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Dawn

THE floods are visiting us again

The death toll will be counted within days. The damage to roads, bridges and embankments will be tallied within weeks and translated into a dollar figure. Expect this assessment to dominate the coverage. It is legitimate but a wrong ledger…

Dawn

Live: Fontainebleau fire contained, but southern Europe on high alert as wildfires rage

Live: Fontainebleau fire contained, but southern Europe on high alert as wildfires rage

An uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris threatened to surge again in southwest France on Wednesday, as three firefighters died in Greece and crews across southern Europe confronted a punishing mix of heat, drought and strong…

Pax Silica brings promise—but at what cost?

Pax Silica brings promise—but at what cost?

The proposed Pax Silica hub in New Clark City, Tarlac, is envisioned as a semiconductor and artificial intelligence ecosystem within the Luzon Economic Corridor. The project is expected to require about 130 million liters of water a day…

In Bordeaux as the wildfires close in – podcast

The Guardian

In Bordeaux as the wildfires close in – podcast

Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis reports from Bordeaux, as wildfires in the region and beyond cause the biggest peacetime evacuation in French history This week, across France, more than 220,000 people were evacuated from their…

The Guardian

Bangkal Tree Park launched to protect Carindan Lake

Bangkal Tree Park launched to protect Carindan Lake

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Bangkal Tree Park was officially launched on Wednesday (July 29) at Carindan Lake in Barangay Pinagturilan, Santa Cruz town in Occidental Mindoro, as part of a multisectoral effort to restore and…

OpenAI agent’s autonomous hack a warning to the world

South China Morning Post

OpenAI agent’s autonomous hack a warning to the world

Three years ago, I warned in these pages that the greatest existential threat to humanity might not emerge from a stray asteroid or a cosmic cataclysm but from uncontrolled artificial intelligence (AI). Today, the trajectory towards an AI…

South China Morning Post

Inequality best predicts how nations handle pandemics, study finds

Japan Times

Inequality best predicts how nations handle pandemics, study finds

A high-profile panel found a clear and consistent link between a nation's level of economic inequality and how it performed during the COVID-19 and AID pandemics.

Japan Times

Spain eases evacuations as France battles fresh wildfires amid new heatwave

Spain eases evacuations as France battles fresh wildfires amid new heatwave

Thousands of evacuees were allowed home in Spain after firefighters gained ground against some of the country's worst blazes in decades, but soaring temperatures and new outbreaks in France underscored the broader wildfire emergency…

Code that deems native plants 'invasive' sparks clearing fears

Code that deems native plants 'invasive' sparks clearing fears

A report finds more than 3.2 million hectares of land in New South Wales is covered by clearing permits allowing native plants to be removed.

Major incident declared after large wildfire breaks out - as UK warned of 'new normal'

Sky News

Major incident declared after large wildfire breaks out - as UK warned of 'new normal'

A major incident has been declared on the Suffolk coast after a large wildfire broke out, with dozens of firefighters deployed.

Sky News

Sibuyan park board voices grave concern over mining applications

Sibuyan park board voices grave concern over mining applications

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) of the Mt. Guiting-Guiting Natural Park (MGGNP) has unanimously approved a resolution expressing “grave concern” over the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement…

Farmers seek solution to mounting plastic waste problem

Farmers seek solution to mounting plastic waste problem

Rows of black and white plastic weed mats are giving vegetable seedlings their best start in life. But disposing of them has become a logistical and cost burden.