Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10484686...
Italian minister accused of possessing painting stolen from castle (www.theguardian.com)
World’s renewable energy capacity grew at record pace in 2023 (www.theguardian.com)
Global renewable energy capacity grew by the fastest pace recorded in the last 20 years in 2023, which could put the world within reach of meeting a key climate target by the end of the decade, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)....
‘Astounding’ ocean temperatures in 2023 intensified extreme weather, data shows (www.theguardian.com)
Record levels of heat were absorbed last year by Earth’s seas, which have been warming year-on-year for the past decade
Israeli prime minister says “no intention of permanently occupying Gaza” – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
Afghan girls as young as 16 arrested in shops, classes and markets in Kabul by the Taliban, who labelled them ‘infidels’ for wearing ‘bad hijab’ (www.theguardian.com)
The girls – who were detained in shopping centres, classes and street markets – were accused of “spreading and encouraging others to wear a bad hijab” and wearing makeup....
Serbian opposition leader left partly paralysed by attack, say family (www.theguardian.com)
Israel is murdering Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Where is the outrage? (www.theguardian.com)
Covid infections rise in Sydney as JN.1 variant drives cases across Australia (www.theguardian.com)
Red Sea crisis: UN security council demands immediate end to Houthi attacks (www.theguardian.com)
The UN security council has called for an immediate end to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea, adopting a resolution despite abstentions from Russia and China....
‘Better be scared’: threats of political violence foretell tense election year (www.theguardian.com)
Several years of sustained harassment of election workers and judges have led to security concerns and high a high turnover...
Mouse secretly filmed tidying man’s shed every night (www.theguardian.com)
Video included! Of course they picked the worst thumbnail lol
Amazon workers at new Birmingham site to go on strike over pay (www.theguardian.com)
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10484686...
Britain warns of severe consequences after Houthi attack in Red Sea repelled (www.theguardian.com)
Britain has warned of severe consequences after US and UK warships were forced to repel a barrage of 20 Houthi rockets, drones and cruise missiles fired at ships in the Red Sea....
Sperm whales live in culturally distinct clans, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
Sperm whales live in clans with distinctive cultures, much like those of humans, a study has found....
Israel and Hezbollah edge closer to war as drone hits key Israeli command base (www.theguardian.com)
Israel and Hezbollah edged closer towards full scale war on Tuesday, as the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group launched explosive drones at a key Israeli command base, declaring the attack part of its response to recent high-level Israeli assassinations in Lebanon....
Canada blocks citizenship for Russian blogger who criticised Ukraine war. [update: Canada reverses course, will grant citizenship says Minister of Immigration] (www.theguardian.com)
NASA Peregrine 1: moon lander suffering from ‘critical loss of propellant’, abandons moon landing (www.theguardian.com)
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says (www.theguardian.com)
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says::Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products
Flowers ‘giving up’ on scarce insects and evolving to self-pollinate, say scientists (www.theguardian.com)
French wild pansies are producing smaller flowers and less nectar than 20 to 30 years ago in ‘startling’ act of evolution, study shows...
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (www.theguardian.com)
Arctic Ice harvests ice from the fjords of Greenland, and then ships them to the United Arab Emirates to sell to exclusive bars. Using glacial ice in drinks is a common practice in Greenland, and, over the years, several entrepreneurs have unsuccessfully attempted to export it....
2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin (www.theguardian.com)
2023 “smashed” the record for the hottest year by a huge margin, providing “dramatic testimony” of how much warmer and more dangerous today’s climate is from the cooler one in which human civilisation developed....
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (www.theguardian.com)
Pardon?
In the race for AI supremacy, China and the US are travelling on entirely different tracks (www.theguardian.com)
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