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Wildfire evacuees from northwestern Ontario wait to hear if they can go home, with lots of prep work ahead

Wildfire evacuees from northwestern Ontario wait to hear if they can go home, with lots of prep work ahead

It’s been weeks since wildfire evacuees from Whitestand First Nation and Armstrong in northwestern Ontario have been home. The communities are awaiting word from the province of changes in evacuation orders. In the meantime, preparations…

Could an explosive drone at a German airport signal a growing Russian threat to NATO?

Could an explosive drone at a German airport signal a growing Russian threat to NATO?

Following the discovery of a drone laden with explosives and a detonator at Germany’s Leipzig airport, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov signaled Moscow's intent to step up retaliation against countries that are helping Ukraine.

Breaking: SpaceX rocket towed towards Christmas Island after ocean landing

Breaking: SpaceX rocket towed towards Christmas Island after ocean landing

A SpaceX rocket is being towed off Christmas Island after landing in the Indian Ocean in an unusual spectacle for locals.

UI researcher develops AI method to detect road surface damage

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UI researcher develops AI method to detect road surface damage

A University of Indonesia (UI) researcher has developed an artificial intelligence-based method to detect and measure ...

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Commonwealth accuses chemical giant of hiding health impacts of PFAS

Commonwealth accuses chemical giant of hiding health impacts of PFAS

In the largest suit ever brought by the federal government, details emerge about the alleged conduct of a US chemical giant accused of withholding health warnings.

Walking on air: France's Adenot excited ahead of historic space walk

RFI

Walking on air: France's Adenot excited ahead of historic space walk

Sophie Adenot is set to become the first French woman to perform a spacewalk, carrying out a mission to repair a communications system on the International Space Station.

RFI

Wet winter sees River Murray roar with unexpected flows and life

Wet winter sees River Murray roar with unexpected flows and life

Wet winter conditions across southern Australia have brought increased flows into South Australia's River Murray.

The Guardian

The ultra rich are collecting fossils, and that’s bad for science – podcast

One of the UK’s best fossil collections has been sold overseas in what experts have called a loss to the nation. The collection, which is now on display at the Natural History Museum in Abu Dhabi, was gathered on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast…

The Guardian

Zhipu AI’s answer to Project Glasswing marks shift for Chinese cyber safety: researcher

South China Morning Post

Zhipu AI’s answer to Project Glasswing marks shift for Chinese cyber safety: researcher

Zhipu AI’s launch of China’s first answer to Project Glasswing signals a shift in how the country’s top artificial intelligence labs approach global cybersecurity, according to a researcher. The Beijing-based firm – now known…

South China Morning Post

Edo Period and Meiji Era diets richer in minerals than intake today, study finds

Japan Times

Edo Period and Meiji Era diets richer in minerals than intake today, study finds

The research found that concentrations of chlorine, potassium, calcium, manganese, iron and copper were higher, while that of zinc was lower.

Japan Times

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Elderly far more at risk from rising heat than thought – study

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Elderly far more at risk from rising heat than thought – study

PARIS — The threat that rising temperatures fueled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a US modeling study published Tuesday. The research was released during a blistering…

Ogun seals company for illegal dumping, waste burning

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