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While Australians struggle to pay the bills, Chris Bowen’s department reserves luxury Fiji resorts costing up to $4.2million for climate summit delegates
Australia’s Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has faced criticism after it emerged his department reserved luxury resort accommodation in Fiji for delegates attending a climate summit, with costs reportedly reaching up to $4.2 million. The booking has drawn attention amid ongoing cost-of-living pressures on Australian households, with critics questioning the appropriateness of high-end…
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Spain edge Argentina to lift 2026 World Cup amid controversy
Spain have won the 2026 FIFA World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0 after extra time at the New Jersey-New York Stadium to claim their second world title in 16 years. Ferran Torres scored the winning goal, ending Argentina’s defence of the crown they won in 2022 and denying Lionel Messi a further triumph on the game’s…
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Fans Flocked to World Cup Host Cities—Causing 80 Percent of the Tournament’s Emissions
A Cambridge University research team has developed a new “climate viability” framework to assess the environmental cost of mega-events, finding that fan travel accounted for roughly 82% of the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Published in the journal Communications Sustainability, the study argues that climate strategies for such events must…
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Even Mild Sleep Deprivation May Lead to Weight Gain
A study by researchers at Columbia University’s Vagelos School of Medicine has found that even mild, chronic sleep deprivation can lead to weight gain, a condition thought to affect around 30 per cent of adults. This challenges the assumption, based largely on studies of severe sleep restriction, that only extreme sleep loss affects weight, and…
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In the wake of Stadium’s death, Overwatch’s Quick Play Hacked weekend makes me hope 6v6 returns permanently
An Overwatch writer argues that a limited-time “Quick Play Hacked: 1-3-2” test weekend, which temporarily restored 6v6 team play with a flexible third slot for either a second tank or extra damage hero, produced some of the best matches they’ve experienced, prompting hope that Blizzard makes the format permanent. The piece comes as Blizzard’s Stadium…
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Canadian wildfires rage as Trump warns Carney again over ‘poisoning’ US air
US President Donald Trump has again warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney over wildfire smoke drifting into the United States, telling him during Sunday’s World Cup Final to bring the fires under control and suggesting Canada “should pay some damages” for the impact. The remarks escalate tension between the two countries after Trump threatened new…
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Europe’s ‘green ideology’ climate agenda risks crushing its industry, environment minister warns
Czech Environment Minister Igor Červený has warned that Europe risks crippling its own industrial base if it does not soften its aggressive climate agenda, cautioning that manufacturers are increasingly shifting production abroad. Speaking to Fox News Digital during his first visit to the United Nations, he argued that European leaders need to respond to voters…
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Adobe crams multiple AI tools into its experimental camera app
Adobe is adding a suite of generative AI tools to Project Indigo, its experimental smartphone camera app, in a feature set called AI Playground. This marks a shift for the app, which originally focused on giving mobile photographers a “natural SLR-like look,” and now embraces AI-driven editing and creative assistance at the point of capture.…
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David Zaslav’s Next Act: Summer Camp Owner
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is stepping in to buy Mohawk Day Camp, a nearly century-old summer camp in Westchester County, New York, after its parent company collapsed into bankruptcy. The camp, along with dozens of others across the north-eastern United States, had been left in limbo when the brothers who owned its holding…
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Sylvia Bugg Dies: PBS Programming Chief & Longtime Nonfiction TV Exec Was 55
Sylvia Bugg, PBS’s Chief Programming Executive and General Manager for General Audience Programming, has died unexpectedly at the age of 55. PBS chief executive Paula Kerger announced her death over the weekend, praising her decades of work across public media, though no cause of death has been given. Bugg had shaped much of PBS’s output…