1 hour ago Revealed: The 36 companies who are responsible for HALF the world's carbon emissions

Just 36 of the world's richest and most powerful companies are responsible for more than half of the world's greenhouse gas production, according to a new report.

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9 h. ago ‘Body in a box’: World’s first computer powered by human brain cells

Cortical Labs says $35,000 ‘body in a box’ will revolutionise AI and robotics

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24 h. ago World’s first computer powered by human brain cells goes on sale

Cortical Labs says $35,000 ‘body in a box’ will revolutionise AI and robotics

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53 h. ago Nature Photography Contest 2024 winners and finalists – in pictures

The winners have been announced for the second annual Nature Photography Contest, featuring breathtaking images showcasing life on our planet. Bringing together work from around the world, this year’s competition once again proved the power of photography to capture landscapes, wildlife, and the delicate balance that sustains life on Earth Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump has utterly changed the rules of engagement. World leaders must learn this – and quickly | Simon Tisdall

The world’s most admired democracy is being held hostage by a clique of far-right thugs. It would be a mistake to placate themIt’s not only about Donald Trump. It’s not just about saving Ukraine, or defeating Russia, or how to boost Europe’s security, or what to do about an America gone rogue. It’s about a world turned upside down – a dark, fretful, more dangerous place where treaties and laws are no longer respected, alliances are broken, trust is fungible, principles are negotiable and morality is a dirty word. It’s an ugly, disordered world of raw power, brute force, selfish arrogance, dodgy deals and brazen lies. It’s been coming for a while; the US president is its noisy harbinger.Take the issues one at a time. Trump is a toxic symptom of the wider malaise. For sure, he is an extraordinarily malign, unfeeling and irresponsible man. He cares nothing for the people he leads, seeing them merely as an audience for his vulgar showmanship. His undeserved humiliation of Ukraine’s vali...

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5 d. ago ‘She has this power’: nun’s crucifix links Michelangelo to Velázquez

Exclusive: Bronze cast of Christ connected to Florentine artist to be sold alongside Spanish masterpieceA precociously talented artist, scarcely out of his teens, was in 1620 commissioned to paint the portrait of an intrepid nun passing through his home city of Seville on her way to one of the farthest outposts of Spain’s vast empire.His painting reveals a shrewd, formidable woman in late middle age, who clasps a book in her left hand while wielding a crucifix, almost as if it were a weapon, in her right. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Archaeologists reveal brain turned to glass in 500C 'ash cloud' from Pompeii volcano eruption

The volcanic eruption was so hot it turned a human brain into glass, archaeologists say

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7 d. ago Power back on in Chile after blackout leaves millions in dark

Electricity restored to almost all affected regions as investigation under way into how outage occurredPower has been restored to most of Chile’s 19 million people after the country’s most disruptive blackout in 15 years, the government said, as authorities lifted a strict curfew imposed when the outage left 98% of the population without electricity.Chilean interior minister Carolina Tohá said on Wednesday that electricity had largely returned to Chile’s 14 afflicted regions, although 220,000 residents remained without power. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Chile declares state of emergency as entire country plunges into darkness and millions lose power

A massive power blackout has led to a state of emergency, affecting key regions and causing widespread disruptions

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8 d. ago Chile declares state of emergency after major power outage leaves millions without electricity

A sweeping blackout has hit Chile, stranding commuters, paralyzing countless businesses and leaving most of the South American nation without electricity

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8 d. ago Chile power outage sees UK Foreign Office issue travel advice to British citizens as 'state of exception' declared

Areas across Chile are affected following the power outage

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8 d. ago Chile hit by major blackout, leaving millions without electricity

State of emergency and overnight curfew declared after blackout strands commuters and knocks out traffic lightsAuthorities in Chile have declared a state of emergency and overnight curfew after a sweeping blackout stranded commuters, knocked out traffic lights, paralyzed countless businesses and left millions of people in the South American country without electricity.The National Electrical Coordinator, Chile’s grid operator, said a disruption had occurred in a high-voltage transmission line that carries power from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile to the capital of Santiago in the country’s central valley. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Chile hit by nationwide blackout, forcing Santiago metro evacuations

