Recurring heatwaves and extreme heat are posing new challenges for the fashion industry. Which materials and garments work best, and when should fall and winter collections be launched? H&M is one of several companies trying to find answers.
BusinessA total of 71 million Danish kroner intended for grenades for Ukraine instead went to an Italian company that has never manufactured them, Danwatch writes.
ConflictsVast areas of degraded nature are being restored around the world, according to a new UN report. The total area is 5.6 times the size of Sweden. The jaguar in South America, the snow leopard in Kyrgyzstan and the dolphin in India are among the animals making a comeback.
SwedenTechnology giant Microsoft has offered voluntary severance packages to 60,000 employees, representing just over a quarter of its workforce.
BusinessRecurring heat waves and extreme temperatures are also posing new challenges for the fashion industry. Which materials and garments work best, and when should fall and winter collections actually be launched? H&M is one of several companies trying to find the answers.
BusinessThe United States has single-handedly worsened the outlook for the planet, according to a report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The country’s policy U-turns under Donald Trump are the main reason global warming is worse than feared. No one will be spared, says UNEP director Inger Andersen.
SwedenHe’s been retired for almost ten years. But on Sunday, store owner Apu returned to the long-running animated series “The Simpsons” - with a new voice.
TV & filmA Hindu religious festival in eastern India was hit by severe storms on Saturday, killing at least 17 people as participants tried to take shelter.
WorldTraditional wine-producing countries are being squeezed by heat, drought and fires. At the same time, improved growing techniques, hybrid grapes and a warmer climate mean wine can be produced in more and more places. “We may have saved wine for humanity,” says Mike Juergens, who has started growing grapes in the Himalayas.
BusinessAbhijeet Dipke, leader of the Indian “cockroach party”, has been detained in New Delhi.
WorldSouth Korea's Kospi is turning higher after a shaky start to the trading week. Meanwhile, several Asian stock markets are hovering around zero.
BusinessThirteen children have died after a boat capsized on the Ganges River in India, authorities say.
WorldAt least 13 people have died in a boat accident on the Ganges River in northeastern India.
WorldMoscow has supplied Europe with gas, oil and other energy sources worth approximately SEK 3,600 billion (about $343 billion) since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
WorldTraditional wine-growing countries are being squeezed by heat, drought and fires. At the same time, improved cultivation techniques, hybrid grapes and a warmer climate mean wine can be produced in more and more places. “We may have saved wine for humanity,” says Mike Juergens, who has started growing grapes in the Himalayas.
BusinessThousands of protesters who accused the country’s election authorities of irregularities were detained on Saturday, including Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Indian “Cockroach Party.” The UN is demanding that India immediately release the detained protesters.
World politicsUkraine has attacked an oil tanker off the Russian city of Sochi, setting it on fire and sending black smoke over the Black Sea coast.
WorldScientists long believed that the nearly 48-million-year-old crocodile was a close relative of a species that still exists today. But new research shows that it belongs to a different branch of the crocodile family tree - and that it also has an unexpected connection to the Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt.
SwedenOpposition parties in the Indian capital, New Delhi, are protesting and demanding the resignation of the head of the country's election authority.
World politicsTwelve crew members were injured in an attack on a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman, according to the Indian government.
WorldIndia and Qatar are among the countries that will bid to host the 2036 Olympics, the IOC confirms.
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