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Wike dares critics to debate FCT road projects on TV

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has challenged anyone disputing his administration’s claim of constructing 317 kilometres of roads across satellite towns in the territory to appear on national television…

Daily Trust

Al Jazeera

Canadian wildfire smoke shrouds US, potential risk for World Cup final

Plumes of smoke from wildfires in Canada are pouring into major US cities.

Al Jazeera

‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices

The Guardian

‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices

As the climate crisis fuels more intense blazes, pushing them to new parts of the world, those tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide which to fight César Alcaraz had only just become a firefighter in the late 1990s when…

The Guardian

Chinese fossil find shows birds shed their dinosaur tails step by step

Chinese fossil find shows birds shed their dinosaur tails step by step

A fossil found in China suggests modern birds shed the long, bony tails of their dinosaur ancestors through a step-by-step process, rather than a sudden evolutionary transition as previously believed. The transition to a short, feathered…

Rawal Lake park loses half of tree cover in 2 decades

Dawn

Rawal Lake park loses half of tree cover in 2 decades

ISLAMABAD: The Rawal Lake park site has lost 50 per cent of its tree cover over the last two decades, according to images shared by the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco). The images compare the densely…

Dawn

More than 100 properties ordered to evacuate as wildfire grows near Big Bar Lake, B.C.

CBC

More than 100 properties ordered to evacuate as wildfire grows near Big Bar Lake, B.C.

More than a hundred properties are affected by an evacuation order issued for the Big Bar Lake area in B.C.’s southern Cariboo as an out of control wildfire grows rapidly.

CBC

Scientists find record ‘invisible gold’ forming in underwater volcano off Japan

Scientists find record ‘invisible gold’ forming in underwater volcano off Japan

Japanese researchers found vast invisible gold deposits near Higashi-Aogashima caldera. This gold is locked within pyrite minerals on the seafloor. These hydrothermal vents host unique ecosystems scientists are still studying. Extracting…

Sibuyan Island gecko discovered as new species endemic to Romblon

Sibuyan Island gecko discovered as new species endemic to Romblon

MANILA, Philippines — Scientists have identified a new gecko species found only on Sibuyan Island in Romblon, adding to the island’s growing list of endemic wildlife and reinforcing its reputation as one of the country’s biodiversity…

Sun Fanglin, Chinese scientist who paved the way for new cancer drugs, dies aged 58

Sun Fanglin, Chinese scientist who paved the way for new cancer drugs, dies aged 58

Leading Chinese scientist Sun Fanglin, whose work on how cells age and form tumours helped pave the way for the development of new cancer treatments, has died aged 58. Sun was director of the Advanced Institute of Translational Medicine at…

Wildfire smoke kills thousands yearly. Here's how

Wildfire smoke kills thousands yearly. Here's how

Smoke from wildfires — which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms — attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show. It attacks the body…

Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke affecting US cities

Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke affecting US cities

President Trump threatened new tariffs on Canada due to wildfire smoke. He accused Ottawa of failing to manage forests and causing unhealthy air. Smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires has spread across many United States states…

Sarah Baartman, 'Hottentot Venus', finally came home 192 years later

Sarah Baartman, 'Hottentot Venus', finally came home 192 years later

Sarah Baartman's life was marked by colonial violence and exploitation in South Africa. She was exhibited in Europe as the "Hottentot Venus" for voyeuristic curiosity. French scientists studied her body after her death, which fueled racial…