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Naqvi comes to CDA chairman, Islamabad IG's defence as they draw flak for carriage video showing 'colonial practice'

Naqvi comes to CDA chairman, Islamabad IG's defence as they draw flak for carriage video showing 'colonial practice'

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday came to the defence of two government officials who drew flak after a video of them riding in a horse carriage during an Independence Day parade in Islamabad went viral on social media. In the…

Skeleton under Stirling Castle reveals first confirmed trebuchet death

Skeleton under Stirling Castle reveals first confirmed trebuchet death

A 14th-century skeleton found beneath Scotland’s Stirling Castle may be the first confirmed archaeological evidence of a person killed by a trebuchet. Researchers found more than 160 fractures, including 61 breaks in the skull and nearly…

EU sends aircraft and villagers evacuate as Belgium battles record wildfire

France 24

EU sends aircraft and villagers evacuate as Belgium battles record wildfire

Firefighters in Belgium battled one of the country's worst-ever wildfires late on Saturday as a rapidly growing blaze scorched more than 2,700 hectares of land. The EU scrambled helicopters and water bombers as hundreds of villagers were…

France 24

Gorging on bearcam: the livestream of big beasts eating that draws millions

Gorging on bearcam: the livestream of big beasts eating that draws millions

Ahead of Fat Bear Week, avid fans are glued to the spectacle of brown bears devouring salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska One of this summer’s biggest onscreen hits has had big beasts, great escapes and choppy waters, but it’s not Christopher…

Fire rangers of Mongolian steppe: climate crisis spurs revival of ancient knowledge – photo essay

Fire rangers of Mongolian steppe: climate crisis spurs revival of ancient knowledge – photo essay

Fire has always be part of life on the grasslands, but has grown worse due to rising temperatures and severe droughts. In response, people have turned to their nomadic heritage to help tackle the blazes Sodnomjamts Damchaabadgar squats in…

RNZ

Around-the-clock coalition watch over simulated space attack a 'milestone'

New Zealand space operators have helped test how to detect an attack on a commercial satellite in a US military-led exercise.

RNZ

SMOKERS’ CORNER: POLITICS OF THE BIG TENT

SMOKERS’ CORNER: POLITICS OF THE BIG TENT

In Europe and the United States, the post-1945 era marked a shift from ‘mass parties’ to broad ‘big-tent’ parties. Mass parties had operated on strict class lines. Democratic socialist outfits appealed to industrial workers, while…

Torrential rain and flood kill nine in Japan amid wettest month in decades

Torrential rain and flood kill nine in Japan amid wettest month in decades

Downpours in Japan’s east have snarled roads, caused power outages and destroyed homes in Chiba prefecture Heavy rain that battered eastern Japan has left nine people dead, the public broadcaster NHK said on Sunday, after an…

Elon Musk makes a promise to employees at townhall

Elon Musk makes a promise to employees at townhall

SpaceX aims to enhance its AI model Grok by integrating insights from its workforce. Elon Musk envisions this initiative as a means to embed human values deeply into the AI's framework. Employees are not only invited to enhance the…

‘Excellent profit’: Meet the Bavarian hop farmer securing his harvest and income with solar 'hats'

Euronews

‘Excellent profit’: Meet the Bavarian hop farmer securing his harvest and income with solar 'hats'

No rain, no hops – no hops, no beer. Climate change, heat and dry farmland are hitting Bavaria’s key crop. Could solar panels save it?

Euronews

Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube

Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube

The Guardian travelled 100 miles along the EU’s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking water For centuries, the rock was seen as a warning. When it began to emerge from the Danube, beneath Gellért Hill in…

China’s ‘electric eel’ sensor allows robots to feel an object without touching it

South China Morning Post