UK also reports 17 deaths as infection rate rises; Germany to update travel guidance for tourists heading to most countries
Snow at one of world’s highest observatories melting earlier than ever before
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The snow at the highest observatory in the world to be operated all-year-round is expected to completely melt in the next few days, the earliest time on record. Scientists at the Sonnblick observatory in the Austrian ...
UK new car sales fall to lowest level in June since 1996 amid chip shortages
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Sales of new cars in the UK fell by almost a quarter last month, the worst June since 1996, as global chip shortages hammered the industry. Global shortages of components such as semiconductors, exacerbated by Covid r...
Germany hands over two Benin bronzes to Nigeria
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Germany has physically handed over two Benin bronzes and put more than 1,000 other items from its museums’ collections into Nigeria’s ownership, more than a century after they were looted by British soldiers from the ...
Travel chaos: extreme weather and school holidays cause long delays at Sydney airport
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Extreme weather, school holidays and staff shortages have caused long delays at Sydney airport again on Monday, with queues stretching out the door for the third day. The airport chaos comes as the State Emergency Ser...
Johnson faces backlash for ‘failure to act’ over Chris Pincher warnings
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Boris Johnson is facing a backlash over the promotion of his ally Chris Pincher, as a group of Conservative parliamentary staffers accused the prime minister of a “failure to act on warnings” of sexual misconduct by h...
Warnings on air pollution need to be directed towards polluters – study
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Summer is here and so is the risk of summertime smog. To help, Leeds city council has launched an email service to warn people when air pollution deteriorates. This joins long-established air pollution information sys...
Boris Johnson accused of ignoring warnings about Chris Pincher amid new allegations
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Boris Johnson is facing accusations he ignored warnings about alleged sexual misconduct by his former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher, after a string of further claims about the MP emerged. The prime minister is under...
Russian-backed forces increase assault on Ukrainian city of Lysychansk
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Russian-backed forces stepped up their assault on the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk on Saturday, as they claimed to have “completely” encircled the last stronghold in the Luhansk region. If Lysychansk falls, the entire...