Paris and Milan are among the cities closest to reaching the urban planning goal of being a “15-minute city,” while car-dependent metropolises in the United States and elsewhere lag behind, a worldwide analysis said Monday. In fact, the central areas of many cities already meet the definition of a 15 minute-city, which means that residents … Read more
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump head into a newly intense phase of the US presidential campaign on Monday, with tensions heightened after a second apparent assassination attempt against the Republican former president. The arrest on Sunday of a gunman on Donald Trump’s Florida golf course came the same day as more bomb threats poured into … Read more
Near a wooden hut high up in the Kyrgyz mountains, scientist Gulbara Omorova walked to a pile of grey rocks, reminiscing how the same spot was a glacier just a few years ago. At an altitude of 4,000 metres, the 35-year-old researcher is surrounded by the giant peaks of the towering Tian Shan range that … Read more
Faced with Russia’s war on Ukraine, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has promised to name a designated defence commissioner as a key part of her new top team. The message is meant to be clear: Europe is serious about rearming. But while the position was originally billed as central to the EU’s ambitions, there … Read more
Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use. Negotiators hope to reach the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution this year, but across five very different countries, AFP found single-use plastic remains hugely popular as a cheap and convenient choice, … Read more
Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Sunday in Florida, the FBI said, with the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign and law enforcement reporting he was safe and unharmed. The US Secret Service confirmed one or more of its agents “opened fire on a gunman” located near the boundary of Trump’s golf course, … Read more
Historical epic “Shogun” — a tale of warring dynasties in feudal Japan — could make history Sunday at the Emmy Awards, television’s equivalent of the Oscars, where the stars began to walk the red carpet. The FX series is hotly tipped to become the first ever non-English-language winner of the award for best drama — … Read more
In an industrial underground space in central London, models in contrasting period dresses and playful streetwear strutted down a brightly lit London Fashion Week (LFW) runway. But unlike most other shows, all the floral dresses, trending workwear and double-denim outfits were second hand at the event by charity Oxfam and online used clothes retailer Vinted’s … Read more
A senior Hamas official told AFP on Sunday that the Palestinian Islamist movement had ample resources to continue fighting Israel despite losses sustained over more than 11 months of war in Gaza. “The resistance has a high ability to continue,” Osama Hamdan told AFP during an interview in Istanbul. “There were martyrs and there were … Read more
Australia’s Labor government has set a monumental target of producing 15 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen annually by 2050, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen announced Friday. Bowen, while releasing the National Hydrogen Strategy at the Asia-Pacific Hydrogen Conference in Brisbane, also signed a AU$660 million joint venture with German State Secretary for … Read more
