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After a controversy erupted, the Minister, speaking to the media in Chennai on Wednesday, emphasised that the combination of surfactants, detergents, and phosphorus was responsible for excessive foaming, not industrial effluents

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5002,w_7500/743984' alt='A worker walks on an empty platform next to trains following the collision of two high-speed trains between the towns of Mora and Orgaz, at Atocha train station in Madrid, Spain, October 28, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/SUSANA

Small mammals and birds can be put at grave risk from webbing, which is typically made with tough strands of synthetic fibres

The 29-year-old woman had been hit in the face multiple times by the victim during a lesson.

Rising energy costs and protests are sharpening European opposition to renewed US-Israeli attacks on Iran.

<p>BoM predicts hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and power outages across southern Queensland, western NSW, the ACT and eastern Victoria on Sunday afternoon</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.thegu

New Build-To-Order (BTO) flats have been designed to have better privacy, but have irregularly-shaped void decks as a result, according to the Housing and Development Board. Can more signage fix residents' navigation woes? Or are BTO void decks due for a redesign?&nbsp;

<p>KARACHI: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) prevented a teenage girl in Karachi from causing self-harm after she was influenced by a group operating on the dark web, an official told <em>Dawn</em> on Friday.</p> <p>NCCIA Karachi Additional Director Tariq Nawaz said action by the agency was taken after they received a lead from a foreign

At least 17 swans have been killed after striking Dublin's Samuel Beckett Bridge since 2024, an animal wildlife charity has said.

UAE authorities are working to tackle an oil spill from a supertanker in the Arabian Gulf. The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment confirmed the incident early on Friday morning. The spill is the cause of a strong smell that residents of Dubai and the northern emirates have reported in recent days, it said. The ministry did not name the vessel, but in

UAE authorities are working to tackle an oil spill from a supertanker in the Arabian Gulf. The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment confirmed the incident early on Friday morning. The spill is the cause of a strong smell that residents of Dubai and the northern emirates have reported in recent days, it said. The ministry did not name the vessel, but in

From off-the-scale fires in Indonesia to disruptions to the Panama Canal, predictions that this year’s El Niño would hit hard are panning out.