6 d. ago Trump puts another nail in Musk friendship with his NASA appointee

Transport Secretary Sean Duffy, who fell out with tech boss over DOGE cuts to air traffic control, named as interim leader of space agency

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7 d. ago London low traffic neighbourhoods 'cut deaths and injuries by a third'

LTNs in London have reduced road traffic injuries among all road users, with no evidence of an overall impact on nearby roads, according to a study

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7 d. ago London low traffic neighbourhoods 'cut deaths and injures by a third'

LTNs in London have reduced road traffic injuries among all road users, with no evidence of an overall impact on nearby roads, according to a study

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3 w. ago The world wants China’s rare earth elements – what is life like in the city that produces them?

More than 80% of China’s rare earth reserves are located in Baotou, an industrial hub of 2.7 million people that abuts the Gobi desertCentral Baotou, an industrial hub of 2.7 million people that abuts the Gobi desert in north China, feels just like any other second-tier Chinese city. Large shopping malls featuring western chains including Starbucks and KFC stand alongside street after street of busy local restaurants, where people sit outside and children play late into the evening, enjoying the relative relief of the cooler temperatures that arrive after dark in Inner Mongolia’s baking summer.But a short drive into the city’s suburbs reveal another typical, less hospitable, Chinese scene. Factories crowd the city’s edges, with chimneys belching white plumes of smoke. As well as steel and silicon plants, Baotou is home to China’s monopoly on rare earths, the metallic elements that are used in oil refining equipment and car batteries and that have become a major sticking point in the...

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3 w. ago Glasto in style! The £28,999 tipi for glamorous festival goers with helicopters (to avoid the pesky traffic), cutting edge wellness space and IV infusions

Glastonbury is not all cheap tents and knee high mud - luxury glampers can choose to attend the festival in style, staying in tipis that reportedly cost up to £28,999 to book.

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4 w. ago Royal Ascot revellers prove they all got the same memo as they stun in glamorous pink outfits for day two of the festival

Glamorous women put on chic displays in bright summer dresses while men looked dapper in top hats and tails as they arrived at the Berkshire racecourse for a day of fun in the sun.

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4 w. ago Royal Ascot revellers prove they all got the same memo as they go all out in glamorous pink outfits for day two of the festival

Glamorous women put on chic displays in bright summer dresses while men looked dapper in top hats and tails as they arrived at the Berkshire racecourse for a day of fun in the sun.

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