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I challenge the Rothko naysayers to stand in front of his monumental art and not feel awe – Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

An exhibition in Florence that pairs his giant canvases with Renaissance religious art brought me to the edge of tears. It is the perfect refuge from the infinite scroll As an unbaptised agnostic raised with no religion, the closest I ever…

World Cup's carbon footprint under scrutiny as Fifa boss racks up air miles

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been a busy man at this World Cup but his unquenchable thirst to pack in as many matches as possible is causing unrest among environmentalists who are questioning his indifference to climate change.

PNP orders manhunt for Muntinlupa scam hub masterminds, financiers

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine National Police (PNP) ordered a follow-up operation to locate and arrest the masterminds and financiers behind an underground scam hub in Muntinlupa City. The investigation stemmed from the June 15 arrest…

US scientist John Jumper to leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic

SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE RISE OF CIVILISATIONAL STATES

Samuel Huntington is making a comeback. In his 1996 book The Clash of Civilisations , the American political scientist deeply divided academic opinion by arguing that culture, rather than ideology, would drive post-Cold War conflicts. In…

From compliance to credibility: What may strengthen environmental assessment outcomes in Nepal?

Photo: Unsplash/ Visual Stories || Micheile Nepal’s environmental assessment framework has been in place since the late 1990s, evolving through successive regulatory updates, including the current provisions under the Environment…

Russia’s West battlegroup destroys 49 drone control posts, two Starlink stations

The battlegroup also eliminated three ammunition depots

SpaceX handed lowest possible ESG rating by MSCI

Triple C score puts Elon Musk’s company on par with Russia after 2022 invasion of Ukraine

“You’re dead” — Europe’s SpaceX fights back against Musk prophecy

Ariane 6 rocket programme gets help from Jeff Bezos as it seeks to emerge from US rival’s shadow

Ukrainian army loses 3 Starlink terminals, 42 fixed-wing drones in battlegroup’s East area

The enemy also lost more than 440 servicemen

Minor in custody after missing girl found dead in Tarlac

TARLAC CITY — A minor person of interest has been placed under custody following the discovery of the body of a missing six-year-old girl in a farm area in Victoria, Tarlac province on Friday evening, June 19, at the boundary of Barangay…

Ukraine war briefing: Drones strike Russia’s Tyumen oil refinery 2,000km away, says Zelenskyy

Reports from Siberia confirm attack, while Ukrainian president says new weapon has 3,000km range; occupied Crimea under attack. What we know on day 1,579 Volodymyr Zelenskiy has confirmed that Ukrainian drones attacked an oil refinery in…