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“According to data provided by Wang’s team, seed prices for the Fix8 lines could drop to between 2 and 5 yuan per half-kilogram. Standard hybrid seeds in China currently sell for 20 to 100 yuan per half-kilogram.”
“The Caspian Sea, the world's largest inland body of water, sits between Russian and Iranian territory and has long served as a logistics corridor linking the two states.”
“President Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran for the second night in a row to give diplomacy more time, the US ambassador to the UN has said.”
“In Spain, totality will occur just before sunset. The eclipse will be a historic event, marking Iceland’s first total solar eclipse since 1954, Spain’s first since 1905, and mainland Europe’s first since 1999.”
“Yaroun Mayor Hafez Ghacham says 180 of the around 200 houses in the Christian and Muslim village have been destroyed by Israeli forces since the current conflict broke out in March.”
“Hybrid rice currently accounts for about 50 per cent of rice fields in China, but covers just 5 per cent of global rice acreage. Producing hybrid seeds through traditional cross-breeding is labour-intensive, costing 10 to 20 times more tha…”
“A massive wildfire tearing through south-west France has forced more than 220,000 people from their homes in the Gironde region alone, in what has become one of the largest evacuation operations in the country's history.”
“As the war nears its fifth month, it remains largely unpopular in the US, with a new poll from CBS/YouGov suggesting 57% of Americans are frustrated about the conflict and only 19% optimistic.”
“The eclipse will be a historic event, marking Iceland’s first total solar eclipse since 1954, Spain’s first since 1905, and mainland Europe’s first since 1999.”
“In the village they destroyed the landmarks, they destroyed the convent, they destroyed the church, they destroyed three mosques," as well as another Shiite Muslim religious center, says Riad al-Ridha, another village official. "All the cu…”
“Earlier experiments by the team in 2017 reached only 5 per cent cloning efficiency, while rival research groups later achieved roughly 95 per cent using complex gene mutations.”
“Bordeaux's mayor, Thomas Cazenave, told reporters at a displacement shelter that the city had no immediate plans to move its 270,000 inhabitants.”
“His nine-year-old sister Angela, 10-year-old brother David, mother Doreen and father Frederick George, along with 11 others, died when the Prince of Wales pleasure boat sank on the Mawddach Estuary in Gwynedd on 22 July, 1966.”
“Alaska will have the deepest U.S. eclipse, with about 37% of the sun covered in Fairbanks at 8:27 a.m. AKDT.”
“Each image costs at least $112.”
“Official statistics show China's total grain output has remained stable at over 700 billion kilograms for two consecutive years. That figure sits well above the internationally recognized safety baseline of 400 kilograms per capita.”
“The burnt area has swelled to an estimated 162 square miles, roughly four times the size of Paris, after pine forests and scrubland, left bone-dry by successive heatwaves, fuelled the inferno's relentless advance.”
“Local people, including the hotel owner and staff and the toll bridge keeper, ran to the aid of those in the water, managing to pull 27 to safety.”
“Maine will receive the strongest view in the contiguous U.S., reaching about 28% partial eclipse at around 1:50 p.m. EDT.”
“In April, some satellite companies declined to provide images of Lebanon and other countries at the request of the U.S. government.”
“Expanding global hybrid rice adoption from 5 per cent to 25 per cent of farmland would significantly increase world grain supplies.”
“A separate blaze in the neighbouring Landes region displaced an additional 30,000 people, pushing the total across France's south-west beyond 250,000.”
“He has "smashed" his target this time by bringing in more than £160,000 so far from his climb of the highest peak in Africa.”
“The point of the map is that a 99 percent partial solar eclipse equals zero percent total solar eclipse,” said Zeiler.”
“Since then, more than 500 public media staffers have been laid off, according to a tally by SemiPublic.”
“Ankita had scored 166 marks in the re-exam against a cutoff of 177”
“Across France and Spain combined, wildfires have uprooted more than 375,000 people from their homes, with blazes near Madrid and Valencia triggering mass evacuations on the Spanish side of the border.”
“He thinks it was so popular because it showed the bond between the siblings.”
“While NPR was the main target of conservatives' wrath, it had received less than 2% of its annual revenue directly from the federal government.”
“On June 20, 21-year-old Yash Gosavi from Karanji village in Nashik’s Niphad taluka allegedly died by suicide a day before the NEET re-test”
“He noted that nearly 100,000 hectares had already burned, an unprecedented figure with around thirty fires active simultaneously across the country.”
