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British mining firm Anglo American halts work at Queensland mine
British mining company Anglo American said on Monday that it has suspended production at a mine in Australia after an incident. The mine concerned was the Grosvenor steelmaking coal mine in Queensland, where production was suspended following an underground coal gas ignition incident. The workforce was safely evacuated from the mine, Anglo American said, adding that the mine team is working with specialist teams and the regulatory authorities to extinguish the underground fire. Anglo American said the procedures are expected to take several months as a result of the likely damage underground. The group said it will provide an update to steelmaking coal production guidance once more information is available.
Mauritanian president re-elected for second term
Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has been re-elected to office after winning 56.12% of the vote, provisional results showed. His main rival, Biram Dah Abeid, an anti-slavery human rights activist, came in second place after winning 22% of the vote, while Hamadi Sidi Mokhtar of the Islamist Tawasul Party, got 12.76%. Elections were held on Saturday in Mauritania, a former French colony in north-west Africa. Results were announced late Sunday after 99% of the votes were counted. Before the announcement, Abeid alleged there was fraud, and riot police dispersed his supporters demonstrating against the results using tear gas, witnesses said. Mauritanians are hoping the president will work on improving their living conditions, decrease unemployment, and fight corruption and poverty. Ould Ghazouani, 67, has promised to focus on supporting the youth during his second term. Ould Ghazouani, a former defence minister, was elected in 2019 in the country's first peaceful transition of power. His predecessor Mohamed Ould Abdel-Aziz took office after a 2008 military coup.
Germany achieves 58% renewable energy share in first half of 2024
Germany achieved a new record for renewable energy generation, covering some 58% of its electricity consumption in the first half of 2024 with wind, solar, biomass and hydropower. This is the result of projections by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in the south-western state of Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), which were made available to dpa on Monday. Of the 58% of Germany's renewable energy generation, 24% came from onshore wind generation, 14% from photovoltaics, 9% from biomass, 5% from hydropower, 5% from offshore wind power and 1% from electricity generation from...
Aquila Clean Energy places order for turbines with Germany's Nordex
Aquila Clean Energy has placed an order for wind turbines with a generating capacity of 123.9 megawatts (MW) in Spain with Germany's Nordex Group, Nordex announced on Monday. From summer 2025, Nordex will supply and install 21 N163/5.X turbines for the Baza cluster in the province of Granada in southern Spain, it said. The order also includes the premium service package for the turbines over a period of 20 years. "In recent years, we have been able to maintain our market share of new orders in Spain at over 30% per year," said Patxi Landa, chief sales officer of the Nordex Group.
Scientists in Switzerland race to freeze feces to improve gut health
In Switzerland, a bold initiative is underway: freezing human feces to preserve global biodiversity. However, this isn't just about safeguarding nature's diversity of plants and animals — human gut biodiversity is also at stake. "We have discovered that we are losing biodiversity in the gut," medical microbiologist Adrian Egli from the University of Zurich tells dpa. "There is much more diversity in Amazon populations compared to those in the West. This has to do with stress, antibiotics and diet." Saving the stool "There are a thousand billion bacteria in one gram of stool, 125 times as many as there are people on the planet,"...
Life blood: How a stem cell donation created a decade-long friendship
Some friendships form through shared experiences at school, others through a soccer club or workplace. For Jan Wolfenstädter and Tina Kunath, their bond began with her diagnosis. Kunath was 8 years old when doctors found she had blood cancer. She needed a stem cell donor and found one in Wolfenstädter. He also became a lifelong friend. Their friendship is extraordinary, say Tina Kunath, now 21, and Jan Wolfenstädter, now 34 years old. "You realize that you are connected in a different way," Kunath told dpa as she sipped a mint tea in Cologne. Wolfenstädter sat opposite, nodding as he nursed a double espresso. They recently met...
The ‘houseplant hotel’ that gives greenery the spa treatment
Yolanda Palmer ushers visitors throughFoliage, past towering ferns, hanging ficus, and monstera with leaves that look like Swiss cheese, to the 300-square-foot greenery hotel nestled in back of her plant boutique. Here, close to a dozen clivia, hibiscus and succulents soak in the sun under floor-to-ceiling windows. On cloudy days, high-powered, infrared grow lights help turn stalks green and lush. Palmer repots, fertilizes, and sprays neem oil so bugs don’t get too comfortable. She puts all her visiting plants on strict watering schedules — too much water is worse than too little. Bruised leaves heal. Viruses in the soil are cured. Plants...
