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Liebherr implements complete trolley system at Collahuasi mine
Canadian Mining Journal
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July 30, 2025
In July, Liebherr Mining successfully commissioned a comprehensive trolley solution at the Collahuasi copper mine in northern Chile. Liebherr supplied the entire system, from infrastructure to the four T 284 trucks equipped with pantographs. The...
News digest: President calls out British “help” and dares UK with “what‑if”
The Slovak Spectator
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July 31, 2025
Greetings! This is Today in Slovakia – Thursday, 31 July edition. Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video advertisement Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok on Thursday dismissed Czech intelligence reports alleging...
Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b have all but vanished
New Scientist
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An artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b A. Smith/N. Mandhusudhan Hopes of finding alien life on planet K2-18b are rapidly fading, as new observations appear to show no detectable evidence of the biomolecule previous studies had seen hints...
8.8 earthquake jolts Russia’s Far East, triggers tsunami alerts around Pacific
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 30, 2025
A very powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka coast on Wednesday triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by an eruption of the most active volcano on the peninsula. The...
Russia’s quake triggers global tsunami warnings
Gulf Daily News Online
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Parts of French Polynesia were told to brace for waves as high as four metres, after a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Far Eastern coast triggered tsunami warnings as far away as Hawaii, Japan and Chile. The shallow tremor off the...
How the tomato created the potato
Popular Science
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July 31, 2025
What came first, the potato or the tomato? A new genetics study says the answer is that juicy, fragrant tomatoes were the first to arrive on planet Earth, and eventually helped starchy spuds do the same. About 9 million years ago, a natural...
Tsunamis: What are they and how do they happen?
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 30, 2025
On Tuesday, a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the area around Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, resulting in tsunami warnings being issued around the world. From Hawaii to Japan and the B.C. coast to Chile and Australia, people were warned...
Could a tsunami ever hit Spain?
The Local - Spain
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July 31, 2025
Following an earthquake off the coast of Russia that caused tsunamis fears this week, some in Spain have wondered whether something similar could happen on one of the country's many coastlines. A massive earthquake measuring 8.8 struck the east...
Like Kamchatka, NZ sits on a 'subduction zone' – what does 8.8 quake tell us?
1News
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Yesterday, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the country’s far east. Australian earthquake scientist Dee Ninis and Victoria University professor John Townend explain what it may mean for New...
Finland celebrates 50 years since Helsinki accords in shadow of Ukraine war
Bangladesh Post
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Tsunami warnings were lifted across the Pacific rim Wednesday, allowing millions of temporary evacuees to return home. After one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded rattled Russia's sparsely populated Far East, more than a dozen nations --...
Countries under tsunami alert, volcano erupts
In Daily
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July 30, 2025
Tsunami alerts remain in some countries in South America and the Pacific on Thursday (AEST) after one of the largest recorded earthquakes struck off Russia’s far eastern coast. Chile raised its tsunami warning to the highest level and ordered...
A vast bubble around a dying star is too big to comprehend
New Scientist
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The bubble of gas around the red supergiant DFK 52 ALMA/Mark Siebert et al. 2025 A dying star is expelling a vast sphere of dust and gas around it that is about half as wide as our solar system. Astronomers are at a loss to explain it, as there is...
Wesley “Wes” Allen Leightner worked for Phillips
Bluffton Icon - Ohio
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Memorial service on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. UPDATED. Wesley “Wes” Allen Leightner, 84, passed away July 30, 2025 at the Meadows of Leipsic. Wes was born March 3, 1941 in Fort Wayne, IN, to Clinton Edward Leightner, from Pandora, OH...
Evacuations ordered in South America as worst tsunami risk passes for US, Japan
The Age
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July 30, 2025
“We were fully deployed and ready to respond if necessary but grateful that we didn’t have to deal with the situation that this could have been,” she told reporters in Chile, where she is meeting officials. Unusually strong currents and...
Lowdown on Latin America: A place for digital nomads?
Digital Journal
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August 1, 2025
Blockchain-based play-to-earn games have proved hugely popular in parts of Asia and Latin America - Copyright AFP Jam STA ROSA A new study has ranked 23 Latin American countries by safety for digital nomads and remote workers, revealing dramatic...
VINCI - First Half 2025 Financial Results
MENAFN
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July 30, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Nanterre, 30 July 2025 FIRST HALF 2025 FINANCIAL RESULTS Revenue up 3%, driven by Concessions (up 8%) and Energy Solutions (up 6%) Higher Ebitda and operating earnings in all business lines Net income close to that...
Russia: Kliuchevskoi Volcano erupts after intense 8.8 earthquake
Metro World News
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July 30, 2025
After the 8.8 earthquake in the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kliuchevskoi volcano erupted on Wednesday, January 30. It is the tallest active volcano in Europe and Asia, and the event was confirmed by the Unified Geophysical Service of the...
Fears of devastating tsunami fade following huge quake
Fulton Sun - Missouri
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July 31, 2025
HONOLULU (AP) -- Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts along South America's Pacific coast...
Encroaching light pollution is impacting our ability to study the cosmos
The Weather Network
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July 31, 2025
Around the world, there are 17 ground-based telescopes with primary mirrors as big or bigger than Webb's 20-foot (6-meter) mirror, and three more under construction with mirrors planned to span 80 to 130 feet (24 to 40 meters). The newest...
Gloomy guidance and increased cloud competition weigh on Amazon’s stock, despite solid earnings beat
SiliconANGLE
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July 31, 2025
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. were trading more than 6% lower after-hours today, after the e-commerce and cloud computing infrastructure giant could only offer light guidance for the current quarter. The decline came in the wake of some fairly decent...