- Influential list of highly cited researchers now shuts out more scientists: here’s why Nature
- Math is back as Clarivate boosts integrity markers in Highly Cited Researchers list Retraction Watch
- Five UD faculty named among world’s most influential researchers University of Delaware
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View from The Hill: Conservative Liberals hold ‘power walk’ before delivering coup de grâce to net zero – The Conversation
- View from The Hill: Conservative Liberals hold ‘power walk’ before delivering coup de grâce to net zero The Conversation
- Australia's conservative Liberal Party abandons net zero policy Reuters
- Liberals commit to reduce emissions in line with 'comparable countries' — as it happened Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- As a conservative Liberal senator I see no coherent reason to run away from a net zero target | Andrew McLachlan The Guardian
- There’s a way for the Libs out of their climate mess. Just ask the Victorians The Age
Turkish military plane crash in Georgia kills all 20 on board – AP News
- Turkish military plane crash in Georgia kills all 20 on board AP News
- Turkish military plane falls from sky over Georgia, killing all 20 aboard The Washington Post
- Turkey says 20 troops killed in Georgia plane crash; black box found Reuters
- Turkish Military Plane Crashes in Georgia, Killing 20 Troops The New York Times
- Turkish military plane crash: All 20 onboard dead DW
Pakistan investigates suicide bombing that killed 12 outside an Islamabad court – abcnews.go.com
- Pakistan investigates suicide bombing that killed 12 outside an Islamabad court abcnews.go.com
- Two blasts a day apart in India and Pakistan’s capitals fray regional nerves in an already tense year CNN
- LIVE: India, Pakistan launch probes after blasts in New Delhi, Islamabad Al Jazeera
- Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for deadly terror attack in Islamabad The Guardian
- Deadly Blasts in India and Pakistan Set Region on Edge The New York Times
Climate-sceptic IPA refuses to reveal funders in fiery Senate inquiry
Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart has previously donated to Institute of Public Affairs but thinktank won’t say if she remains a donor
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A thinktank known for its rejection of the climate crisis and a conservation group that has opposed renewable energy projects refused to identify their funders during a fiery Senate inquiry into climate and energy misinformation on Wednesday.
Chair of the committee, Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson, asked Rainforest Reserves Australia’s vice-president, Steven Nowakowski, who had funded nine full-page newspaper advertisements promoting an open letter attacking a shift to renewable energy and promoting nuclear.
Continue reading...Australian windsurfer escapes shark attack
Andy McDonald recalls moment he encountered a shark while windsurfing in Western Australia this week.
Fog helps Russian forces push deeper into key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
A video has gone viral showing Russian soldiers openly driving into the city on civilian cars and motorbikes.
New sleeper service will run from Paris to Berlin next year
European Sleeper will operate the new service from March 2026, replacing the Nightjet train that is being axed next month
The resurgence of sleeper trains on the continent hit a kink in the tracks in September, when the Austrian state operator ÖBB announced that it would be axing its two Nightjet services – Paris to Vienna and Paris to Berlin – from 14 December. ÖBB cited the French government’s ending of subsidies, dealing a blow to the night-train renaissance.
However, there is light at the end of the tunnel. European Sleeper has told the Guardian that it will be taking over the route from Paris to Berlin, with the first train to run on 26 March 2026. The train will operate three times a week with departures likely to be from Paris Gare du Nord on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings and the return service from Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Ostbahnhof on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The current Nightjet service departs Paris Gare de l’Est just after 7pm and winds east via Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Erfurt and Halle before arriving in Berlin around 8.30am. European Sleeper intends to make the journey via Brussels, with precise route details and timings currently being confirmed with infrastructure managers in France, Belgium and Germany.
Continue reading...Delhi air pollution: Schools go hybrid, mining banned as air quality worsens – BBC
- Delhi air pollution: Schools go hybrid, mining banned as air quality worsens BBC
- Thick smog blankets Delhi as stubble burning continues to worsen AQI level | In Pics Hindustan Times
- Air pollution levels surge in India’s capital, sparking rare protests AP News
- India tightens anti-pollution curbs in Delhi after rare protest NBC News
- Air pollution in Indian capital Delhi closes schools, draws protests and a warning for the sick to escape CBS News
Schools go hybrid as Delhi’s air quality worsens
Delhi's air quality has deteriorated to "severe" levels, which can seriously impact those with existing diseases.