Heroic rats - Giant hamster rats detect mines, saving life and limb
Eagerly sniffing, Baraka dashes across a stubble field. He can't see very well, but his sense of smell is extremely well-developed. Because Baraka, a giant hamster rat with an important job to do: find buried explosives. During his work, the rodent is strapped into a small harness that is connected to a long line via a wire. An animal handler dressed in mine protection gear stands at each end of the line. This is because Baraka is running across an area where landmines may be buried. The rat has already found something. He stops, sniffs intensively and scratches the earth a little. This...
Boeing to buy Spirit AeroSystems in $4.7 billion all-stock deal
US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has struck a deal to buy Spirit AeroSystems, the company announced on Monday. The all-stock deal has an equity value of about $4.7 billion or $37.25 per share, Boeing said. The total transaction value is around $8.3 billion, including Spirit's last reported net debt. Boeing's acquisition of Spirit will include substantially all Boeing-related commercial operations, as well as additional commercial, defence and aftermarket operations. Separately, Spirit and Airbus SE have also entered into a binding term sheet, under which Airbus will acquire certain commercial work packages that Spirit performs for Airbus concurrently with the closing of the Boeing-Spirit merger. In addition,...
Spain not afraid of Germany in duel of record champions at Euro 2024
Spain will enter Friday's quarter-final showdown of the joint record champions with hosts Germany full of confidence after confirming that they are the team to beat at Euro 2024. Sunday's 4-1 over Georgia was the biggest winning margin in tournament history from a goal down, and also Spain's first knock-out round win in 90 minutes since beating Italy 4-0 in the 2012 final. All following five knock-out games at Euros and the World Cup went into extra time or penalties, until they turned on the style against Georgia. The enter the duel of triple champions with Germany as the only team with four...
Euro 2024 exit with pride: 'We brought Georgian football to Europe'
Debutants Georgia finally ran out of luck in a 4-1 defeat against Spain but will leave Euro 2024 with nothing but pride after exceeding expectations in Germany with a last-16 berth. Led by Napoli star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Georgia already impressed in their opening 3-1 defeat against Turkey where they almost levelled at 2-2 in stoppage time before being beaten for good. A 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic and they then defied the odds by beating Portugal 2-0 to get out of the group. The team coached by Frenchman Willy Sagnol took a shock lead against Spain from an own goal by Robin...
England into Euro 2024 quarters after dramatic 2-1 against Slovakia
England are into the Euro 2024 quarter-finals after Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane came to the rescue in a dramatic 2-1 comeback win against Slovakia on Sunday. Bellingham's overhead kick in the fifth minute of added time cancelled out Ivan Schranz's opener to take the game to extra time. And within the first minute, Kane headed in England's winner. "You're 30 seconds away from going home, feeling like you've let your nation down, and one kick of the ball and everything's great. It’s a feeling I don't want to be in, but when it comes, it's a great feeling," Man of the...
Spain turn on the style to beat Georgia 4-1 and set up Germany date
Spain overcame an early shock as they ended Georgia's Euro 2024 fairytale with a 4-1 statement victory on Sunday to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final date with hosts Germany. Georgia took a shock lead in the 18th minute from an own goal by Robin Le Normand, but Rodri levelled in the 39th, Fabian Ruiz headed in for 2-1 in the 51st, Nico Williams smashed the third in the 75th, and Dani Olmo wrapped up matters in the 83rd. The exciting Spanish team has impressed the most so far at the Euros, is the only one to win all four matches, and now...
French far-right leads snap election as Macron loses ground
France's far-right National Rally (RN) appears to hold a clear lead in the first round of the snap nationwide elections for control of the lower house of parliament, according to first projections. President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble (Together) alliance, led by his Renaissance party, looked to be stumbling to a third-place finish in the first round of voting, according to the preliminary results reported by broadcasters TF1 and France 2 shortly after the polls closed on Sunday. The RN, alongside its far-right allies, gained 33% to 34.2% of the vote. The left-wing New Popular Front alliance was in second place with 28.1%...