Chile’s biggest blackout in 15 years hits from Arica to Los Lagos, testing one of South America’s top power gridsA sweeping blackout has hit Chile, stranding commuters, paralyzing countless businesses and leaving most of the South American country without electricity. The government did not immediately offer an explanation for the widespread power failures that left millions of people without electricity all the way from the northernmost Chilean port of Arica to the southern Los Lagos agricultural region. Chile’s national disaster response service, Senapred, reported only that a “disruption in the supply of electricity” had provoked a “massive power outage” across more than a dozen regions in the country, including Chile’s capital of Santiago, where authorities said there would be no subway service until further notice. The country’s electricity distributor, Saesa, which serves more than a million people across Chile, confirmed that a nationwide power failure had affected all of its...

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8 d. ago Ronnie O'Sullivan's honest snooker claim and what it tells us as retirement verdict reached

Ronnie O'Sullivan has admitted he will struggle to stay within the world's top 16 in the next few years as the seven-time world champion tries to accept his waning powers

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1 week ago Stephen Fry warns of ‘cult of power’ sweeping across the world

Stephen Fry has warned of a growing global shift toward authoritarianism, calling it a “darkening shadow” over the world.

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1 week ago German voters head to polls facing world of change as far right waits in the wings

Europe holds its breath as world’s third largest economic power and most populous EU country faces crossroadsGerman voters go to the polls today but it is a different world from when the campaign began only a few weeks ago.Nearly 60 million ­people are choosing a government that will have to grapple with the breakdown of the transatlantic alliance under Donald Trump and new threats to European security just as the country’s vaunted economic model is hitting the skids. Continue reading...

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1 week ago A train through Germany: is Europe’s powerhouse going off the rails?

In the run-up to Sunday’s crucial election, the Guardian took a long journey through Europe’s heartland to talk to votersCreaking, overcrowded, neglected, Germany’s railways, once a source of national pride, have taken a battering to their image in recent years. Amid wider concerns about the health of Europe’s stagnating largest economy, the state of its trains has become something of a metaphor for a more general sense of malaise.On Sunday Germans will go to the polls in one of the most important elections in recent times, with an emboldened far right hoping to more than double its share of votes. In the run-up, the Guardian travelled more than 850 miles on trains across Germany to hear what its citizens have to say about the state of their nation. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, and Aberdeen Prepare for 144 Hours of Non

London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, and Aberdeen Prepare for 144 Hours of Non-Stop Snowfall as Powerful Winter Storm Hits the UK  Travel And Tour World

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2 w. ago Zelenskyy to meet US envoy after fallout with Trump as European leaders rush to contain crisis – live

Ukrainian president says he will meet US envoy Keith Kellogg on Thursday; UK and French leaders plan Washington visit in effort to influence US-Russia talksTrump calls Zelenskyy a dictator amid fears of irreconcilable riftLavrov also speaks about Russia’s alliances with Belarus, North Korea, China and Iran, and countries in Africa.He says the “comprehensive partnership with China” was “at an unprecedented level and exceeding any prior alliances of a classic type,” with both leaders attending important anniversaries in each other’s countries.I will tell you something that is a key issue for us at this stage of international development, and that is our move towards a multipolar world. It is a historic process, and it is to do with the subjective trend of new power centres appearing on the world map.Our partners in the Global South and in the east are unique civilisations and religions and are members of various integration associations, but all of them are united by a desire towards ...

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2 w. ago Trump criticized for ‘dangerous’ comments calling Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as European leaders rush to contain crisis – live

German leader condemns US president attack as ‘wrong’ while UK and French leaders plan Washington visit in effort to influence US talks with RussiaLavrov also speaks about Russia’s alliances with Belarus, North Korea, China and Iran, and countries in Africa.He says the “comprehensive partnership with China” was “at an unprecedented level and exceeding any prior alliances of a classic type,” with both leaders attending important anniversaries in each other’s countries.I will tell you something that is a key issue for us at this stage of international development, and that is our move towards a multipolar world. It is a historic process, and it is to do with the subjective trend of new power centres appearing on the world map.Our partners in the Global South and in the east are unique civilisations and religions and are members of various integration associations, but all of them are united by a desire towards development, progressive development without external pressure At the same ...

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