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'Not a lot of time for nerves': As Europe burns, Australian pilots join the frontline

'Not a lot of time for nerves': As Europe burns, Australian pilots join the frontline

More Australian aerial firefighting pilots are spending the European summers helping local authorities battle wildfires.

The Australians spending their European summer waiting for a 15-minute warning

The Australians spending their European summer waiting for a 15-minute warning

More Australian aerial firefighting pilots are spending the European summers helping local authorities battle wildfires.

‘An underused tool’: How regenerative farmers are shielding Spanish land from wildfires

‘An underused tool’: How regenerative farmers are shielding Spanish land from wildfires

Europe’s regenerative farmers are providing vital wildfire protection – but they need more support.

How astronaut Luca Parmitano gears up for the Artemis III Moon mission

How astronaut Luca Parmitano gears up for the Artemis III Moon mission

NASA has presented Artemis III, its next step toward a Moon landing, as one of the most complex missions undertaken by the space agency. Luca Parmitano explains why and how he is preparing for it.

Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment

Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment

Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways Over-the-counter flea treatment for cats and dogs should be banned as millions of hazardous chemicals are unnecessarily…

Deer stranded on rock shelf highlights looming urban pest problem

ABC News

Deer stranded on rock shelf highlights looming urban pest problem

A deer stranded on an ocean rock shelf near swimmers and cyclists in Wollongong is the latest example of pest species encroaching into urban areas.

ABC News

High court blocks plan to extract two Sydney Harbours’ worth of groundwater from the desert

High court blocks plan to extract two Sydney Harbours’ worth of groundwater from the desert

The 30-year licence was granted grow fruit and vegetables but native title holders say it threatened sacred sites and the fragile desert environment Native title holders have won a high court appeal, overturning the largest groundwater…

Business Bhutan

Tourism Strengthened Further as Bhutan Expands Experiences, Upgrades Trails and Creates New Opportunities

Bhutan’s tourism sector is entering a new phase of expansion and transformation, with the government intensifying efforts to increase visitor arrivals, extend stays, diversify tourism experiences and ensure that the benefits of tourism…

Business Bhutan

How an amputee Chinese scientist is fortifying the country’s military software

South China Morning Post

How an amputee Chinese scientist is fortifying the country’s military software

Much of the global debate on Chinese military power focuses on hardware but a vital part of the modernisation process is in the niche field of software verification. Wang Ji, a computer science researcher at the National University of…

South China Morning Post

A gentle correction to Obasanjo’s claims on Ghali Na’Abba

Daily Trust

A gentle correction to Obasanjo’s claims on Ghali Na’Abba

Let me state at the outset that we recognise that the original intention of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter was to reply to what he called “the inaccurate posture” of former governor Segun Osoba in an article titled, “How…

Daily Trust

‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities

‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities

Increasingly erratic weather patterns due to climate change mean people are losing homes, crops and livestock As rain lashed the Pir Panjal mountains before dawn on 19 July, Haji Mohammad Latief stepped outside his home in Murrah, a remote…

Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias

Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias

Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic Last week, 186 passengers had to be evacuated from the cruise ship Viking Ullur, after it ran aground…