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Trump’s Cuts Come With Risks. Including From Volcanoes.

When the fuming and rumbling at Mount Spurr, a giant volcano northwest of Anchorage, started picking up in October, Alaska’s volcano monitoring agency raised its alert level to ensure that nearby communities and passing airplanes would have ample warning of any eruption. The Trump administration’s cost-cutting campaign has put this work in jeopardy. The credit […]

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Why is it so hard to move a runway 12 metres?

Tom Espiner, Faarea Masud and Sean Dilley BBC Business Getty Images Expansion at Gatwick Airport has moved a step closer after the government gave the plan its tentative backing. On the surface Gatwick’s plans look relatively straightforward. In contrast to Heathrow, which wants to bulldoze houses and reroute the M25, Gatwick is proposing to shift […]

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Neymar back to Barcelona: Is that a good idea?

No, you’re not dreaming, it is the year 2025. You might be wondering how on earth, then, we are sitting here discussing the possibility of Neymar returning to Barcelona this summer. After all, the Brazilian has just turned 33 years old and has only played 13 games of football in the past two seasons. I’m […]

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Why China’s Xiaomi Can Make an Electric Car and Apple Can’t

After nearly a decade of trying, Apple finally gave up its effort to produce an electric car last year, canceling a project that soaked up $10 billion. But last year in China, the electronics maker Xiaomi launched its first electric car after just three years of development and delivered 135,000 vehicles. It has vowed to […]

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Wild beavers release approved for England

Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Reporting fromRIver Otter, Devon These are some of the first beavers that will be released Beavers will be released into the wild in England after the government approved their reintroduction. The decision follows years of trials and will see beavers make an officially approved return to waterways. Hunted to extinction […]

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French referees may ‘withdraw’ over safety concerns – union

Feb 28, 2025, 03:15 AM ET The French referees union has said its members would exercise their right to withdraw if they or their families are put at risk after a match official faced an “outpouring of hate” following comments by Marseille president Pablo Longoria. Local media reported that Longoria had objected to the appointment […]

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UK-US trade deal could mean tariffs ‘not necessary’

A trade deal between the US and UK could happen “very quickly”, President Donald Trump said at a joint press conference with Sir Keir Starmer. Speaking during the prime minister’s visit to the White House, Trump envisaged “a real trade deal” which could see the UK avoid the kind of tariffs the president has been […]

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