🎤 Biden-Trump exchange climate change jabs, Mount Everest-sized asteroid to fly by Earth this week, is Ozempic causing surprise pregnancies?

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The climate crisis took center stage in a heated debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

The two leaders clashed over their environmental records, with Biden challenging Trump’s claims about his actions to combat climate change.

The debate also touched on the Paris Climate Accord, a pivotal agreement aimed at limiting global warming. For more on this development, check out today’s Must-Read.

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🎤 US presidential debate: Biden-Trump exchange climate change jabs

When asked if he would take any actions to address climate change in his second term, Trump initially avoided the question. CNN moderator Dana Bash pressed him for a response, to which Trump declared his desire for “absolutely immaculate clean water” and “absolutely clean air.”

He went on to claim, “And we had it. We had the best numbers ever.”

However, Biden was quick to refute Trump’s assertions. “I don’t know where the hell he’s been. The idea that anything he said is true,” Biden responded, criticizing Trump’s environmental record.

💉 ‘Ozempic babies’: Popular diabetes drugs linked to surprise pregnancies

Injectable drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, originally meant for diabetes treatment, have swept the world as weight management medication. These are especially prevalent in popular conversation because of their purported use by Hollywood actors and other celebrities.

However, some women who were on Ozempic recently took to social media to announce their pregnancy, even though they were taking birth control pills. What’s more, certain others who had been diagnosed as ‘infertile’ conceived after a course of these drugs.

Scientists reveal that in some cases, increased fertility in women who have been injected with Ozempic or Wegovy is plausible, but in the current circumstances, they are awaiting more information.

☄️ ‘Planet-killer’: Mount Everest-sized asteroid to fly by Earth this week

What could be called a rare event, two “potentially hazardous” asteroids are set to fly past Earth this week, albeit they don’t pose any threat to our planet. While Asteroid (415029) 2011 UL21 will pass near Earth on June 27, Asteroid 2024 MK will fly by on June 29.

Nicknamed the “planet-killer,” 2011 UL21 is on a trajectory to make its closest approach to Earth in over a century.

Interestingly, Asteroid 2024 MK was discovered earlier this month, just 13 days before its close pass by Earth. While smaller than the asteroid 2011 UL21, it is still a considerable size, ranging between 390 and 885 feet in diameter.

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