Women riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran’s societal change – AP News
- Women riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran’s societal change AP News
- The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning The Atlantic
- Iran’s hijab announcement is a decoy Washington Times
- Why parts of Tehran are more alive than Times Square The Times
- Women on motorbikes zipping through streets of Iran's capital are the latest sign of societal change MSN
John F Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg announces run for US House seat
Schlossberg has drummed up a large following on social media with frequent posts weighing in on national issues
John F Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg has said he will run for the US House next year, announcing Tuesday that he was seeking a key New York seat set to be vacated by longtime Democrat Jerry Nadler.
“This district should have a representative who can harness the creativity, energy and drive of this district and translate that into political power in Washington,” Schlossberg said in a campaign video posted on social media late Tuesday.
Continue reading...Property investors make up two in every five Australian home loans amid record borrowing
Investor home borrowing surges nearly 18% in the September quarter compared with previous three months, prompting calls to ‘urgently rein in overheated credit market’
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Property investors have borrowed record amounts of money for home purchases amid a decline in first home buyer lending and surging house prices.
Investors accounted for two in every five home loans from July to September, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on Wednesday, sparking calls for the Albanese government to force banks to put the brakes on landlord lending.
Continue reading...‘Atrocious on every level’: sex case findings shame New Zealand’s senior police culture
Inspector general will be inaugurated to oversee service after report on how top officers steered investigation of Jevon McSkimming, who went on to become deputy commissioner
New Zealand’s government will take the unprecedented move of appointing an inspector general of police after a damning report found “significant failings” in the way senior police officers handled serious sexual complaints against a former high-ranking officer.
The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) released a 135-page report on Tuesday detailing allegations made against the former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming and the police’s response to them.
Continue reading...Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe.
The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than has been rolled out over the last 40, according to the flagship annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Continue reading...Borderline ambiguity: How Google Maps removes disputed Western Sahara border for Morocco users
The tech giant has released a statement acknowledging the use of different border displays between Western Sahara and Morocco
The dotted lines illustrating the border between Western Sahara and Morocco, indicating the former’s disputed territory status, have never been visible to people using Google Maps in the latter.
After media reports last week highlighted the discrepancy, tying it to the UN security council endorsing the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara, the tech company released a statement acknowledging it has always displayed the border differently depending on the search region.
Continue reading...Hongqi bridge collapses: Newly constructed bridge in China falls apart, splashes into river — watch – The Times of India
- Hongqi bridge collapses: Newly constructed bridge in China falls apart, splashes into river — watch The Times of India
- Moment newly opened bridge partially collapses in China BBC
- How a New Bridge Partly Collapsed in China’s Southwest The New York Times
- New bridge in south-west China collapses into mountainside The Guardian
- Bridge partially collapses in southwest China, months after opening Reuters
Paris attacks: 10 years on, politics in France still shows scars – politico.eu
- Paris attacks: 10 years on, politics in France still shows scars politico.eu
- France honors victims 10 years after attacks at Bataclan concert hall, cafes and national stadium AP News
- How the 2015 Paris attacks increased police powers and eroded civil liberties France 24
- David Fritz, victim of 2015 mass shooting at Bataclan in Paris: ‘The worst wound for a survivor is guilt’ EL PAÍS English
- 10 years after Paris attacks: A time to remember and heed warnings Le Monde.fr
Protesters break into COP30 venue in Brazil – BBC
- Protesters break into COP30 venue in Brazil BBC
- Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with security CNN
- Tussles break out between protesters and security at Cop30 in Brazil The Guardian
- Protesters confront security at main venue of UN climate talks abcnews.go.com
- Protesters and UN security clash at climate summit in Brazil Politico
‘People were screaming for help’: Delhi car blast witnesses describe scenes of horror – The Guardian
- ‘People were screaming for help’: Delhi car blast witnesses describe scenes of horror The Guardian
- 'There was blood everywhere': Delhi residents recount horror of huge car explosion BBC
- Indian police detain suspects in Kashmir after deadly New Delhi car blast abcnews.go.com
- India’s Prime Minister Vows Justice After New Delhi Car Explosion Kills 8 The New York Times
- New Delhi car blast investigated as possible terrorism, Indian police say The Washington Post