Report says growing Sydney’s tree canopy would save $1 billion in health costs
Taxpayers would save $1 billion a year in health sector costs if Sydney residents had…
Taxpayers would save $1 billion a year in health sector costs if Sydney residents had better access to shady tree canopy and nature, a new report has suggested. The Sydney think tank Committee for Sydney is calling for a series of new greenways and tree plantings across the city to fight urban heat island effects,…
The blaze broke out around midnight at an entertainment venue in the northern part of the city A massive fire ripped through a pub in Thailand’s capital Bangkok early Monday, killing at least 27 people and leaving several others injured, officials said.The blaze broke out around midnight at an entertainment venue in the northern part…
Alcohol is so ingrained in Australian culture that it can be hard to drink less, even when you want to. But increasingly people are cutting back, explains Amy Pennay, associate professor and deputy director of La Trobe University’s Centre for Alcohol Policy Research. Data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey shows people are consuming…
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the inauguration of the ‘Tree Plantation Mahayagya-2026’ in Gorakhpur on Sunday Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday called on citizens to take part in mass tree plantation, warning that indiscriminate felling could trigger water scarcity and eventually a food grain crisis.“A single tree absorbs and retains thousands of litres…
It would come as a silent threat in the middle of the night — a niqab and a knife — left outside a tent in the squalid, prison-like detention camp housing Islamic State-linked families in Syria. The message for the occupant was simple: wear the black veil preferred by the Islamic State (IS), or else….
Lucknow: A widow has accused two men of luring her into an SUV on the pretext of handing over land documents, drugging her with a spiked soft drink and attempting to rape her while the vehicle was in motion.Police have registered an FIR in the case and launched an investigation. According to the complaint lodged…
A cafe in Melbourne’s north that was hit by an alleged drive-by shooting on Friday has caught fire overnight, with authorities treating the blaze as suspicious. Emergency services were called to reports of a fire on Mount Alexander Road about 1am, which caused significant damage to both the cafe and the neighbouring post office. A…
Times News NetworkUjjain: One of the three undertrial prisoners who had escaped from Kachrod sub-jail in Ujjain district nearly seven months ago was arrested by Ratlam police on Saturday. The accused, identified as Gopal Kir, 23, was nabbed by the Kharwa outpost police under Tal police station on Mandawal Road following a tip-off. Ujjain police…
Fourteen months ago, a secular Jewish academic from the University of Wollongong (UOW) received a “threatening” six-page typed letter full of antisemitic hatred with his name handwritten on the envelope. The academic believed the letter, full of hateful conspiracy theories blaming Jewish people for all the world’s ills, was sent to him purely because his…
File photo: Vehicles lie damaged after a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst sweeps through the area, in Pahalgam (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: Cloudburst-triggered flash floods in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pahalgam inundated hotels and huts, and damaged roads, power infrastructure, and agricultural fields along Overa stream on Saturday evening, sparking panic among locals and tourists…