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UN chief Antonio Guterres declares last 10 years a ‘decade of deadly heat’ | World News
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The world has experienced a “decade of deadly heat”, the head of the UN says, as he urged countries to “exit this road to ruin”. UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said the top ten hottest years on record had occurred in the past decade and warned the world was witnessing “climate breakdown in real time”.…
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These pea-sized snails were considered extinct for 100 years – now they’re being released into the wild | Science, Climate & Tech News
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A species of tiny snail has been brought back from the brink of extinction. The Desertas Island land snails were believed to have disappeared altogether for 100 years, but experts have managed to breed them in captivity after discovering tiny populations on an isolated island called Desertas Grande in the Madeira Archipelago, Portugal. Now more…
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Cyclone Chido: What we know about strongest storm to hit the French island in over 90 years | World News
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Close to a thousand people may have been killed as Cyclone Chido hit the French island of Mayotte on Saturday, according to the island’s top official. It was the strongest storm in more than 90 years to hit the islands, said the forecaster Meteo-France. The nearby islands of Comoros and Madagascar were also affected. Image:…
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First new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years hailed as ‘game-changer’ | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The first new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years has been hailed as a “game-changer” by doctors and patients. A clinical trial of the drug benralizumab showed it was far more effective than conventional steroid tablets at treating life-threatening breathing difficulties in people with a severe form of the disease. The monoclonal antibody specifically…
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Earth’s ‘mini moon’ to disappear for 30 years | Science, Climate & Tech News
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A so-called “mini moon” that has been floating round Earth for two months will soon disappear. The harmless space rock, which scientists say could be a boulder that was blasted off the actual moon, was first spotted in August. Known as 2024 PT5, the rock began to partially circle Earth in a horseshoe-shaped path in…
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The ten deadliest weather events of the last 20 years and how they were fuelled by climate change | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Climate change caused by humans fuelled all the ten deadliest weather events of the last two decades, analysis has found. The ferocious cyclones, heatwaves, drought and flooding, including in Europe, have killed more than 570,000 people. All were all made more intense and more likely in a hotter atmosphere, the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group…
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Paedophile Hugh Nelson who made AI child abuse images from real pictures sent to him jailed for 18 years in ‘deeply horrifying’ landmark case | UK News
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A paedophile who made thousands of pounds by creating child abuse images using AI and real pictures of children has been jailed for 18 years in a landmark case. Hugh Nelson used a 3D character generator to turn ordinary, non-explicit pictures of children into child abuse images, before selling them on an internet forum used…
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Kremlin denies report Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin have been in regular contact for last two years | World News
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The Kremlin has denied a Wall Street Journal report that Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin have been in regular contact over the last two years. The world’s richest man has repeatedly been in touch with the Russian president, according to the US outlet, citing several current and former US, European and Russian officials. They added…
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That box full of wires you’ve kept for years could help avert a looming crisis | UK News
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The unused cables and broken tech items you have tucked away at home could help steer the UK away from a copper crisis, according to new research. The research by campaign group Recycle Your Electricals (RYE) suggests the UK has 1.3 billion unused or binned electricals, including 627 million cables, which could hold the answer…
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AI tool that can do ’81 years of detective work in 30 hours’ trialled by police | UK News
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Some of the country’s most notorious cold cases could be solved with the help of an artificial intelligence tool that can do 81 years of detective work in just 30 hours. Avon and Somerset Police are trialling the technology which can identify potential leads that may not have been found during a manual trawl of…