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Red tape limits NGO role despite stronger giving environment in PH

Red tape limits NGO role despite stronger giving environment in PH

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has strengthened policies that encourage charitable giving, but nonprofit organizations continue to face significant barriers to partnering with the government in delivering public services because of…

What tools does the EU have to fight wildfires? Are they enough?

Euronews

What tools does the EU have to fight wildfires? Are they enough?

Europe’s wildfire crisis is testing the limits of the EU’s emergency response system, exposing a gap between growing firefighting capacity and slower efforts to make landscapes less flammable.

Euronews

Climate change set to redraw Africa’s malaria map, study finds

Straits Times

Climate change set to redraw Africa’s malaria map, study finds

Malaria killed an estimated 579,000 people in Africa in 2024, about three-quarters of them children under five.

Straits Times

Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo as Japan swelters

Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo as Japan swelters

Most of the zoo’s 16 lions have struggled to cope with high humidity this summer Three lions from a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are undergoing treatment, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, as the big cats struggle…

Nine Lives, the feral cat that terrorised New Zealand’s rare ducks, is caught after three years

Nine Lives, the feral cat that terrorised New Zealand’s rare ducks, is caught after three years

Large tabby cat that wiped out dozens of rare pāteke, or brown teal, has been killed after eluding trappers with its ‘very erratic’ behaviour A notorious feral cat given the name “Nine Lives” because it eluded trappers for three years has…

Tuesday briefing: Inside the right’s heated climate-denial debate

Tuesday briefing: Inside the right’s heated climate-denial debate

In today’s newsletter: A small chorus of right-leaning critics are trying to convince politicians that climate action is deeply unpopular, downplaying its seriousness in the process Good morning. Half of England and all of Wales are…

Oil giant BP profits more than double due to Iran war - again

Sky News

Oil giant BP profits more than double due to Iran war - again

Profit has again more than doubled at oil and gas giant BP as the war in Iran boosted fossil fuel prices.

Sky News

COCKROACH Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke revealed a crucial fact about himself to Newslaundry ’s Manisha Pande

Dawn

COCKROACH Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke revealed a crucial fact about himself to Newslaundry ’s Manisha Pande

He said he had seen Shahrukh Khan’s 2002 movie Swades (‘My country’) many times over since he was a child and he finds it inspirational. So, I too switched on YouTube and saw it to the extent one could. The story is about an Indian…

Dawn

The future of foldables has arrived: It’s time to make the switch

The future of foldables has arrived: It’s time to make the switch

Samsung is redefining what a smartphone can be with the launch of its newest foldable lineup: the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold8, and Galaxy Z Flip8. Designed for different lifestyles yet united by Galaxy AI, the latest Galaxy Z…

The Wildlife Trusts’ fight to save a historic English landscape – podcast

The Wildlife Trusts’ fight to save a historic English landscape – podcast

Madeleine Finlay travels to the Rothbury estate in Northumberland, in north-east England. It’s a piece of land that has been in the same family for 700 years, but now it has been put up for sale and the UK’s Wildlife Trusts are trying to…

Long-lost Byzantine-era vines are again cultivated on ancient Negev terraces

Times of Israel

Long-lost Byzantine-era vines are again cultivated on ancient Negev terraces

Discovery of 7th-century grape seeds at Avdat National Park in southern Israel inspires Nature and Parks Authority archaeologist to recreate wine valued across the ancient empire The post Long-lost Byzantine-era vines are again cultivated…

Times of Israel

WWII shells surface in wildfire-ravaged French village

WWII shells surface in wildfire-ravaged French village

LE PORGE, France — A huge forest fire near Bordeaux in southwestern France has revealed World War II shells in the village of Le Porge, where all residents returned to their homes on Monday after days of demining operations. Around 400…