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Everyone is talking about Greenland. Here’s what it’s like to visit

CNN

CNN — A few weeks ago, Greenland was quietly getting on with winter, as the territory slid deeper into the darkness that envelops the world’s northerly reaches at this time of year. But President-elect Donald Trump’s musings about America taking over this island of 56,000 largely Inuit people, halfway between New York and Moscow, has seen Greenland shaken from its …

Winter Coast Visit Visitors Arctic Inuit Ilulissat

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Russia: Man imprisoned for organising LGBTQ tours dies in custody

Hindustan Times

A Russian man detained for organising travel tours for LGBTQ people has died in pre-trial detention, rights groups and Russian state media reported Sunday. A Russian man detained for organising travel tours for LGBTQ people has died in pre-trial detention Andrei Kotov, the director of travel agency Men Travel, was charged last month with taking part and organising "extremist" activities, …

Russia Russian Lgbtq Kotov

1 month ago

Women in immigration detention put beside male sex offenders and paedophiles

Daily Mail

Women in immigration detention who have experienced sexual violence are being held metres from male sex offenders, exposing them to harassment and trauma. The commission was extremely concerned women detainees, many of whom were survivors of male sexual and physical violence, were placed in a building separated by a fence from offenders at the high-security detention facility. Fifty women are …

Women Sex Detention Woman Sex Offenders Immigration Detention One Woman

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Panama says jungle crossing of U.S.-bound migrants down nearly 40%

Raw Story

The number of U.S.-bound migrants passing through the Darien jungle has fallen by 39 percent so far this year, with a total of 294,000 attempting the dangerous journey since January, Panama's president said Thursday. In the same period last year, the number was 482,000 people crossing the jungle that separates Colombia and Panama, according to official data. "There has been …

Panama Darien Migrants President

2 months ago

Gophers needed 1 day after Mount St. Helens erupted to bring explosions of new life

NPR

Gophers needed 1 day after Mount St. Helens erupted to bring explosions of new life toggle caption Bob Parmenter The gophers were grumpy, but they understood the assignment. Scientists wanted to know what would happen if pocket gophers, known as "ecosystem engineers" for their outsize effects on habitats, were given a chance to work in fenced-off plots of land. Sponsor …

Maltz Life Gophers Mount St Gophers Brought

2 months, 1 week ago

Classmates send 300 kg sweets to honor fallen hero

Deccan Chronicle

Mumbai: Classmates of an Army officer from Maharashtra, who laid down his life battling militants near the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, have sent 300 kg sweets to soldiers in his unit. The “mithai” boxes, weighing 300 kg, landed at Srinagar airport from Chandigarh in an Air Force transport aircraft and were delivered to personnel of the …

Diwali Kupwara Col Col Mahadik 300 Kg Mahadik

2 months, 2 weeks ago

PM Modi Extends Diwali Greetings to President Droupadi Murmu, VP Jagdeep Dhankhar

India TV News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended Diwali greetings to President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. He celebrated Diwali with the brave personnel from the BSF, Army, Navy, and Air Force at Lakki Nala in the Creek Area of Kutch, Gujarat. PM Modi praised the soldiers' unwavering willpower and courage, highlighting their resilience in challenging conditions.

Security Military Patriotism Courage Kachchh

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: Elon Musk’s dumbest idea is to send human colonists to Mars

LA Times

The image of Elon Musk that may be dominating people’s mindspace at the moment is of his prancing about joyously — and, yes, a tad weirdly — behind Donald Trump on the podium during the latter’s Oct. 5 rally in Butler, Pa. For visible under his jacket was a T-shirt bearing the legend, “Occupy Mars.” That’s a pointer to one …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Review: Tim Winton's new book Juice is a dystopian tale that imagines life after climate catastrophe

ABC

"A novel about a bloke in a hole telling stories while he still can." That's the typically laconic way Australian author Tim Winton described his new book, Juice, on ABC RN's Big Weekend of Books in June. Kate Evans, the host of ABC RN's The Bookshelf, describes Winton "as a writer of landscape and water; someone who writes characters in …

