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The Citizen
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Citizen
24 hours in pictures, 2 June 2025
24 hours in pictures, 2 June 2025 Through the lens: The Citizen's Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world. Sarafina cast at the opening night of Sarafina The Musical at Joburg Theatre on June 01, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Picture: Gallo Images The Blue Bridge, a pedestrian bridge in Craighall Park that crosses the Braamfontein Spruit, is seen, 2 June 2025, still damaged after heavy rains and floods damaged the bridge on 5 March, and again on 26 March. Despite being cordoned off the bridge is still in use daily. The community has launched a petition to put pressure on authorities, including the City of Johannesburg and Johannesburg Roads Agency, to fix the bridge. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen A woman wears long clothing to protect her from the heat while riding along a street in Hanoi, Vietnam, 02 June 2025. Northern and central Vietnam have experienced a widespread heatwave, with the highest temperatures up to 40 degrees Celcius. Picture: EPA-EFE/LUONG THAI LINH Muslim worshippers gather to pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca on June 1, 2025 ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) Boiketlong informal settlement artist Molatodi Mpahane showscases his work along Waterdaal Road in Sebokeng, north of Johannesburg, 2 June 2025. He has been showcasing his artworks since 2013. He makes his art in two days. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen Paris Saint-Germain's players light smoke flares as they parade on a bus on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on June 1, 2025, a day after PSG won the 2025 UEFA Champions League final football match against Inter Milan in Munich. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) A labourer struggles to pull two sheep down slippery stone steps for a wash ahead of the Muslim holy festival Eid al-Adha in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 02 June 2025. Eid al-Adha is one of the holiest Muslim holidays, marking the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Picture: EPA-EFE/FAROOQ KHAN Smoke rises from the crater of the Etna volcano as it erupts, on Mount Etna near Catania on June 2, 2025. A huge plume of ash, gas and rock spewed forth on June 2, 2025, from Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, after a portion of its southeastern crater likely collapsed, authorities said. (Photo by Giuseppe Distefano / AFP) Cuirassiers, the honor guard of the president of the Italian republic, take position on the steps of the Altar of the Fatherland for the wreath-laying ceremony in honor of the Unknown Soldier during the celebrations for the Republic Day, in Rome, Italy, 02 June 2025. Picture: EPA-EFE/ANGELO CARCONI Fish float on the surface of the water during during a mass die-off at the Ibn Najm marsh, about 25 kilometres northeast of Najaf in central Iraq on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP) Dancers from the Surialanga Dance Company perform a dance at the International Convention Centre in Durban during the ' I am because We are' event organised by the Brahma Kumaris. Brahma Kumaris is a spiritual movement that emphasizes meditation, personal transformation, and world renewal. It teaches individuals to view the world as fundamentally spiritual, not just material, and cultivates a collective consciousness of peace and individual dignity. Picture: Rajesh Jantilal A man enjoys the fifteenth annual Tomato Fight Festival known as 'Tomatina' in Sutamarchan, Boyaca Department, Colombia on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) MORE: 48 hours in pictures, 1 June 2025
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New Straits Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- New Straits Times
[UPDATED] McLaren's Oscar Piastri wins Spanish Grand Prix
BARCELONA: Oscar Piastri drove with exemplary calm and control in a torrid race on Sunday to beat rival and team-mate Lando Norris as McLaren claimed their first Spanish Grand Prix victory since 2005 with a resounding 1-2 triumph. The 24-year-old Australian came home 2.4 seconds clear of Norris for his fifth win this year to extend his lead over his teammate in the drivers' championship to 10 points with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finishing third after a dramatic finale. Four-time champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull went for a three-stop strategy that resulted in him losing third place in the final laps before being handed a 10-second penalty for crashing into Mercedes' George Russell who finished fourth. Nico Hulkenberg, who started 15th on the grid, was a surprise fifth for Sauber ahead of seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari, Racing Bulls' rookie Isack Hadjar and Pierre Gasly of Alpine. Two-time champion and local hero Fernando Alonso finished ninth for Aston Martin with Verstappen classified 10th. "It's toasty out there," was Piastri's description of the pre-race heat with temperatures of 32 degrees Celcius (air) and 51 degrees (track) ensuring high levels of tyre degradation and ice vests for the drivers. Piastri rejected the soubriquet 'Ice Boy' on Saturday but made a super-cool start to pull clear as Verstappen attacked and passed Norris for second out of Turn One as both Ferraris passed Russell to take fourth and fifth ahead of the two Mercedes. Everyone started on soft tyres, other than Tsunoda, from the pit-lane, who was 19th in the absence of Lance Stroll, who was unable to drive his Aston Martin due to hand and wrist pain. Norris finally passed Verstappen on lap 13 on entry to Turn One and began his pursuit of Piastri, as the expected stops began early with the Dutchman, taking more softs - leaving two McLarens leading two Ferraris. Ferrari called Hamilton in for mediums, on lap 17, to "protect against the undercut". He rejoined ninth, to be followed in by Leclerc. Norris and Piastri pitted in sequence for mediums on laps 22 and 23, gifting Verstappen the lead thanks to his early stop. He led until lap 30, when he stopped again for mediums, and rejoined fourth just ahead of Hamilton. Restored as leader, Piastri led Norris by 5.6sec at half-distance with Leclerc, who had saved two sets of new mediums for the race, third until the rapid Verstappen swept by at Turn One and began pursuit. The second round of stops began on lap 41 with Leclerc who rejoined sixth on his shiny new rubber followed by Russell, to softs, and Hamilton again, on lap 47 for a slow 4.2 seconds that saw him rejoin seventh. Verstappen pitted on lap 49, for more softs, to chase Norris, who had also taken softs, for the final 15-lap sprint to the flag, and Piastri, who had followed him in. The top three were separated by barely four seconds as they tangled with traffic amid a flurry of blue flags. With 10 to go, on lap 56, Antonelli speared off with an engine failure to trigger a Safety Car that enabled Verstappen to stop for new hards, his only option, while the McLarens and Leclerc took used softs. Verstappen made an error on lap 60, sliding as he exited the final corner allowing Leclerc to pass before a clash with Russell saw him take the escape road.
