Last year was the driest for rivers globally in 33 years while glaciers suffered the largest mass loss in 50 years, scientists have warned. More than 50% of global river catchment areas showed abnormal conditions last year, with most being in deficit. This was similar in 2022 and 2021. Celeste Saulo, secretary general of the…
Vladimir Putin should obliterate ‘damned’ Britain by sinking it under the sea, demanded former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. The threat came as the Kremlin staged strategic missile drills with its nuclear-capable Yars rockets in Siberia marking the dictator’s 72nd birthday amid high tension with the West. Giant mobile launchers were driven on remote routes in…
A section of the M22 in County Antrim is closed in both directions due to a security alert, the PSNI have said. The motorway is closed between junction one in Dunsilly and junction two in Ballygrooby. ATO have just arrived at the scene. Police said an update will be provided in due course. Source link
Representative AI image (Pic credit: Canva) Singapore‘s Indian-origin former transport minister S Iswaran on Monday began his one-year jail term in a corruption case, opting not to appeal his conviction, and apologised “unreservedly” to the nation. Iswaran, 62, was handed the jail sentence on Thursday last week for obtaining illegal gifts worth about USD 313,200…
Parents have reacted angrily to a school’s policy of refusing to authorise sick days related to period pain unless parents provided “related medical information”. Neal-Wade Academy in March, Cambridgeshire, also said it was no longer accepting explanations such as “unwell, poorly or ill” for it to authorise student absences. Some parents criticised the move on…
Iona Ballantyne, Jamie Murphy and Mark Atkinson review the Scottish Premiership action. Source link
The mayor of a Mexican city plagued by drug violence has been murdered less than a week after taking office. Alejandro Arcos was found dead on Sunday in Chilpancingo, a city of around 280,000 people in the southwestern state of Guerrero. He had been mayor for six days. Evelyn Salgado, the state governor, said the…
Ffynhonnell y llun, Rolant Tomos Y cynhyrchydd teledu o Ddolgellau, Rolant Tomos sy’n Ateb y Galw yr wythnos hon. Mae Rolant ar fin cyhoeddi ei nofel gyntaf, Meirw Byw; nofel i oedolion ifanc am deulu yn mynd ar “antur hollol wallgof” o amgylch Cymru. Yn Annwn mae’r antur ffantasïol hon wedi’i gosod, a thasg Rhodri…
Two Chinese nationals have been killed after an explosion near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. The Chinese embassy in Pakistan said “many Pakistani personnel were killed and injured” in the blast, which happened around 23:00 local time (17:00 GMT). The overall death toll is as yet unclear. The embassy added that the explosion targeted…
BBC Budva is a popular holiday destination on the Adriatic coast “Our people respect the Russian and Ukrainian people,” says Savvo Dobrovic. “I simply haven’t noticed any bad relations.” It sounds like a recipe for tension and confrontation: tens of thousands of people from opposing sides in a bitter, protracted war descending on a small…
