Lesotho is a small, land-locked, mountainous country located in the middle of South Africa. Its Eastern Lesotho Highlands are often referred to as the region’s “water tower” because they receive some of the highest rainfall amounts in southern Africa, providing water to South Africa and electricity to Lesotho through the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Despite this abundance of rainfall, and although the country has many wetland habitats, there are surprisingly few natural lakes. Researchers aren’t sure why – and our newly published study provides evidence that this may not always have been the case. The research took place in a…
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Climate change and extreme weather events pose a real risk to the world’s heritage sites — a stark reality laid bare by the recent wildfire in Jasper, Alta.. Canada has 22 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) world heritage sites, most of which are at high risk of disruption due to climate change and their particularly vulnerable location. The catastrophic wildfire to recently hit Jasper burned significant parts of Jasper National Park, which — along with Banff, Kootenay and Yoho — forms a part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks. While all wildfires that cause damage or loss…
But FC Zurich forward Armstrong Oko-Flex, a current Ireland U-21 international, will feel very much at home in the Drumcondra venue, on familiar ground with familiar faces in the opposition camp.Damien Duff, manager of a Shelbourne side that lost 3-0 in the away leg of their second qualifying round battle with Zurich, was one of his coaches at Celtic. Oko-Flex and his family may have moved to London from Dublin before he hit his teenage years, but there are even some old school pals in the Reds camp.”I know Kameron Ledwidge, the centre-back or left-back, we went to the same…
Grants will support education, skills training, supportive services, paid work experienceWASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of $45 million in funding to support programs to provide skills training through work-based learning, employment services, educational support and mentorship to young adults, ages 15 to 24, in communities affected by violence, crime and poverty. Violence and poverty can prevent individuals from realizing their potential and prevent access to equitable educational and employment opportunities. The Reentry Employment Opportunities program funding availability announced today aligns with the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to equity in the labor force and addresses structural barriers these young…
Aside from the mysterious disappearances, a number of other, seemingly separate events over the past days have fuelled suspicion that something important is brewing. On Tuesday, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, in a surprise move, pardoned Rico Krieger, a German citizen and the first Westerner to receive a death sentence. A day later, on Wednesday, Slovenia convicted a Russian couple of espionage, and ordered them to be expelled. In a third notable event, a number of high-profile Russian citizens held in U.S. prisons, many of them linked to the Russian government, appeared to have been removed from the American federal prisoner…
The Australian government this week announced it would spend A$18 million over four years on a new centre aimed at keeping safe the undersea cables that power the nation’s internet. The Cable Connectivity and Resilience Centre is tasked with protecting the critical undersea telecommunications cables throughout the Indo-Pacific region from deliberate interference from malicious actors, or accidental damage. This is a crucial undertaking. The internet directly contributes $167 billion or more a year to the Australian economy. These cables enable everything from mundane social media updates to the colossal transactions that drive the global economy. But what is driving Australia’s…
Energy Secretary chairs first energy Mission Board, as government continues immediate action to deliver clean power by 2030 and accelerate to net zero new forum key to securing British energy independence, with ministers tasked with accelerating plan to invest in clean, homegrown energy across Britain meeting takes place as the biggest ever budget is confirmed for this year’s renewables auction – as part of government efforts to rapidly increase clean, cheap energy follows on from early action to end onshore wind ban, unblock solar projects, launch major partnership with Great British Energy, and set up 2030 clean power Mission Control…
“As we await further clarity on the circumstances, we again urge the parties to exercise maximum restraint and call on all concerned to avoid any further escalation,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a note to correspondents that evening. He called on all parties to comply with their obligations under international law; to urgently commit to the full implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1701, adopted in response to the 2006 war between Hizbollah and Israel, and to immediately return to a cessation of hostilities. The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, also appealed for “calm to prevail” in a…
Melbourne is experiencing an “explosive” and unusual outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. Since Friday afternoon, Victoria’s Department of Health has confirmed 33 cases (with ten more suspected) of this severe and sometimes life-threatening lung disease. Most of those infected have ended up in hospital. Investigations are under way to identify the source of the outbreak. Here’s what we know so far. What is Legionnaires’ disease and how does it spread? Legionnaires’ disease is a bacterial infection caused by inhaling contaminated water droplets. The water droplets need to be small enough to be inhaled deeply into the lungs to cause disease. The…
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has reported that preliminary data for June 2024 shows robust growth in international air passenger markets, fuelled by healthy demand for air travel approaching the peak summer holiday season. Overall, Asia Pacific airlines carried a combined total of 28.9 million international passengers during the month, a 21% year-on-year increase and 90.2% of the corresponding month in 2019. Demand in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) grew by 23.8% year-on-year, almost matching the 24% expansion in available seat capacity. As a result, the international passenger load factor edged 0.2 percentage points lower to average 82.2% in…