“Aitch: Don't Be Afraid is available to stream on Netflix from 26 July.”
“It was a different story elsewhere. Federal funding made up, on average, 8 to 10% of public radio stations' budgets; for PBS and public television stations, the share was even higher.”
“His success comes at a time when teenagers face the hardest summer job market since 1948, according to an analysis reported by Fortune.”
“The campaign, hosted on Change.org, has amassed more than 1,100 signatures within a week, with at least 300 said to be authenticated from victims' families.”
“A further 55,000 people have been evacuated from six towns in France, as wildfires which have caused devastation across the country pick up pace.”
“South Dakota Public Broadcasting canceled the show. It laid off seven of its 11 journalists, including Walsh and her two-person production staff.”
“Referring to 19-year-old student Sahil Lochab, whom he had met on Friday, Rahul said the student was likely to lose vision in one eye after allegedly being hit by pellets during the July 20 protest.”
“Giovanni Galante, whose wife Grace Catherine Galante was among the 2,977 people murdered by al-Qaeda, is among those spearheading the effort.”
“Wildfires have raged across Europe over the past week, primarily France and Spain, where more than 330,000 people have been evacuated.”
“The Maya Biosphere Reserve covers about 2.1 million hectares in Guatemala's northern PetEn province.”
“Ljubisa Karovic, 61, a Serbian businessman, was hauled back into the aircraft by his wife and fellow passengers after the cabin window next to his seat shattered on flight FR1879 from Thessaloniki to Memmingen on July 10... He was treated …”
“France has been worst-affected, with an area of 42,000 hectares burnt, making it one of the largest forest fires since World War Two.”
“The Guatemalan government created the reserve in 1990, and it later received UNESCO recognition.”
“The struggle to pull him back inside is thought to have lasted approximately two minutes.”
“About 98,000 hectares have burnt across the country since the start of the year.”
“About 23% of the reserve serves as a buffer zone to protect the forest from encroachment.”
“The US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating and is expected to produce a draft report within roughly 28 days.”
“Captain Nicolas Braz, one of the leaders of the firefighting operation, said the fire had created "its own winds - complete with whirlwinds", adding it was "erratic and unmanageable".”
“Around 39% forms the core conservation area, where national parks and protected areas are located.”
“The incident comes just a month after 11 people were killed after a plane carrying skydivers crashed in France.”
“Dry vegetation and brisk winds are causing the fire to spread, with 60km (37 miles) of the A63 motorway, which leads to Spain, having been closed.”
“The remaining 38% is a multiple-use zone where communities are allowed to earn a living from the forest, provided they follow sustainable management practices.”
“Yves Seguy, the prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle, said: "Give or take a few metres and the accident could have caused collateral casualties." He told French broadcaster BFM that the plane had fallen "almost vertically, in the immediate vicini…”
“French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said it "will take a long time to bring under control" and until it is contained "there will be no return" for evacuated residents and tourists.”
“The multiple-use zone contains 12 community forestry concessions. These are long-term agreements that allow local communities to manage sections of the forest under strict conditions. Together, the concessions cover around 400,000 hectares.”
“Eleven tourists and one crew member have been rescued after spending more than 24 hours adrift at sea when their speedboat broke apart off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.”
“Meanwhile in Spain, fires continue to spread, with more than 90,000 evacuated from the regions around Madrid and Ávila.”
“According to Guatemala's National Council of Protected Areas (Conap), while the reserve as a whole has lost nearly 13% of its natural forest cover over the past 24 years, the community concessions have maintained almost zero deforestation.”
“However, the boat's 29-year-old captain remains missing.”
“Madrid's regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso described the situation as the "worst fire in the history of the region".”
“Each year, workers from the Carmelita cooperative harvest only two trees from every 1,000 hectares selected for that year's rotation inside their 43,000-hectare concession.”
“Search teams are scouring around 300 square nautical miles of Tomini Bay, deploying thermal-imaging drones and dive teams in an effort to locate the missing captain.”
“Meanwhile, authorities in València confirmed the death of a man in a fire.”
“Another successful concession is Uaxactun, where Conap says forest cover has increased by 113 hectares.”
“That sinking claimed at least four lives, with a further 14 people still unaccounted for, among them a boy aged 10.”
“Renter searches for properties that allow pets fell by 54% in May and 52% in June compared with the same months a year earlier, according to the figures shared with the BBC.”
“Romania shares a 650-kilometre (400-mile) border with Ukraine”
“In a press conference on Monday evening, Guyanese Prime Minister Mark Phillips confirmed that authorities have now recovered the bodies of 27 people. It is understood that at least four of the recovered bodies are children.”
