Governments across Asia are ramping up their use of coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, as they try to cover huge energy shortfalls triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran. The move has triggered warnings from climate experts who point to coal’s devastating environmental impact, and say the energy crisis should be a wake up call for governments to…
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0 claims checkedIraq secure final World Cup spot with win over Bolivia, join France group Iraq grabbed the last available place at the World Cup by beating Bolivia 2-1 in their intercontinental playoff on Tuesday,…
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DR Congo score extra-time winner to reach first World Cup in half a century The Democratic Republic of Congo defeated Jamaica 1-0 after extra time in an intercontinental playoff on Tuesday to seal…
As the flooding from Tropical Cyclone Narelle’s violent visit to Exmouth subsided and the winds dropped, Brinkley Davies headed to Graveyards beach. The beach, at least according to some Exmouth…
From restored palaces to coastal resorts, Venice and its surrounding region are welcoming a wave of luxury hotel openings and reopenings in 2026. Venice is seeing a wave of new hotel openings and…
Some of the UK’s smallest public murals are on bollards in Shrewsbury while one of the biggest is on a 1960s 16-storey block of flats in Gosport. Perhaps the funniest though is in Cardiff.
Upgrading Europe’s ‘insufficient’ grid is a “matter of urgency” for the continent's energy security. Bottlenecks triggered by Europe’s outdated energy grid are putting more than 120 GW of anticipated…
Middle East crisis live: Trump claims war will end in ‘two or three weeks’; Rubio says US should ‘re-examine’ Nato relationship US president says responsibility for reopening strait of Hormuz rests…