VEJLE: Under a white tent on the shores of a polluted Danish fjord, volunteers and researchers prepare slender green shoots of eelgrass to be planted on the seabed to help restore the site’s damaged ecosystem. Denmark generally has a strong track record on environmental issues, but only five of its 109 coastal zones are considered healthy, according to the Danish Environmental Agency. Like other coastal areas in Denmark, the Vejle fjord is suffering from eutrophication — a process in which nutrients, often from land run-off, accumulate in a body of water and lead to increased growth of microorganisms and algae.…
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COPENHAGEN: Danish investigators tracking an alleged bicycle theft stumbled upon works of art stolen from a Copenhagen gallery in late March, police said on Wednesday. With more than 17,000 bicycles stolen in the Danish capital last year, some worried cyclists have taken to fitting their bikes with GPS trackers to help find them after a theft. One such tracker led the police to search a location in southern Copenhagen. “We found much more than a stolen bike at the address in question,” police said in a statement. “Several electric scooters and electric bikes were seized, 11 in all, all presumed…
WILMINGTON: Elon Musk made billions of dollars by selling Tesla stock using insider information, an institutional shareholder accused in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, asking the court to direct the Tesla CEO to return “unlawful profits.” The lawsuit comes two days before a critical vote by Tesla shareholders on whether to reinstate Musk’s $56 billion pay package after a Delaware judge voided it in January because she found that Musk had improperly controlled the process. Musk and his brother Kimbal Musk, a Tesla director, sold a combined $30bn in the electric vehicle maker’s stock between late 2021 and the end…
COPENHAGEN: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday blamed four major industries — tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuel and alcohol — for 2.7 million deaths a year in Europe, accusing them of obstructing public policies that could hurt their profits. “[These] four industries kill at least 7,000 people in our region every day,” Hans Kluge, the director of the WHO Europe region which counts 53 countries including Central Asia, said in a statement. The consolidation of these industry sectors into a small number of multinationals “has enabled them to wield significant power over the political and legal contexts in which…
RIYADH: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky travelled to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Saudi state media reported, his latest visit to the Gulf kingdom which has sought to stay neutral in Ukraine’s war with Russia. Zelensky landed in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah for the unannounced trip and was greeted by Saudi officials including the national security adviser and ambassador to Kyiv, the official Saudi Press Agency said. No details on his itinerary were immediately available. Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, works closely with Moscow on oil policy and has touted its ties to both Moscow and Kyiv since…
HAVANA: A Russian navy frigate and a nuclear-powered submarine churned into Havana harbour on Wednesday, a stopover the US and Cuba said posed no threat, but which was widely seen as a Russian show of force as tensions rise over the Ukraine war. Curious onlookers, fishermen and police lined the Malecon seafront boulevard under grey skies to welcome the ships as they passed the 400-year-old Morro castle at the harbour’s entrance. Cuba — a long-time ally of Russia — saluted the ships’ arrival with cannon fire from the harbour, while Russian diplomats waved small Russian flags and took selfies as the vessels…
Far from the gleaming high-rises of India’s financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity’s water are running dry — a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems. “The people in Mumbai drink our water but no one there, including the government, pays attention to us or our demands,” said Sunita Pandurang Satgir, carrying a heavy metal pot on her head filled with foul-smelling water. Demand is increasing in the world’s most populous nation of 1.4 billion people, but supplies are shrinking — with climate change driving erratic rainfall and extreme heat. Large-scale infrastructure…
GILGIT: An army aviation operation will be launched on Thursday, if weather permits, to rescue the two Japanese climbers who went missing during their attempt to summit 7,027-metre Spantik Peak after ground rescuers remained unable to trace them in an initial attempt on Wednesday. Ryuseki Hiraoka and Atsushi Taguchi climbing in Alpine style without porters had reached camp 2, situated at 5,300m altitude, between Shigar and Nagar districts of Gilgit-Baltistan on Monday, but when another seven-member Japanese expedition team reached the camp the next day, they were not there. Subsequently, they suspended their expedition and returned to the base camp…
ISLAMABAD: Irfan Siddiqui, the parliamentary leader of PML-N in the Senate was elected unopposed as chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday. The PTI senators abstained from voting during the election. Senator Siddiqui was nominated for the post by PPP’s parliamentary leader Senator Sherry Rehman and JUI-F’s parliamentary leader Maulana Attaur Rehman. The nomination was seconded by PPP’s Rana Mehmoodul Hasan and PML-N’s Dr Afnanullah Khan. In a meeting attended by Sherry Rehman, Mr Hasan, Rubina Qaimkhani and Dr Khan, the committee endorsed Mr Siddiqui’s candidacy. PTI Senators Ali Zafar and Liaquat Khan Tarakai abstained from…
SAHIWAL: A special judge of the anti-corruption court has issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Khawar Maneka, the ex-husband of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi and his son Musa Maneka, for not appearing in the court in a land grab and tax evasion case. Special Judge Asif Bashir directed the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Okara, to arrest both suspects and present them in court on July 9. The judge had summoned Maneka and his son on June 7, but they did not appear so he fixed June 12 for the next hearing. As none of them appeared in court,…