Climate Life Man Tim Novel Photo Bookshelf

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Cyclone in Arabian Sea baffles meteorologists. It hasn't happened in 48 years

India Today

An unusual cyclone in the Arabian Sea after crossing Gujarat's shore has left meteorologists perplexed. This rare occurrence marks the first time since 1976 that a cyclone has formed in the Arabian Sea after traversing land, challenging long-held understanding of cyclone formation in the region. Typically, the Arabian Sea's temperature during the monsoon season remains below 26 degrees Celsius, making …

Cyclone Sea Arabian Cyclone Formation

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Panama deports 29 Colombian migrants from Darien Gap under US deal

Al Jazeera

First group of migrants has been deported under agreement on migrant repatriations signed with the US in July. Panama has deported 29 Colombians with alleged criminal records who had entered the country through the inhospitable Darien Gap, applying for the first time a deal on migrant repatriations signed with the United States in July. Panama President Jose Raul Mulino, who …

Colombia Migrant Panama Colombian Darien Migrant Repatriations Criminal Records

5 months, 1 week ago

The Sunday Crossword No. 3319

The Hindu

Across 1 Sticky quality that’s characteristic of seafood? That’s crazy 9 It may take notes for one on the fiddle 10 ‘European capital?’ ‘Cairo, Slovenia.’ ‘.not entirely’ 11 Tired? I’ll trot out something to read 15 European, and united, it’s become apparent 16 Section of symposium in ICA building that may transport you 17 Perks up demonstrations 19 Hot and …

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Archaeologist’s theory may have finally solved mystery of Egypt’s pyramids

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Some 4,700 years after the construction of Egypt’s pyramids began, including the Great Pyramids of …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Dune 3 confirmed to be in development

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the first two Dune films starring Timothée …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Walkways and food court at water channels in Delhi’s Dwarka

Hindustan Times

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Tuesday inaugurated two rejuvenated and beautified stormwater channels in the Dwarka sub-city, the Delhi Development Authority said in a statement. The two channels had become open sewers and have been cleaned up, with green spaces and “riverfront facilities” such as a cycle track, nature trails, walkways, yoga pavilions, decks, and pergola bridges built along them, …

Dwarka Official Channels Dda Food Court Open Sewers

1 year, 1 month ago

Pater Noster: The luxury hotel on an isolated, inhospitable isle

BBC

Pater Noster: The luxury hotel on an isolated, inhospitable isle Erik Nissen Johansen Once a place to warn sailors of perils off Sweden's west coast, Pater Noster now welcomes travellers looking for an alternative to modern life. The Pater Noster lighthouse, the centrepiece of an island measuring just 150m by 200m, is home to an award-winning, nine-room hotel retreat that …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Life on Earth could have a suffocating end. Oxygen levels will drop by...

India Today

Scientists have projected a dramatic shift in Earth's atmosphere that could see it reverting to a state similar to the one before the Great Oxidation Event around 2.4 billion years ago. This event, which saw a significant increase in atmospheric oxygen, fundamentally altered our planet's environment and enabled the rise of aerobic life forms, including humans. Previous predictions had suggested …

Life Earth Oxygen Levels Suffocating End

1 year, 1 month ago

Russia seeks to outlaw LGBTQ movement as ‘extremist’

Al Jazeera

Justice Ministry files lawsuit in Supreme Court to ban ‘movement’ in most drastic step against the community so far. Russian authorities have filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court to outlaw the LGBTQ “international public movement”, in the latest crackdown against the country’s beleaguered community. The Ministry of Justice said it had “lodged an administrative legal claim” aimed at recognising …

Russia Russian Lgbtq

1 year, 2 months ago

Scientists show how to turn lunar soil fertile for agriculture

The Hindu

If humankind is ever to establish long-term bases on the moon, there will be a need for a regular source of food. Researchers said on Thursday they have found a way to turn inhospitable lunar soil fertile by introducing bacteria that enhance the availability of phosphorus, an important plant nutrient. "The importance of these findings is that we may be …

