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In 2019, artist Klaus Littmann filled an Austrian football stadium with 299 trees, turning it into a forest to show a future without forests

In 2019, artist Klaus Littmann filled an Austrian football stadium with 299 trees, turning it into a forest to show a future without forests | World News

On the pitch of Austria’s Klagenfurt’s Wörthersee Stadium, where footballers would normally chase a ball beneath floodlights, 299 mature trees once stood in near silence. In 2019, Swiss artist and curator Klaus Littmann transformed the Austrian arena into a temporary forest, replacing the familiar spectacle of sport with a landscape of birch, oak, hornbeam, willow…

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Has Gaiety-Galaxy temporarily shut over non-renewal of licence? Owner Manoj Desai clarifies: 'Some cables in the theatre got burned' | Hindi Movie News

Has Gaiety-Galaxy temporarily shut over non-renewal of licence? Owner Manoj Desai clarifies: ‘Some cables in the theatre got burned’ | Hindi Movie News

For decades, Mumbai’s Gaiety-Galaxy has been more than just a cinema hall for film lovers. The iconic Bandra landmark has become synonymous with first-day-first-show madness, deafening whistles, packed screenings and audiences turning film releases into celebrations of their own. Some of the biggest moments in Hindi cinema have unfolded inside its halls, making the theatre…

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In 2023, Australia put a 330-square-metre floating wetland on a wastewater lagoon; two years later researchers found methane emissions had fallen by up to 66%

In 2023, Australia put a 330-square-metre floating wetland on a wastewater lagoon; two years later researchers found methane emissions had fallen by up to 66%

Floating wetlands slash wastewater greenhouse gas emissions Installing a floating wetland planted with native vegetation on an Australian municipal wastewater lagoon cut methane emissions by up to 66 per cent, according to the results of a two-year field trial. Published on 25 August 2026 in the Journal of Environmental Management, the peer-reviewed study looked at…

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Mushtaq Ahmed: ‘Scared to work’: Ex-Pakistan cricketer opens up on Mohsin Naqvi-led PCB | Cricket News

Mushtaq Ahmed: ‘Scared to work’: Ex-Pakistan cricketer opens up on Mohsin Naqvi-led PCB | Cricket News

Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Mohsin Naqvi, centre, chats with Pakistan’s Babar Azam, left, as head coach Mike Hesson watches (AP Photo) The Pakistan Cricket Board’s decision to overhaul the national team in the middle of its England tour continues to face scrutiny, with former Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed admitting that the uncertainty surrounding coaching…

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Celia Hunter flew a war-surplus plane to Alaska in 1947 and built a wilderness life near Denali; 54 years later, at 82, her final night was spent fighting to protect the Arctic Refuge

Celia Hunter flew a war-surplus plane to Alaska in 1947 and built a wilderness life near Denali; 54 years later, at 82, her final night was spent fighting to protect the Arctic Refuge

Celia Hunter flew a war-surplus plane to Alaska in 1947 and built a wilderness life near Denali Celia Hunter spent the final evening of her life writing urgent letters to US politicians, asking them to oppose oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It brought an end to a 54-year campaign to protect Alaska’s…

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17 women, 300+ families, and zero public dustbins: How one Himalayan village tackled garbage and became one of the cleanest in India

17 women, 300+ families, and zero public dustbins: How one Himalayan village tackled garbage and became one of the cleanest in India

The change began in 2017, when Dawa Choden Bhutia, brought together 17 local women to form a group called ‘Swachhata Sahayogi’. At first glance, Phadamchen (also Padamchen) of Sikkim looks like many other Himalayan villages. It is surrounded by forests, sits more than 8,000 feet above sea level and attracts tourists travelling along Sikkim’s old…

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