In the summer of 2023, more than 19,000 people were forced to evacuate as wildfires swept through Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Emergency alerts were issued in French and English, but not in the nine Indigenous languages that are recognized as official languages in the territory, forcing some...
Solar farms can be havens for rare plants. Just ask the threecorner milkvetch.
The ostensibly barren Mojave Desert is in fact teeming with plants and animals, including a rare species known as the threecorner milkvetch. It’s a member of the pea family, splaying across the ground instead of climbing up a garden trestle. Given the harsh desert conditions, it waits until the arrival...
A Nebraska utility says that its coal plant poses no ‘significant’ health threat
On paper, the public power district serving much of eastern Nebraska has been trying to quit coal at its North Omaha plant since 2014. That June, its board voted to retire three of the plant’s five coal units in 2016 and convert the final two to natural gas in 2023....
‘This league has stepped up’: tension at top of Premiership Women’s Rugby
The PWR returns with Gloucester-Hartpury on an epic winning run and a tight battle for the semi-final spots Gloucester-Hartpury will take to the pitch this weekend when the league returns from a six-week break looking to sustain an enviable record in Premiership Women’s Rugby. The West Country team are unbeaten...
Chess: Nodirbek Abdusattorov narrowly ahead as Wijk aan Zee reaches final weekend
The Uzbek GM, 21, has a half-point edge, but rivals from his own country, the Netherlands, Germany, the US, and Turkey are all within one point Nodirbek Abdusattorov still has a narrow lead as the “chess Wimbledon” at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee heads into its final three rounds this...
Jofra Archer catapulted into England T20 team a week before World Cup
Fast bowler was not in initial squad for Sri Lanka tour Boost for Brook before T20 World Cup starts next week Jofra Archer is the surprise inclusion in England’s team for their Twenty20 series opener against Sri Lanka on Friday, having initially been excluded from the touring squad. The fast...
LIV and let die: Reed’s return to PGA fold shows why Saudi golf experiment is doomed | Ewan Murray
Despite an estimated outlay of $6bn since 2022, LIV appears to be far away from establishing itself in the manner of PIF projects in other sports In one sense, it is difficult to detect anything warm and cuddly in all of this. Elite golfers, who were already obscenely rich, take...
‘I was walking with giants’: Joshua pays emotional tribute to close friends Ghami and Latz
Boxer fights back tears in first video since fatal car crash Joshua: ‘I am going to do what is right by them’ An emotional Anthony Joshua has insisted he knows what he has got to do after the death of close friends Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele last month,...
Emma Raducanu begins latest search for coach after parting company with Roig
British No 1 has had nine different coaches in her career ‘I will cherish the times we spent together,’ says Raducanu Emma Raducanu will begin a fresh search for a coach after the British No 1 confirmed she has split with Francisco Roig after her early loss at the Australian...
O’Neill delight as Celtic ease to Europa League playoff with win over Utrecht
Celtic race into 3-0 lead inside 19 minutes and win 4-2 O’Neill’s side now face either Stuttgart or Ferencvaros This was only briefly a little more fraught than it needed to be and looked as if it would be for Celtic. Martin O’Neill can focus on the most important factor...