Zelensky urges supporters to give Ukraine free hand to strike Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on his country's Western supporters to give the Ukrainian military a free hand to strike back at Russia, given the increasing number of Russian airstrikes on his country. "The sooner the world helps us to deal with the Russian warplanes dropping these bombs, the sooner we can attack the Russian military infrastructure, the Russian military airfields, the closer we are to peace," Zelensky said in his regular evening video address on Sunday. The Ukrainian military has long been demanding permission from the West to attack Russian bases and airbases far behind the front line with heavy...
Classy Spain end Georgia's dreams 4-1 to meet hosts Germany at Euros
Spain overcame an early shock as they ended Georgia's Euro 2024 fairytale with a 4-1 statement victory on Sunday to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final date with hosts Germany. Georgia took a shock lead in the 18th minute from an own goal by Robin Le Normand, but Rodri levelled in the 39th, Fabian Ruiz headed in for 2-1 in the 51st, Nico Williams smashed the third in the 75th, and Dani Olmo wrapped up matters in the 83rd. The exciting Spanish team has impressed the most so far at the Euros, is the only one to win all four matches, and now run into hosts Germany on Friday in Stuttgart. Spain have won two of the three previous meetings at the Euros with Germany, the last match their 1-0 in the 2008 final. The two sides drew 1-1 at the 2022 World Cup, and four years ago Spain thrashed Germany 6-0 in the Nations League. Debutants Georgia had a strong tournament culminating in a 2-0 against Portugal that got them into the knock-outs but there was not another miracle on the night against Spain's flair, even though they gave their all once again. Spain had also beaten Georgia 7-1 and 3-1 in qualifying last year.
Slovakia coach Calzona proud despite heartbreaking defeat to England
Slovakia coach Francesco Calzona stressed how proud he was of his team's performance at Euro 2024 despite getting knocked out after a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat to England on Sunday. Ivan Schranz put Slovakia ahead in the 25th minute and they held on to that lead until the fifth minute of stoppage time, when Jude Bellingham equalized. Within the first minute of extra time, Harry Kane headed in England's winner, crushing Slovakia's dreams. "I want to say again how proud of my team I am. I told them they did a great job, they were fantastic. We were on a par with all our...
Mbappé suffers with face mask: 'It is terrible'
France captain Kylian Mbappé is frustrated that he has to use a face mask at Euro 2024 after breaking his nose in the opener against Austria, saying he is yet to have one with a perfect fit. Mbappé said on the eve of Monday's last 16 clash with Belgium in Dusseldorf that he would prefer not to wear a mask at all, which however is not possible. "It is terrible to play with a mask. I am constantly changing it because something bothers me and is not functioning properly," Mbappé said. "It is difficult to play with a mask. You don't see well,...
Slovenia ahead of last 16 date with Portugal: 'Not finished yet'
Slovenia are entering their first ever knock-out match at the Euros with a lot of pride and not afraid of their last 16 opponents Portugal with their superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. "This is a new milestone for the Slovenian national team, for Slovenia as a whole," midfielder Adam Gnezda Cerin told reporters on the eve of Monday's match in Frankfurt. "I think the match will be a nice evening for all of us because you dream of such matches as a little child." Slovenia reached the last 16 with draws in Group D against Denmark, Serbia and England, and are underdogs against Group F winners Portugal. But Gnezda Cerin said the match is not to become the end of their journey in Germany, insisting that "we are not finished yet."
French far-right leads snap election as Macron loses ground
France's far-right National Rally (RN) appears to hold a clear lead in the first round of the snap nationwide elections for control of the lower house of parliament, according to first projections. President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble (Together) alliance, led by his Renaissance party, looked to be stumbling to a third-place finish in the first round of voting, according to the preliminary results reported by broadcasters TF1 and France 2 shortly after the polls closed on Sunday. The RN, alongside its far-right allies, gained 34% to 34.2% of the vote. The left-wing New Popular Front alliance was in second place with 28.1%...
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