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Climate🇬🇧 GB
The GuardianEN

Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires

<p>Tadpoles collected from puddles in East Gippsland were transported to Melbourne zoo, where they were raised to metamorphosis and successfully bred in captivity for the first time</p><p>After the 2019-20 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2025/feb/10/black-summer-after-the-fires-andrew-odwyer-geoffrey-keaton-death-toll-five-

World🇧🇪 BE
VRT NWSNL

"Valt niet uit te leggen dat je niet weet hoeveel je betaalt": minister Beenders wil eenvoudigere regels voor laadpalen

Het valt niet uit te leggen dat je niet weet hoeveel je moet betalen aan een laadpaal. Maak het eenvoudiger. Dat is de boodschap van minister van Consumentenbescherming Rob Beenders (Vooruit) aan Europa. Volgens de minister is er te veel marge in de Europese regelgeving die de prijzen aan de laadpalen bepaalt. "Leveranciers maken daar maximaal gebruik van. D

World🇧🇪 BE
VRT NWSNL

De verborgen kosten van de laadpalen

Prijzen van laadpalen kunnen tot meer dan honderd procent uit mekaar liggen. Dat heeft niet alleen te maken met de prijs van de elektriciteit, maar ook met tal van andere (verborgen) extra kosten. We zetten ze even op een rij.

Technology🇺🇸 US
The VergeEN

The Sony WH-1000XM4C bring back a beloved headphone design

When Sony announced the WH-1000XM4C headphones, I was perplexed. A product revamp usually includes at least one or two significant improvements. Or if it's a nostalgia play, it's from a decades-old product and not one that came out in 2020. Beyond a few minor tweaks, though, the XM4C are remarkably similar to their six-year-old namesake, […]

Politics🇬🇧 GB
The Guardian PoliticsEN

Andy Burnham has come for the headphone-dodgers. But is there any evidence fines work?

<p>UK leaders past and present love to nudge us towards good or bad behaviour. Social scientists, though, say £100 on-the-spot fines may not prove an effective deterrent</p><p>It’s a very modern phenomenon, the nuisance of people on public transport using their phones for flagrantly loud things – conference calls, TV shows, music – without headphones. I reme

Politics🇬🇧 GB
The Guardian PoliticsEN

Fine ‘headphone dodgers’ if you will, but to really tackle antisocial behaviour, Britain should look to Japan | Emily Bratt

<p>Working in Japanese schools, I saw how teaching young people civic pride creates adults with consideration for others</p><p>There are two types of people who listen to music in public: those who wear headphones and those who … are a word I probably can’t use here. “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/25/war-loudcasting-british-nudg

Politics🇬🇧 GB
The Guardian PoliticsEN

Potholes, bus fares and headphone dodgers: will Burnham’s strategy of ‘everyday fixes’ succeed?

<p>New PM has prioritised small fixes to show voters Labour can make a real difference, and government insiders are delighted at the public’s reaction</p><p>In the first episode of Armando Iannucci’s political satire The Thick of It, the hapless minister Hugh Abbot is in the back of a taxi, frantically brainstorming for an on-the-hoof policy he can announce

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