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Passengers heading to Lisbon “will see total eclipse at 11,000 metres”

Portugal Resident

Passengers heading to Lisbon “will see total eclipse at 11,000 metres”

Spanish low-cost airline Vueling has announced today that 11 flights coincide with Wednesday’s solar eclipse, and on two routes it will be possible to observe the phenomenon in its entirety. The post Passengers heading to Lisbon “will see…

Portugal Resident

'Total incinerated destruction': Canada wildfire evacuees wonder if they still have homes

'Total incinerated destruction': Canada wildfire evacuees wonder if they still have homes

More than 12,000 people have been forced to evacuate over the weekend after a wildfire quickly tore through Canada's picturesque Okanagan region.

China’s Long March 7A rocket explodes after launch, satellite lost

South China Morning Post

China’s Long March 7A rocket explodes after launch, satellite lost

China has suffered a rare failure of one of its newer-generation Long March rockets, losing a communications satellite after the launcher exploded shortly after take-off on Monday night. Around 8pm Beijing time, the 60-metre (197-foot)…

South China Morning Post

Din l-Art Ħelwa Slams ERA’s Comino Tree Decision As ‘Environmental Vandalism’

Lovin Malta

Din l-Art Ħelwa Slams ERA’s Comino Tree Decision As ‘Environmental Vandalism’

Din l-Art Ħelwa has condemned the Environment and Resources Authority’s (ERA) decision to approve tree removal linked to the Six Senses Comino development, calling it an “act of environmental vandalism”. In a strongly worded statement, the…

Lovin Malta

Russia Rolling Out Starlink-Style Network Faster Than Expected, Kyiv Says

The Moscow Times

Russia Rolling Out Starlink-Style Network Faster Than Expected, Kyiv Says

Russian forces had been using gray-market Starlink terminals in Ukraine until Kyiv successfully lobbied SpaceX to disable them earlier this year.

The Moscow Times

From Stonehenge to the Serpentine - satellite images show impact of hot, dry summer

From Stonehenge to the Serpentine - satellite images show impact of hot, dry summer

From Stonehenge to the Serpentine the impact on parts of the UK from a long, hot, summer can be seen from space.

Rare animals threatened as wildfire ravages New Forest heathland

Rare animals threatened as wildfire ravages New Forest heathland

More than 120 firefighters tackling blaze which started on Sunday after a van caught fire near habitat ‘more rare than rainforest’ More than 120 firefighters are tackling a “devastating” blaze on internationally protected heathland in the…

Jean hoped bird flu wouldn’t come to Australia. Then it arrived – and she saw a tern ‘trembling and swaying’

Jean hoped bird flu wouldn’t come to Australia. Then it arrived – and she saw a tern ‘trembling and swaying’

Volunteers are on the lookout for sick birds as outbreak shatters ‘fairytale belief’ that disease would not reach Australia Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Bird enthusiast Jean Turner hoped avian flu would…

Dogs can distinguish between fearful and angry or sad human faces, brain scans suggest

Dogs can distinguish between fearful and angry or sad human faces, brain scans suggest

Researchers analysed activity in regions of brain when dogs were shown images of different facial expressions While dogs are known to turn the puppy eyes on their owners , it seems our pets are keeping a close eye on us too: research has…

Rush to find solar eclipse glasses as UK high street stocks run short

Rush to find solar eclipse glasses as UK high street stocks run short

Some online shoppers may have left it too late to order – but you can view partial eclipse indirectly without specs A frantic rush is on across the UK to find the right kind of protective eyewear ahead of Wednesday’s partial solar eclipse…

Retail investors dispose of SpaceX shares for first time on Aug 7, with US$4.5m in net sales

Straits Times

Retail investors dispose of SpaceX shares for first time on Aug 7, with US$4.5m in net sales

The stock is recovering and is now near the US$135 IPO price it has traded under since July 16.

Straits Times

Firefighters struggle to put out three wildfires in southwestern Spain

Euronews