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A fire has broken out on top of a building housing Denmark’s taxation ministry, leading to the evacuation of the offices and adjacent houses

There were clues around the brick bungalow in north Toronto where Deb Scott grew up that hinted at her parents’ adventurous past. Photo albums full of black-and-white images of big lakes, dense northern forests, rocky hills and rushing waters; an old Coleman camping stove tucked away in a basement corner; a pair of heavy, eider-down sleeping bags; wooden crates full of rock samples; and a red, 16-foot Prospector canoe kept in the rafters of the two-car garage.

SEOUL : North Korea said it had successfully tested technology for raining down multiple nuclear warheads at once—a top weapons goal for Kim Jong Un and an increased threat to the U.S. and its allies. But, in an unusually pointed rebuke, South Korea denounced the self-declared achievement as a bluff.

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It is the blessing that can help determine a climate startup’s fate: backing from Bill Gates, one of the biggest investors in efforts to transform the world’s energy use. Since 2015, Breakthrough Energy, the climate-investment firm founded by Gates, has lavished $2.2 billion on more than 160 startups and other initiatives, seeking both returns for investors and emissions reductions. He has also made investments separately outside the firm.

Calgary’s mayor says if everything goes according to plan, the city’s water conservation crisis could be over by Canada Day.Mayor Jyoti Gondek says water service could be fully restored and restrictions lifted by July 1 if upcoming steps to stabilize a replacement water pipe go as planned.“If there are any problems in any of those steps … it could be more days,” Gondek told a news conference Wednesday.“We can see the finish line. It’s close, but we still have more work to do.”Gondek said until the “all clear” is given, Calgarians can’t lose focus and need to reduce their water use by 25 per cent to avoid the taps going dry.She said daily water usage has been climbing in recent days but remains below the threshold of 480 million litres needed to keep service going and provide firefighters with the resources to combat emergencies.Calgary, a city of 1.6 million people, and surrounding communities, including Airdrie, Chestermere and Tsuut’ina Nation, have been under a combination of mandatory and voluntary water restrictions since a water main burst in the city’s northwest three weeks ago.Residents have been asked to limit indoor water use by flushing their toilets less often and doing fewer loads of laundry.

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A post shared by NASA (@nasa)The black-and-white view of the planet was captured when its half portion was lit with Sun rays. Closely observing the photo would help viewers identify Saturn's moon Pandora, which is visible as a tiny dot in the upper right of the image, nearly beyond the F ring.“Saturn’s graceful lanes of orbiting ice — its iconic rings — wind their way around the planet to pass beyond the horizon in this view taken on Aug.

dangerous levels of heat. This year is no exception—indeed, it carries the trend further. In Saudi Arabia more than 1,300 pilgrims died during the hajj , the pilgrimage to Mecca, as temperatures exceeded 50°C.

₹15,000-crore viability gap funding (VGF) plan for companies to shift to greener vessels for inland water transport over the next 10 years, said two persons aware of the development. “The concept of VGF and other incentives for turning Indian maritime segment green is under formulation and consideration," one of the people cited above said on condition of anonymity, adding that the Inland Waterway Development Council (IWDC) is working on finalizing the scheme for this green transition, which would be similar to the FAME scheme for promotion of green automobiles.

Many Midwestern homeowners hit by bad flooding this week do not have flood insurance

The biggest US banks haven’t waited for this week’s stress tests to signal optimism about their capital levels.

cyber-attacks in recent times on the critical water infrastructure in the US has exposed its gaps in cyber security. These attacks carried out allegedly by Russia, China and Iran have added to the stress on the system as well as lowered the public confidence. It has been reported that the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has also issued a note to all stake holders to take note and work towards stepping up security on various networks which are connected to the water infrastructure. There is an increasing tendency to use AI in carrying out various cyber-crimes.

Meteorologists have for the first time issued a heat advisory for the entire island of Puerto Rico as it struggles with chronic power outages

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Vivek Murthy, surgeon general of the United States, recently proposed that all social media platforms should carry a warning that it could harm the mental health of teenagers. A similar proposal by the surgeon general that all cigarette packages carry a warning that smoking “may be hazardous to your health" is what kickstarted efforts to tackle this addiction. Will the surgeon general’s warning about social media addiction bear fruit? The biggest problem with social media is that it is anything but social.

Japan issued an emergency alert following a suspected ballistic missile strike by North Korea on Tuesday (local time). The information was given by the Japan Prime Minister's Office on social media platform X. Minutes later, the Japan PMO said the emergency alert was being lifted as the 'suspected ballistic missile' from North Korea was not expected to reach Japan.

SEOUL : To the makers of smartphones, power grids and electric vehicles, lithium—the lightest metal—allows batteries to become supercharged, underpinning hopes for a greener economy and longer-lasting devices. But the very traits that make lithium game changing for energy storage can pose overpowering challenges should the batteries ever catch fire. Incidents involving lithium-battery fires are becoming more common around the world, raising safety concerns.

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European Space Agency (ESA) has released an image of the Ram Setu, also known as Adam's Bridge, captured by its Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite. This chain of shoals stretches 48 km, connecting Rameswaram Island in India and Mannar Island in Sri Lanka. It separates the Gulf of Mannar from the Palk Strait. The satellites carry an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands and provide a new perspective of land and vegetation.

NDA government in Bihar has cancelled 350 contracts worth Rs 826 crore, which were awarded during the previous RJD-led 'Mahagathbandhan' dispensation in the state for supplying drinking water in rural areas, a minister said on Tuesday. The decision to cancel the contracts was taken after an inquiry by the Public Health Engineering Department revealed that there were "irregularities in the process of selecting contractors", he said. «During the previous RJD-led grand alliance regime in the state, many contracts were awarded by the department. An inquiry by the department revealed that due process was not followed in awarding 350 contracts worth Rs 826 crore. These were related to the rural water supply, including the installation of hand pumps and mini water supply systems,» PHED Minister Niraj Kumar Singh told PTI. The department has handed over the preliminary inquiry report to the competent authority in the state government for a thorough probe, he said.