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Chess: Vincent Keymer knocks out Magnus Carlsen in Freestyle Grand Slam
Vincent Keymer made a career breakthrough this week when the 20-year-old German
at the Weissenhaus Grand Slam in the classical Freestyle format which the world No 1 now prefers. There was a lively running commentary on the game’s deciding stageson YouTube
. …Man fined £500 for fly-tipping after envelope blows out of bin in Hertfordshire
A man who gave up his job to care for his young children when his wife died has been fined £500 and threatened with a criminal record after an envelope blew out of his bin.
Martin Fielder was sent a letter six weeks ago from District Enforcement, a private enforcement …
Thursday briefing: What Trump’s surprise peace talks with Russia mean for Ukraine
Good morning.
Ever since Donald Trump won the US election in November, concerns about Ukraine’s fate have grown. Despite insisting on a number of occasions that he could end the war in one day, in the weeks since his inauguration there has been little clarity on Trump’s plans for the …
Japan releases 200,000 tonnes of emergency rice stockpile as prices soar
EVs and datacentres driving new global ‘age of electricity’, says watchdog
The world’s electricity use will grow every year by more than the amount consumed annually by Japan because of a surge in electric transport, air conditioning and datacentres, according to the world’s energy watchdog.
The International Energy Agency has raised its predictions for the world’s rising demand for electricity, pegging …
‘It’s hard to survive’: why UK private hire drivers are striking on Valentine’s Day
When Simon Waite began working as a private hire driver in 2017, it gave him the flexibility and income to spend time with his children, then aged five, 12 and 18. “One of the reasons I loved Uber was because I could now go to the school plays, my son’s …
‘I don’t know whether it’s sustainable’: climate crisis and TikTok change face of mountain rescue work in Lake District
When Neil Barrow first volunteered with mountain rescue 40 years ago, for weeks on end the Lake District fells would be capped with snow.
Winters with the Patterdale mountain rescue team, of which he is now deputy leader, would involve big and complicated rescues, during which he would bring down …
Angela Rayner insists workers’ rights package is ringfenced
Weatherwatch: Hadley Centre shows Thatcher understood value of climate science
China opens recruitment for ‘planetary defence force’ amid fears of asteroid hitting Earth
China has begun recruiting for a planetary defence force after risk assessments determined that an asteroid could conceivably hit Earth in 2032.
Job ads posted online by China’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) this week, sought young loyal graduates focused on aerospace engineering, international …