“Before the rules changed, Eve Williamson had to give up her American Bulldog, Khan, or face eviction from her home - despite having previously had a dog in the property.”
“Earlier this year, a Russian drone involved in an attack on Ukraine struck an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two people”
“The Guyanese Government said on Sunday that 67 people have been rescued so far.”
“The UN has gathered testimony in about 310 cases of alleged sexual violence by Russian forces during the war.”
“The 13-metre inflatable dinghy, comparable in length to a bus, had suffered a puncture and was taking on water before leaving the beach with 165 people on board.”
“All Ukrainian former POWs interviewed by the UN reported torture or ill treatment, and over 70 per cent said it involved sexual abuse.”
“We are aware of an incident on Thursday, July 23, in which an individual died in French waters. French partners are leading the investigation into the circumstances.”
“Ukrainian investigators say abuse has occurred in nine different camps inside Russia, with treatment particularly brutal in seven of them.”
“The project is expected to irrigate 10.61 lakh hectares, providing drinking water to around 65 lakh people in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, generating 103 MW of hydropower and 27 MW of solar power and reduce the chronic water scarcity …”
“In the Ken-Betwa project, the government says there are 7,100 affected families. But the actual number is around 10,000, in fact more than 10,000. If we talk about all the projects together, nearly 50,000 people have been affected.”
“The state government had announced an in-principle increase in the rehabilitation package from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 12.5 lakh per eligible displaced family, with a formal notification expected.”
“For example, in one village where Rs 11 crore was sanctioned for housing compensation, Rs 8 crore went to fake beneficiaries, w”
“Following the decree, opium poppy cultivation fell by 95 percent by 2023, from 233,000 hectares in 2022 to roughly 10,800, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's annual opium survey.”
“Opium prices then rose sharply: from around $60–75 a kilogram before the Taliban takeover to roughly $1,000–1,035 a kilogram by December 2023, according to Mansfield's field pricing data, almost a fifteen-fold increase.”
“Based on satellite mapping of landholding sizes and yields in the former desert areas of southern and southwestern Afghanistan, reports indicate that farmers there alone could have accumulated an opium inventory of over 13,700 tonnes betwe…”
“When provincial authorities attempted a more aggressive eradication campaign in spring 2024, it triggered armed resistance from local communities. The authorities subsequently scaled back enforcement and delayed crop destruction until afte…”
“But the EUDA report notes early signs of falling heroin purity in Europe during 2024, and states plainly that continuous monitoring of purity there is essential...”
“At least seven people, including two children, have been killed and 20 others injured in rain-related incidents across the Punjab province in the past 24 hours, according to the provincial disaster management authority (PDMA).”
“nearly 400 square kilometres across Lahore and Gujranwala divisions have been affected, including Sheikhupura, Muridke, Gujranwala, Narowal, Sambrial and Pasrur.”
“Let me tell you that the flow in the Ravi at Shahdara (Lahore) is 22,000 cusecs, whereas at Balloki (downstream) it has surged to 87,000 cusecs.”
“According to Dawn, Pakistan's flood forecasting division under the Pakistan meteorological department said the Chenab was currently flowing at a medium flood level, while the Ravi remained at a low flood level.”
“The country witnessed catastrophic floods in 2022, when more than 1,700 people were killed, millions displaced and economic losses estimated at around $40 billion.”
“According to ANI, Pakistan also endured another devastating flood season in 2025, when relentless monsoon rains, flash floods and glacial lake outburst floods claimed more than 800 lives and affected over 1.2 million people, with estimated…”
“Nepal issued a record 492 Everest permits, and more than 1,000 successful ascents were recorded.”
“On one day alone, a record 274 climbers reached the summit from Nepal.”
“As per proposed law, which has been approved by Nepal's National Assembly and is part of broader tourism reforms, aspiring climbers will first need to successfully summit a mountain of at least 7,000 metres within Nepal before they can rec…”
“Typhoon Noul, the 12th typhoon of the year, was located about 100 km southeast of Huidong County in Huizhou City, Guangdong, late Saturday night.”
“The storm was packing maximum winds of Force 14 near its centre”
“More than 410 flights and 150 high-speed train services were cancelled on Saturday.”
“China's state flood control and drought relief headquarters raised its emergency response for flood and typhoon control in Guangdong Province to Level III.”
“The home affairs department has opened 28 temporary shelters to accommodate residents if needed.”