China Earth Moon Soil Xia Study Plant

1 year, 2 months ago

Romelu Lukaku Set to Face 50,000 Whistles When He Leads Roma's Attack at Former Club Inter Milan

News 18

Inter Milan fans have been preparing for days to give Roma striker Romelu Lukaku a most inhospitable welcome when their former player returns to San Siro. ICC World Cup: Schedule | Results | Points Table | Most Runs | Most Wickets Roma coach José Mourinho, who was in charge at Inter for two seasons, has tried to play down Lukaku’s …

Club Inter Milan Return Roma Serie A Lukaku

1 year, 2 months ago

Romelu Lukaku is set to face 50,000 whistles when he leads Roma’s attack at former club Inter Milan

Associated Press

MILAN — Inter Milan fans have been preparing for days to give Roma striker Romelu Lukaku a most inhospitable welcome when their former player returns to San Siro. Roma coach José Mourinho, who was in charge at Inter for two seasons, has tried to play down Lukaku’s return. “I didn’t know Lukaku was so important in Milan because what he …

Club Inter Milan Return Serie A Lukaku Romelu

1 year, 2 months ago

Desert areas transformed into lush landscapes

China Daily

A Chinese technician guides a group of visitors from Africa at the Tazhong botanical garden, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on June 16. ZHOU SHENGBIN/XINHUA URUMQI — Nestled deep in the heart of the Taklimakan Desert, often referred to as the "place you can enter but can't exit" in the Uygur language, lies an extraordinary botanical garden. In 1991, the researchers …

Xinjiang Desert Botanical Taklimakan Tazhong

1 year, 3 months ago

Synergising Manipur’s Internal and Border Security Need of the Hour - News18

News 18

Manipur is a strategically important state located at the gateway to Southeast Asia, comprising the economically well-developed ASEAN grouping. Northeast India shares almost 5500 km of international border/Line of Actual Control with neighbouring countries which accounts for almost 30 per cent of India’s borders. The spread of drug trade in the region from the ‘Golden Triangle’ comprising Thailand, Myanmar and …

India Security Trade Development Border Myanmar State

1 year, 4 months ago

Mitski review, The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We: Subtle melodies dance between god and the devil

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Loaded with pedal steel, fiddle, chirruping cicadas, howling dogs …

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Everyone is talking about Greenland. Here’s what it’s like to visit

Russia: Man imprisoned for organising LGBTQ tours dies in custody

Women in immigration detention put beside male sex offenders and paedophiles

Panama says jungle crossing of U.S.-bound migrants down nearly 40%

Gophers needed 1 day after Mount St. Helens erupted to bring explosions of new life

Classmates send 300 kg sweets to honor fallen hero

PM Modi Extends Diwali Greetings to President Droupadi Murmu, VP Jagdeep Dhankhar

Column: Elon Musk’s dumbest idea is to send human colonists to Mars

Review: Tim Winton's new book Juice is a dystopian tale that imagines life after climate catastrophe

Cyclone in Arabian Sea baffles meteorologists. It hasn't happened in 48 years

Panama deports 29 Colombian migrants from Darien Gap under US deal

The Sunday Crossword No. 3319

Archaeologist’s theory may have finally solved mystery of Egypt’s pyramids

Dune 3 confirmed to be in development

Walkways and food court at water channels in Delhi’s Dwarka

Pater Noster: The luxury hotel on an isolated, inhospitable isle

Life on Earth could have a suffocating end. Oxygen levels will drop by...

Russia seeks to outlaw LGBTQ movement as ‘extremist’

Scientists show how to turn lunar soil fertile for agriculture

Romelu Lukaku Set to Face 50,000 Whistles When He Leads Roma's Attack at Former Club Inter Milan

Romelu Lukaku is set to face 50,000 whistles when he leads Roma’s attack at former club Inter Milan

Desert areas transformed into lush landscapes

Synergising Manipur’s Internal and Border Security Need of the Hour - News18

Mitski review, The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We: Subtle melodies dance between god and the devil