led initiatives to tackle extreme heat are becoming popular in parts of South Asia, North America, Europe and Australia to coordinate resources across governments and other agencies. One example is a tree-planting initiative launched in Marseille, France, to create more shaded areas. The report says strategies to prepare for heat waves include monitoring and reporting systems for extreme temperatures, providing emergency health services, cooling shelters, updated building codes, enforcing heat safety rules at work, and designing cities to be more heat-resilient. But without phasing out fossil fuels, heat waves will continue becoming more severe and frequent and protective measures against the heat will lose their effectiveness, the scientists said. 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