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A 'supereruption' transformed NZ 350,000 years ago—we now know how it happened

A 'supereruption' transformed NZ 350,000 years ago—we now know how it happened Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Some 350,000 years ago, the center of New Zealand's North Island appeared much different than the mountainous, scrub-covered landscape it is today. Amid a glacial period, temperatures were colder and conditions harsher.

Phys.org 11d ago

Horror as Brit dies at busy Canary Islands beach after dramatic helicopter rescue

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Daily Mirror 10d ago

Shaggy dog tale as Bruce rescued after being blown out to sea in kayak

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ABC Australia 6h ago

British man dies at popular Fuerteventura beach after helicopter rescue at sea

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Daily Mirror 10d ago

At least two injured in explosion at fireworks factory in northern Malta, police say

Prime Minister Robert Abela wrote on social media that his "thoughts are with the people affected by the explosion that occurred this morning." A powerful explosion at a fireworks factory in Malta on Monday injured two, sending a massive plume of smoke and debris into the air, police said. The blast and subsequent explosions at the Ta' Lourdes fireworks factory on the north side of the Mediterranean island shook buildings and shattered glass, according to videos posted by local newspapers...

Euronews 9d ago

Heat map shows most of Spain in intense heat: how much will temperatures rise where you live?

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Euronews 4d ago

The Last of the D-Day Veterans

Joe Picard perched atop a precarious mound of 300-plus-pound high-explosive shells as his ship churned toward Normandy’s beaches. The teenager had been at sea only once before, to cross the Atlantic, and now he was sailing across the English Channel to pile into the breach that Allied forces had opened in Hitler’s defenses weeks earlier, on D-Day. Smoke from the fighting still rose on the horizon, but Picard’s eyes scanned the gray water below for signs of German U-boats.

The Atlantic 4d ago

Turkish forces harass aircraft carrying European defense ministers to Cyprus

ATHENS — Turkish forces interfered with a military aircraft carrying European defense ministers to an EU meeting in Cyprus on Monday, the Cypriot government said, adding it will lodge formal complaints over the incidents. “We have been informed by the defense ministers of Greece, the Netherlands and France that during their visit to Cyprus, the aircraft they were on received interference from the illegal Tymbou airport,” Victor Papadopoulos, director of the press office of the president of...

Politico EU 2d ago

Thousands of green sea turtle hatchlings swim to sea in a conservation win

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ABC Australia 9d ago

France and Cyprus to sign defense pact for French deployment to island

France and Cyprus will sign on Monday a status of forces agreement allowing Paris to station troops on the Mediterranean island, two senior Cypriot government officials told POLITICO. The agreement will be signed by French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin and Cypriot Defense Minister Vasilis Palmas in Nicosia, as both will attend the informal European Foreign Affairs Council meeting in its defense configuration the same day. The agreement “will provide for the presence of French...

Politico EU 3d ago