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What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Santos? If you’re a cycling fan or an Adelaide local, it might be the Tour Down Under – the pro-cycling race happening this month in South Australia of which Santos is the major sponsor. However the fossil fuel company got far less attention…
A flood of government officials have been in New Orleans ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl, ensuring the city will be locked down for President Donald Trump, former first lady Jill Biden and music super star Taylor Swift, all of whom will be in the stands. Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have coordinated one of…
NEW ORLEANS — Scientists continue to advance the process of updating the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Scales, with the next steps expected to be taken as early as this year. Just like there’s a classification system for hurricanes and tornadoes, space weather storms that develop and pose threats to Earth have…
By FRANKIE ELLIOTT Published: 08:24 EST, 9 February 2025 | Updated: 08:35 EST, 9 February 2025 An easyJet flight from Manchester to Egypt has been forced to carry out an emergency landing after a pilot on board collapsed. The plane had been travelling from Hurghada in Egypt to the northern English city on Saturday evening…
In 1985, French secret service agents were sent to plant two bombs on our flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, ahead of its journey leading a peaceful anti-nuclear protest. The evening of 10 July saw a lively atmosphere aboard the Rainbow Warrior as the crew and guests celebrated Steve Sawyer’s birthday. Margaret Mills, another crew member, had…
Locals in a leafy English village have launched a last-ditch crowdfunder to raise the ‘£10million’ needed to save one of the last green spaces in their area. Villagers in Hazlemere and nearby Holmer Green, in Buckinghamshire, banded together to fight developers – who have already started digging up the land around the field in question,…
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day carry tiny spacecraft to distant star systems. The new findings detail a method to measure the force of laser light on what are known as “ultrathin membranes.” This is research that could help advance the Breakthrough…
This story is developing, more to follow By PETER ALLEN Published: 07:03 EST, 9 February 2025 | Updated: 07:24 EST, 9 February 2025 At least 58 UK-bound migrants including four women and a toddler were rescued from an overcrowded boat that sunk in the English Channel today. The inflatable dinghy collapsed around six miles from…
Evacuation of Rongelap Islanders to Mejato by the crew of the Rainbow Warrior. Rongelap suffered nuclear fallout from US nuclear tests done from 1946 – 1958, making it a hazardous place to live. The health of many adults and children has suffered as a result. The Greenpeace crew took adults, children and 100 tonnes of…
By JORDANA SEAL Published: 07:01 EST, 9 February 2025 | Updated: 07:01 EST, 9 February 2025 Transport for London will introduce three free bus routes to encourage Londoners to use the Silvertown and Blackwall Tunnels. The Silvertown Tunnel in East London, which has been under construction since March 2021, is expected to open on April…
