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「クビアカツヤカミキリ」被害拡大 昨年度全国で3万7000本超

サクラやウメなどの木を食い荒らす特定外来生物の「クビアカツヤカミキリ」による被害が全国各地で相次いでいます。NHKが全国の自治体に被害について取材したところ、昨年度確認されただけで少なくとも3万7000本に上っていることが分かり、倒木のおそれから各地では伐採などの対応が取られています。

5日連続「酷暑日」で最長に 26日も各地猛暑予想 熱中症対策を

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25日、東海と山梨県では最高気温40度以上の「酷暑日」となり、国内では5日連続と最も長くなりました。26日も危険な暑さになるところがあると予想されていて、熱中症対策を徹底してください。一方、湿った空気の影響で山梨県では夕方に猛烈な雨が降ったとみられ、「レベル4土砂災害危険警報」が発表されている地域もあり、土砂災害や低い土地の浸水に厳重に警戒してください。

‘I’m over the moon’: New York’s small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

‘I’m over the moon’: New York’s small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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Initiatives including cutting permits just to serve ice-cream amount to a sweeping program of deregulationRed Scare? The democratic socialist mayor of New York City spent this week talking about red tape.On Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani – the politician at the center of a revived rightwing panic about socialists and purported communists winning elections across America - posted a video on X of himself p...

Treasure as trinkets: Zendaya’s earrings renew debate on ownership of ancient artefacts

Treasure as trinkets: Zendaya’s earrings renew debate on ownership of ancient artefacts

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Jewellery made from BC Iran worn at Odyssey photocall throws spotlight on the trade of rare archeological findsThe Odyssey has stormed cinemas, but while its take on the Homeric epic has created ripples among western classicists, it is an actor’s earrings that have made waves further afield.Zendaya, who portrays the goddess Athena in the movie, provoked outrage when she appeared at a London photoc...

How China is using film diplomacy to project a better image across Africa

How China is using film diplomacy to project a better image across Africa

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Beijing’s soft power drive to win African hearts through cinema was on display recently in Bujumbura, where Chinese dragon and lion dances merged with sacred Burundian drums to open Chinese Film Week. The Chinese embassy in Bujumbura, the economic capital of Burundi, said the July 15 event offered “a beautiful example of cultural exchanges between the two countries” and that both sides were determ...

India’s education minister resigns amid Cockroach youth movement protests

India’s education minister resigns amid Cockroach youth movement protests

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Dharmendra Pradhan steps down after demonstrations over exam leak scandal, in major victory for protestersIndia’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, has resigned after a week of mass demonstrations, handing a major victory to a new youth movement that has posed an unprecedented challenge to Narendra Modi’s government.In a statement on Saturday afternoon, Pradhan said he had submitted his lett...

Hong Kong mandates fire escape hoods in hotels and guest houses to boost safety

Hong Kong mandates fire escape hoods in hotels and guest houses to boost safety

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Hong Kong hotels and guest houses are required to provide fire escape hoods to ensure customer safety, with authorities rolling out a grace period for the sector, the city’s home affairs minister has said. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen also said on Saturday that the government would discuss implementation arrangements with the sector soon, after some representatives flagg...

Southport killer ‘trying to retraumatise families from cell’, says lawyer

Southport killer ‘trying to retraumatise families from cell’, says lawyer

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Comment follows news Axel Rudakubana had been transferred from prison to psychiatric hospitalThe lawyer for the families of Axel Rudakubana’s victims has said the Southport killer is “trying to retraumatise the families from his cell” after it emerged he had been transferred from prison to a psychiatric hospital.Rudakubana, now 19, was given a life sentence for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar...

India’s education minister resigns after mass protests by Cockroach movement

India’s education minister resigns after mass protests by Cockroach movement

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Dharmendra Pradhan steps down after demonstrations over exam leak scandal in major victory for youth political movementIndia’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, has resigned after a week of mass demonstrations, handing a major victory to a new youth movement that has posed an unprecedented challenge to Narendra Modi’s government.In a statement on Saturday afternoon, Pradhan said he had submi...