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To guard Rotterdam from the sea, the Netherlands built two swinging steel arms, each 210 meters long, among the largest moving structures on Earth, closing against storm surgesThe Maeslant Barrier protects Rotterdam from North Sea surges. This massive structure exemplifies Dutch water management expertise and fore...- Why scientists are worried about Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier': How dangerous could disintegration of 'Great Britain-sized' ice shelf be for Earth and humanity?Antarctica Doomsday Glacier: West Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier," Thwaites, faces imminent danger as its eastern ice shelf nears collapse....
- Fans are fuming after FIFA World Cup tickets they bought through resale sites fall throughWorld Cup fans face major ticket troubles. Many are missing games after buying from resale sites like StubHub. Tickets are not transferring...
- Chasing shadows: How VPNs keep Delhi school hoaxers out of reachBomb hoaxes continue to target Delhi schools. Police face challenges tracing threats due to VPNs and encrypted emails. Perpetrators use int...
- Can a giant seawall save Indonesia's disappearing coast?The encroaching ocean laps against a road in Karminah's village, threatening her home on Indonesia's Java island, where the government says...
- Adani to execute MHADA’s largest-ever 142-acre redevelopment in Mumbai’s Motilal NagarMHADA and Adani Properties have partnered to redevelop Motilal Nagar in Goregaon, Mumbai, in MHADA's largest redevelopment project. Adani P...
- China's Xi Jinping greets EU Council president ahead of EV tariffs taking effectChina's President Xi Jinping conveyed his congratulations to incoming European Council President Antonio Costa, emphasizing the importance ...
- View: India’s food security is being choked by climate changeIndia's vulnerable food security is under threat due to climate change as the country experiences volatile cycles of droughts and flooding....
- Major Himalayan rivers like Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra will see their flows reduced as glaciers recede: UN ChiefIn Asia, 10 major rivers originate in the Himalaya region, supplying freshwater to 1.3 billion people living in its watershed. "As glaciers...
- 26% of world lacks clean drinking water, 46% sanitation: UNThe U.N. World Water Development Report 2023 painted a stark picture of the huge gap that needs to be filled to meet U.N. goals to ensure a...
- Worst impacts of sea level rise will hit earlier than thought: StudyMany coastal areas are lower than scientists thought they were. The underestimates of land elevation mean coastal communities have less tim...
- UK warns people to stay home as it braces for 90 mph windsBritain's weather service said Storm Eunice, known as Storm Zeynep in Germany, was likely to cause significant disruption and dangerous con...
- Angela Merkel makes final push for successor in Germany's knife-edge pollsLaschet, 60, has been trailing his Social Democrat challenger Olaf Scholz in the race for the chancellery, although final polls put the gap...
- Peatlands worldwide are drying out, threatening to release 860 million tons of carbon dioxide every yearPeatlands, such as fens, bogs, marshes, and swamps, cover just 3 percent of the Earth's total land surface, yet store over one-third of the...
- 2019 on course to be the second or third warmest year on record: ReportThe provisional report also took note of a number of record high temperatures in India, including 48 degree Celsius at New Delhi Airport on...
- Focused on improving Indo-Dutch trade relations: Sigrid Kaag, Netherlands MinisterNetherlands' minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Sigrid Kaag talks to ET about her country's plans for leveraging Indo-Dutch relati...
- Europe's order to mute Google angers USBut across the Atlantic, the idea that users should be able to edit Google search results in the name of privacy is being slammed as weird ...
- Luxury yacht makers get a safe ‘bankruptcy’ harbour in FranceFrance’s luxury yacht makers are riding out the recession in bankruptcy protection, irking European peers who say their state-sanctioned re...
- ECB under pressure to cut as global financial crisis bites deeperThe European Central Bank will likely keep its main lending rate steady on Thursday amid unprecedented market turbulence but pressure is bu...
- City of London’s status as global finance centre under threatOver the past year, people in London are arguing that the rising tax and regulatory burden of doing business in the British capital has thr...
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