A little wet snow and rain is expected on Monday night, January 6, in western regions, and in the afternoon throughout Ukraine, according to Ukrhydrometzetr.
On the roads of the country, except for the south, in some places icy. The wind is southern, 7-12 m/s, in the west, in the afternoon and southern regions in some places gusts of 15-20 m/s.
Temperatures at night 3-8° frost; during the day from 1° frost to 4° warm, in the Carpathian region, in the Crimea and most of the southern regions 4-9° warm.
In Kiev on January 6, there will be no precipitation at night and light wet snow and rain during the day. The wind is southerly, 7-12 m/s. The temperature at night 4-6° frost, during the day 0-2° warm.
According to the Central Geophysical Observatory named after Borys Sreznevsky, in Kiev for all the time of meteorological observations, the highest temperature on January 6 was recorded in 1988 at 9.8° of heat, the lowest in 1935 at 30.8° of frost.
Tuesday, January 7, in Ukraine without precipitation, only in the eastern and northeastern regions at night a little wet snow. On the roads of the country, except for the south, in some places icy. Wind south, southwest, 7-12 m/s.
Temperatures at night from 4° warm to 1° frost; in the daytime 4-9° warm, in southern regions and in the Carpathian region 7-12°. In the Carpathians without precipitation, daytime temperature 0-5° warm.
In Kiev on January 7, no precipitation. The roads are icy in places. The wind is south, southwest, 7-12 m/s. The temperature at night 0-2° of heat, during the day 6-8°.
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Long-term mortgage rates in the U.S. continued to climb last week, reaching their highest level since July.
The average rate on thirty-year loans stood at 6.91% per annum on Thursday, up from 6.85% a week ago, government mortgage corporation Freddie Mac said. It was at 6.62% a year earlier.
“Mortgage rates hit their highest point in six months, a step away from 7%,” said Freddie Mac chief economist Sam Khater, quoted in the report. – Negative factors for the market persist.”
However, he noted that despite this, the index of pending home sales in the U.S. secondary market (pending home sales) in November rose.
The index is a leading indicator of activity in the real estate market . Pending sales are those for which a contract has been signed, but the transaction has not yet closed. It usually takes 4 to 6 weeks to close.
Fifteen-year mortgages now average 6.13% APR versus 6% a week ago and 5.89% a year ago.
Freddie Mac calculates average rates based on data from about 80 mortgage loan originators nationwide. The rates do not take into account potential fees and other fees associated with mortgages.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Muthe Bowrup Egede has emphasized his desire for independence from Denmark, marking a significant change in the rhetoric surrounding the island’s future, Reuters reported.
“It is time for us to step up and shape our future ourselves, including in terms of who we will work closely with and who will be our trading partners,” Egede said in his New Year’s Day speech.
He noted that “our cooperation with the Kingdom of Denmark has not resulted in full equality.” “Now it is time for our country to take the next step. Like other countries around the world, we must work to remove the obstacles to cooperation, which we can describe as the shackles of colonialism, and move forward,” the Greenlandic prime minister said.
Egede added that the decision on independence is up to the people of Greenland, but did not say when the vote might take place.
Greenland’s government has reportedly rejected US President-elect Donald Trump’s offers to buy the island twice, in 2019 and again in 2024, with Egede asserting that “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and we will never be for sale.”
Parliamentary elections are due in Greenland by April 6.
Reuters writes that an independence movement has been gaining momentum in Greenland in recent years, in part because of revelations of Danish actions in the twentieth century. Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953, but is now a self-governing territory and was granted the right to declare independence by vote in 2009. In 2023, the Greenlandic government presented its first draft constitution.
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