When she took to the floor to give her State of the Union speech on 13 September, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen largely stood by the script. Describing her vision of an economically [Read More]
There is more to working from home than skipping the traffic and getting to wear pyjamas all day. In fact, for a lot of people it’s becoming the new normal. According to a recent report, [Read More]
At least 10 people died and three were severely injured in India’s eastern state of Odisha due to lightning strikes amid heavy rains over the past 24 hours, a senior official in the state government [Read More]
The iconic snow-covered peaks of the Italian Alps are facing an imminent and irreversible disappearance, according to recent research. Research conducted by the University of Milan, environmental lobby group Greenpeace, and the Italian Glaciological Committee [Read More]
China’s national observatory on Thursday renewed a red alert for Typhoon Saola, the most severe warning in its four-tier typhoon warning system, as the ninth typhoon of this year is expected to bring gales and [Read More]
The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) was expanded across London on Tuesday to help improve the megacity’s air quality, but the move has drawn widespread criticism at a time when households have already been financially [Read More]
Jordan has announced a plan to build a major solar panel factory in the southeast Amman airport area, the state-run Petra news agency reported. The factory will cost around 100 million Jordanian dinars (around 141 [Read More]
The death toll from the Maui wildfires in the U.S. state of Hawaii climbed to 115 as of Monday, according to a fatality update from the County of Maui. By far, all single-storey residential properties [Read More]
The Saudi National Development Fund has announced that it will contribute 1.7 billion Saudi riyals (about 427 million U.S. dollars) to finance the largest solar project in the kingdom. With a total investment of 8.3 [Read More]
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Easter Island Region at 20:39:16 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in [Read More]
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