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This 1,000-year-old pine tree’s protector fears changing weather patterns

HUANGSHAN, China — As temperatures neared their midday peak, Hu Xiaosong was doing his regular patrol, at an altitude of more than 5,500 feet, to protect a 1,000-year-old pine tree that he says is like family to him. This spectacular, oddly shaped pine is the most iconic landmark on China’s Yellow Mountain, or Huangshan, a major tourist site in the eastern Anhui province. Called the Guest-Greeting Pine, or Yingkesong in Mandarin, it is a symbol of hospitality and friendship, miraculously...

Sherpa survives 6-day Everest ordeal sans food, O2

In what climbers are calling a miracle, a 52-year-old Sherpa guide who was presumed dead on Mount Everest after he vanished during descent on May 29 was found alive after six days near Base Camp on Thursday morning. Dawa 'Hillary' Sherpa -- who earned the moniker for his mountaineering expertise - covered more than 12km from Yellow Band (25,000ft) to Crampon Point (17,000ft) in difficult weather without food, water or supplemental oxygen, crossing the treacherous Khumbu icefall after the...

Primary races to watch and NBA Finals Game 3 highlights: Morning Rundown

Four states host primary elections, including a closely watched Senate race in Maine. Trump says two pilots “are fine” after a U.S. military helicopter goes down over the Strait of Hormuz. Plus, the San Antonio Spurs narrow their NBA Finals deficit against the New York Knicks.

‘What you see here is a wetland without water’: how the datacentre boom is exacerbating Chile’s mega-drought

‘What you see here is a wetland without water’: how the datacentre boom is exacerbating Chile’s mega-drought

Family questions rescue efforts for Sherpa guide found alive on Everest, seeks legal action

Family questions rescue efforts for Sherpa guide found alive on Everest, seeks legal action Dawa Sherpa, 57, was found on Thursday (Jun 4) crawling in the snowy slopes around the Khumbu Icefall, just above Everest base camp, a week after he went missing. KATHMANDU: A Sherpa guide who survived a week on the treacherous slopes of Mount Everest was recovering at a hospital in Nepal's capital on Friday (Jun 5), while his family angered by a delay in rescue efforts sought legal action against...

Sherpa guide’s family files official complaint after ‘miracle’ rescue on Mount Everest

Sherpa guide’s family files official complaint after ‘miracle’ rescue on Mount Everest When helicopters were finally sent to look for him, they could not find him - Bookmark A Sherpa guide who miraculously survived a week stranded on the perilous slopes of Mount Everest is recovering in a Kathmandu hospital as his family pursues legal action over what they claim was a delayed rescue effort. Dawa Sherpa, 57, was discovered Thursday, crawling through the snow near the Khumbu Icefall, a week...

Take a look inside Victoria's oldest active timber church turning 170

Anglican church at Tarraville a marvel of 19th-century timber construction Sun 7 Jun 2026 at 7:59am Tarraville's Christ Church, built in 1856, stands as one of the last remaining public monuments to a once-thriving frontier seaport town. Architecturally unique, the Anglican church features a rectangular timber Victorian gothic revival design and is a rare surviving example of drop-slab construction. Its congregation is celebrating the church's 170th anniversary and the work that has gone...

Great mysteries of archaeology: An ancient Amazonian world revealed from the sky

Great mysteries of archaeology: An ancient Amazonian world revealed from the sky Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor From the air, you see it only through the constant jolt, tilt, and shudder of the low-flying Cessna aircraft. The landscape of the Llanos de Moxos, northern Bolivia, appears as a disconnected patchwork of open grassland savannahs, forest islands, and lakes. It feels random, almost unreadable.

Hulda Guzmán review – lizards and ghosts gather for an art freakout in the rainforest

Turner Contemporary, MargateThe young Dominican painter’s dizzyingly beautiful jungle scenes will transport you to the tropics – and remind you of the wonders of the natural world Deep in the Dominican rainforest, high up on a mountain, miles from anywhere, Hulda Guzmán stares at an endless expanse of jungle. From her modernist wooden studio, built by her architect father Eddie, she looks out into the vast greenness of her world, the deep blues of the ocean in the distance, the warm oranges...