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Ukraine urges UN meeting on Putin’s nuclear weapons plan Tribune Content Agency Kyiv demanded an extraordinary meeting of the U.N. Security Council in its first official response to Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. “It is another provocative step, which undermines the principles of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the architecture of nuclear disarmament and the international security system,” the Ukrainian foreign min-

istry said Sunday in a lengthy response to the plan announced by Russia’s president. The ministry also appealed to Belarusian society to prevent the “implementation of criminal intentions,” saying the plan hatched by Putin with the support of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, “will have catastrophic consequences for its future.” Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled Belarusian opposition leader, said Russia’s planned deployment See Ukraine, Page A8

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The Solano Home and Garden Show hosted 115 vendors at the Dixon Fairgrounds, Sunday.

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5 planets will line up in a row above the Earth Here’s how to view the rare event Tribune Content Agency BOISE, Idaho — Look up in the night sky this week, and you might see something that hasn’t been around in almost 10 months. On Tuesday, a large planetary alignment involving five planets will streak across the sky. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus will appear to be in a nearstraight line, according to Star Walk Space. The last time multiple planets lined up in a similar pattern was in early June 2022, when

Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus aligned across the sky. Although Tuesday evening is the best time to see the alignment, stargazers can witness the event several days before and after Tuesday. Here’s what to know about the rare solar occurrence. Planetary alignment, also known as a conjunction between two planets, is, in essence, an optical illusion. The planets of the Solar System all move around the same orbital plane, according to National Geographic, so when several planets are on the same side of the sun as Earth, it looks as if they’re close together. In reality, the planets are hundreds of millions See Planets, Page A8

Woven baskets are on display during the Solano Home and Garden Show at the Dixon Fairgrounds, Sunday.

The Washington Post Every year, millions of monarch butterflies make their way across North America to spend winters in the same forests of central Mexico’s Michoacán state – a phenomenon that remains an evolutionary mystery. But in just one year, the population of monarch butterflies wintering in those hillsides dropped 22 percent, according to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Mexico report released last week. Monarch butterflies

are considered one of the world’s oldest and most resilient species. Their life cycles depend on optimal conditions: temperatures between 55 and the low 70s when they migrate, an abundance of milkweed when they mate, and some rain during the winters. But climate change has scrambled the consistent weather patterns they rely on, and more butterflies are dying. Monarch butterflies are known as experts of climate See Mexico, Page A8

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DIXON — Anyone looking for some new ideas for their home could find it at the annual Solano Home and Garden Show this weekend. Shawna Arzadon watched as people filed through the gates at the Dixon Fairgrounds. Her goal this year was to ensure that everyone had a good time. “We have new vendors this year and plenty of regulars who have been with us before,” she said. The show had a good turnout of vendors last year, with 86 making it to Dixon, but this year was even better with 115 vendors including

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