Kendal Calling has announced its 2026 line-up, including one of its “biggest ever headliners”. Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro will take to the main stage at Lowther Deer Park, in the Lake District, following the success of their 10th studio album Futique. They will be performing alongside fellow headliners Wolf Alice, The Kooks and Two Door…
“If a disaster like a flood, earthquake, or extreme rain event occurs, I cannot even run or protect myself,” says 48-year-old Ram*, a person with a disability from Indrawati Rural Municipality, Sindhupalchok, to the north-east of Kathmandu in central Nepal. As climate change intensifies, it has upended local lives and livelihoods, disproportionately affecting people with…
The Dommasandra Flyover project, initiated in 2020, has been pending and stalled for several years leading to heavy congestion in the area in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J The year 2025 is drawing to a close, but what seem to have no end in sight are Bengaluru’s infrastructure woes. Like every year in…
The timing is brutal. Just as the world celebrates the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris climate agreement this month, new evidence shows that the world is crashing through the main defence that was constructed against climate catastrophe. The three-year temperature average is – for the first time – set to exceed the…
The table does not lie and Nottingham Forest were proudly fifth in the Premier League on Sunday night. Admittedly, the reality is they sit 16th but since Sean Dyche took over as manager only four teams have bettered their points tally, with a breezy win against Tottenham a further sign of revolution in action. Considering…
Precisely 85 years ago, one of the most fearsome heavyweight boxers in history stunk out the joint. Joe Louis was in the midst of his “Bum of the Month club”: a staggering run of 13 world title defences in 29 months against an assortment of stiffs, wild men and colourful characters. And when he arrived in Boston on…
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BEIJING, Dec 16 (Reuters) – China on Tuesday reiterated its demand that Japan retract Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan, more than a month after Takaichi said an attack on the democratically governed island could be deemed an existential threat to Japan. “On key issues, Japan is still ‘squeezing toothpaste’ and ‘burying nails,’ attempting…
Carbon Dioxide Removal techniques are gaining visibility in the global discourse, including in the recently concluded COP30, but are widely considered speculative technologies that are unproven at scale. After Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) technologies, the new player in town is Direct Air Carbon Capture (and Storage). Critics have pointed out that Carbon…
Based on the HSBC Flash India Composite Output Index, the private sector saw robust business activity. (AI image) Business activity in India moderated in December, with the HSBC PMI Composite Index that measures India’s manufacturing and service sectors’ combined output, came in at 58.9, dropping from November’s 59.7. Despite this reduction, the index remained significantly…