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Updated: 07/03/2025 – 13:55 GMT+1A bridge under demolition collapsed in La Louvière, Belgium, killing one worker and injuring two, as part of the structure fell onto a barge on Thursday. … More A highway bridge under demolition collapsed in La Louvière, Belgium, on Thursday, killing one worker and injuring two others.Mayor Jacques Gobert said part of the bridge fell onto a barge below, trapping two workers who were later rescued. Emergency crews recovered a missing worker but were unable to save him.Over 40 responders assisted in the operation. Authorities have opened an investigation, and a support center has been set…

Eco anxiety is very real, so we share this year’s most uplifting stories to prove there’s hope for our climate. Do you share our anxiety about the state of the planet? As green journalists, we are all too familiar with what climate anxiety, climate doom, and even environmental existential dread feel like. These terms all describe the same thing: the negative feelings, such as stress, fear, anger and grief, that come up when we are confronted with the reality of a warming Earth. With almost daily stories of lives lost or ruined by extreme weather, it’s hard to escape the consequences…

POLITICO reached out to Maxar for confirmation of the report but had no immediate response outside of U.S. business hours. Maxar is one of the leading providers of commercial satellite imagery to Ukrainian users, used particularly for tracking the movement of Russian troops and assessing damage to key infrastructure, Militarnyi noted. Intelligence sharing has also helped Ukraine prepare for and repel Russian missile strikes in the past. However, Kyiv is now grappling with a cutoff in U.S. military aid and intelligence sharing as the Trump administration dials up pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to strike a rapid peace deal…

“The Mirages successfully intercepted Russian cruise missiles,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Facebook. He said U.S.-made F-16 jets also were used against the Russian attack.   The first of the French fighter jets arrived in Ukraine in early February, eight months after French President Emmanuel Macron announced the delivery. France has also stepped up by providing Kyiv with intelligence it needs to counter the Russian attacks after the U.S. stopped sharing intel with Ukraine. All of the Russian missiles and drones in the overnight attack were directed against “infrastructure that ensures normal life,” Zelenskyy said. Ukrainian Energy Minister German…

The food delivery company teamed up with drone operator Manna Drones Ltd to launch the speedy service. Food delivery is now available by drone in Dublin, Ireland, where Just Eat Takeaway.com teamed up with Irish drone delivery operator Manna Drones Ltd to launch the new service.“Customers will have the choice to receive their orders from participating partners via drones, which will be deployed from local delivery hubs operated by Manna,” the Dutch multinational online food delivery firm said in their statement.They added: “Once the food has been loaded onto the drone, customers will receive their orders in as little as…

King Abdullah II also joined other Arab leaders on March 4 to support an Egyptian plan to spend $53 billion (€49.6 billion) to rebuild Gaza by 2030 and to set up a new transitional government to replace Hamas.  Three weeks after the White House meeting, the first helicopters and ambulances left Gaza to cross Israel and the West Bank into Jordan after being delayed for a few days amid a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The children and their escorts will stay for the duration of their treatment before being sent home, according to Jordanian authorities.  Avoiding a greater…

Euronews got rare access to one of Ukraine’s most elite units, the Third Separate Assault Brigade. At an undisclosed location in the Kyiv region, the trainees are being put into the realistic conditions of raging Russia’s invasion and tasked with planning and executing an assault. At an undisclosed location in the Kyiv region, a group of Ukrainians are being put through their paces and thrown into the realistic conditions of Russia’s raging invasion, tasked with planning and executing an assault. The trainees are all recruits who have explicitly applied to join the battle-hardened Third Separate Assault Brigade, one of the…

The list includes agreements signed between 2019 and 2024 and totaling €58.2 million, according to data retrieved by POLITICO.  The letter is the latest step in a fight brewing in the budget committee over when the Commission should provide organizations with EU cash. It began when the center-right European People’s Party’s claimed the Commission had paid NGOs to lobby the Parliament in favor of the Green Deal, through the so-called LIFE funding program. The Commission later revised its contracts with the NGOs concerned. After the EPP requested that grants awarded to Transparency International and other green NGOs be reviewed, left-wing…

Updated: 07/03/2025 – 10:22 GMT+1Families of hostages in Gaza protested in Tel Aviv, urging US President Donald Trump to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a deal, as Israel halts aid to Gaza to force Hamas into a ceasefire agreement. … More Relatives of hostages still held in Gaza protested in Tel Aviv, urging former US President Donald Trump to push Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure their release.Naama Weinberg, whose cousin Itay Svirsky died after 99 days in captivity, called Netanyahu “responsible for the death and murder” of 37 hostages and urged Trump not to cooperate with…

The initiative is intended to help emerging economies move away from coal and other non-renewable energy sources. The United States has withdrawn from a climate agreement in which rich nations pledged billions of dollars to help a small group of developing countries switch from coal to green energy sources in a possible blueprint for future deals to cut carbon emissions, one of the participating countries said Thursday.South Africa said it had received notice that the US had withdrawn from the International Partners Group (IPG), a bloc of rich countries that has pledged money for energy transitions in South Africa, Indonesia,…