From the Swiss Alps to the Sydney Opera House, some of the world’s most famous UNESCO World Heritage sites could be destroyed by climate change, a new analysis shows. Floods, coastal erosion, landslides, strong winds, extreme heat, storms and hurricanes are just some of the climate-related hazards facing significant sites around the world. Climate X, […]
Biles and Ledecky give us the best moments of the Olympic Games in Paris The Paris Olympics are over and Mackenzie Salmon analyzes the best moments, including when Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky cemented their GOAT title. Armand “Mondo” Duplantis was one of the viral stars of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and he […]
French-Russian tech billionaire Pavel Durov is due to appear in court on Sunday after being arrested at Paris airport on charges related to his popular messaging app Telegram, sources told AFP. France reportedly issued an arrest warrant for Durov as part of a preliminary investigation. He faces charges including fraud, drug trafficking, cyberbullying, organized crime […]
The Dark Horses qualifications followed on August 22nd, culminating in the World Championship final the following evening, during which Canadian Zachary “Ichabod Fame” Knowles was crowned the 2024 Air Guitar World Champion. It was a tough competition: 2023 World Champion Nanami “Seven Seas” Nagura of Japan and 2022 winner Kirill “Guitarantula” Blumenkrants of France took […]
Twelve miles out in the Channel, the group of astonished fishermen from Dover rocked on the waves and watched the rickety migrant dinghy chug past. Although the small boat was completely overloaded, it was safely escorted into British waters by the French patrol vessel Fourmentin as it chugged through the busiest shipping lanes in the […]
Twelve miles out in the Channel, the group of astonished fishermen from Dover rocked on the waves and watched the rickety migrant dinghy chug past. Although the small boat was completely overloaded, it was safely escorted into British waters by the French patrol vessel Fourmentin as it chugged through the busiest shipping lanes in the […]
Twelve miles out in the Channel, the group of astonished fishermen from Dover rocked on the waves and watched the rickety migrant dinghy chug past. Although the small boat was completely overloaded, it was safely escorted into British waters by the French patrol vessel Fourmentin as it chugged through the busiest shipping lanes in the […]
Sri LankaThe country’s cabinet has approved the issuance of free tourist visas to visitors from 35 countries, including China, India and Russia, a senior official said on Thursday, adding that this will boost tourism and revive the country’s crisis-hit economy. Tourists will be issued 30-day visas under a six-month pilot program starting October 1, Cabinet […]
London, 21 August 2024: Now celebrating two decades as the world leader in private aviation, VistaJet celebrates its rich history and commitment to exploring all the planet has to offer with its ever-expanding Private World program. Private World is a gift for all VistaJet members who want to fully immerse themselves in the iconic silver […]
Anne Michaels, Toronto Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2019, won the 1996 Orange Prize for Fiction (now Women’s Prize) for her debut novel. Fleeting piecesHer third novel, Helda poetic saga about the burden of memory and love across generations, is longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize. British soldiers in a trench during World War I. […]
