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More Singapore developers embrace greener buildings as energy costs rise
More Singapore developers embrace greener buildings as energy costs rise From low-carbon building materials to district-wide cooling systems, developers are adopting new technologies and design strategies to reduce energy consumption and operating costs. SINGAPORE: More developers in Singapore are going beyond minimum sustainability requirements as rising energy costs strengthen the business case for greener buildings. Architects say private developers are increasingly pursuing higher...
Rebecca Vassarotti returns to ACT politics as Greens MLA
Shane Rattenbury replaced by Rebecca Vassarotti in ACT Legislative Assembly after countback Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 1:30pm In short: Rebecca Vassarotti has been re-elected as an MLA in the ACT Legislative Assembly following a countback by the Electoral Commission. The countback was necessary after the resignation of ACT Greens party leader Shane Rattenbury in April, after 17 years in politics. The ACT Greens have yet to nominate a new leader.
Benchmark Everything Everywhere All at Once
arXiv:2606.06462v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Benchmarks are fundamental for evaluating and advancing LLMs and MLLMs by providing standardized and explicit measures of performance. However, their construction is labor-intensive and hard to reuse, raising concerns about sustainability and scalability. Moreover, existing benchmarks often quickly reach performance saturation after their release, resulting in insufficient discrimination among state-of-the-art models.
Israel is building more military posts in Gaza, satellite imagery shows
Israel is building more military posts in Gaza, satellite imagery shows An investigation by Al Jazeera’s Open Source Unit has identified 40 distinct Israeli military outposts entrenched within Gaza. Israel was supposed to fully withdraw its troops from Gaza as part of the ceasefire signed in October. Instead of pulling back, Israeli forces are quietly cementing permanent, heavily fortified military posts across the besieged enclave, according to satellite imagery analysed by Al Jazeera.
Rovers, regolith, robots: The blueprint for the moon
Rovers, regolith, robots: The blueprint for the moon Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor The "soil" blanketing the moon's surface isn't actually soil. It's a fine, lethal, abrasive powder of shattered rock and jagged glass that shreds gaskets, chews through seals, and hangs in an airless environment blasted by unfiltered radiation and temperature swings that can warp steel. Scientists call it lunar regolith.
Desi jugaads during heatwaves: India’s battle against 45°C temperatures
India is learning to live with a hotter future. From Delhi to Mumbai, temperatures are regularly crossing 45 degrees Celsius, heatwaves are lasting longer and cities are becoming giant heat traps due to rapid urbanisation and the growing urban heat island effect. But if there is one thing Indians are famous for, it is finding a jugaad for every problem.
Philippines: Large Mindanao quake displaced roughly 20,000
Philippines: Large Mindanao quake displaced roughly 20,000 June 9, 2026Rescuers continued their search of damaged and collapsed buildings in General Santos city and the surrounding area on Tuesday, a day after the strongest earthquake to hit the Philippines this year killed 37 people and displaced around 20,000. The Office of Civil Defense said only four people were still considered missing on official records in the southern provinces of Mindanao, but it said that several collapsed and...
Around 20,000 people displaced by Philippine earthquake that killed at least 37
The Philippines is often hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of seismic faults around the ocean. Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in half a century killed at least 37 people and displaced more than 20,000. Only four people were considered missing on official records in the southern provinces...
Iran’s lakes are vanishing: Satellite images show a deepening water crisis
Iran’s lakes are vanishing: Satellite images show a deepening water crisis Years of drought, falling rainfall and unsustainable water use have been worsened further by the US-Israel war. For many Iranians, the most immediate threat is no longer just war, but water. Years of drought, falling rainfall and unsustainable water use have pushed the country into severe water stress, depleting reservoirs, rivers and groundwater reserves.
India shows ‘cautious resilience’ despite Middle East conflict: DEA
India's economic story is expected to remain on a path of "cautious resilience" in the near term, even as global uncertainties continue to grow, the department of economic affairs (DEA) said in its Monthly Economic Review for May. However, it cautioned that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, rising crude oil prices and the possibility of a weaker-than-normal monsoon could pose challenges to growth and fuel inflationary pressures in the months ahead. Despite these risks, the DEA said...