Chicago Tribune
5 days ago
- Health
- Chicago Tribune
Oak Lawn high school students eye downside of energy drinks, processed food
Energy drinks became a thing for Maha Jaghama and her friends during the COVID-19 pandemic, when they dove in looking for a buzz to distract them from dreary days and isolation. A couple of years afterward, they decided to find out how those kinds of beverages were affecting them and their peers through an interactive project at Oak Lawn Community High School. And in the process, Jaghama and her classmate Bridget Berkery discovered the caffeine and sugar-packed drinks are almost like a drug that can do more harm than good. They were among the English Honors 2 students who read Eric Schlosser's 'Fast Food Nation' to learn about how what we eat impacts our health and culture, and then took their project outside the classroom to students and teachers at the school, as well as businesses in the Oak Lawn area. They did interviews, taste tests with peers, surveys and research before presenting it to their peers as the school year drew to a close. Among their discoveries was that up to 70% of energy drinkers are teens, according to studies, and the beverages are marketed to teens based on packaging, design, taste, color and other elements. They also learned the American Academy of Pediatrics advises children and teens avoid energy drinks because of their high caffeine content. 'The recommended caffeine is 100 mg daily,' Jaghama said. 'A single can has 160 mg.' During their research, the two asked students which energy drinks they liked best — Celcius, Red Bull and Monster were favorites. The two interviewed nearby gas stations and store owners to see how many teens bought the drinks there. The results: many. They also looked at the ingredients in the drinks for unhealthy additives. 'We learned about how much society tries to hide what's in them,' Berkery said. 'We want to share that with other teens … we want to change their perception. They don't know what is going into their bodies.' Beyond warning them away from potentially harmful beverages, the project had a side benefit of getting the students outside of the school, brushing up on their interview skills and developing a sense of the world outside of the classroom. 'Doing the project helped us be social with the public,' Berkery said. Jeff Vazzana, their English teacher, said the assignment was a capstone project that could help prepare them for next year's AP Language course. 'It was a cool way for kids to show their mastery of what they're learning and apply it to the real world,' he said. The project, titled 'How can Oak Lawn build a healthier, more sustainable food culture?' sparked student interest, the teacher said. 'I had them think about issues they cared about,' Vazzana said. 'They all have a buy-in — everyone eats. And it's timeless, there are always issues with food.' Fellow students Laith Abbasi, Gabriel Fudala and Dylan Jones were part of a group that looked into the dangers of processed foods. 'We're all athletes, so looked at what we're putting into our bodies,' Abbasi said. They scoured ingredients and decided if they couldn't pronounce the first few, the food was most likely processed. Health teacher Scottie Miller told them high fructose corn syrup and artificial coloring also are red flags. 'I think it was more highlighting just how bad processed foods are for your body and why people use them so much,' Abbasi said. 'It's appealing, convenient and saves time … most of the processed foods are efficient in how you eat them.' They also said processed food seemed more prevalent than in the past, causing more health concerns. 'In the past couple of years, the rates of diabetes and cardiovascular disease are really soaring,' said Gabriel Fudala, linking the high salt and sugar content to health problems. The group did taste tests of fries at various fast-food restaurants to see what made the popular side dish more appealing. 'It can have an emotional connection to people,' Zain Mousa said about the draw of unhealthy fast food. 'There's aggressive marketing, catchy slogans and it's targeted to (certain) populations.' The students said during their presentation reading labels and cooking at home with fresh ingredients would help. Many of the students showed a concern for how the food was affecting other people including younger generations. 'I'm concerned about how this would affect people across the globe in the long-term,' Abbasi said.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Science
- Time of India
Global warming target unlikely to be reached, UN says
United Nations (AP) The chance that average warming from 2025 to 2029 is to exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) benchmark stands at 70%, the united nations (UN) said. As a result, the Earth is expected to remain at historic levels of warming. This comes after the planet experienced the two hottest years ever recorded in 2023 and 2024, according to a report published by the world meteorological organization (WMO), the un's climate agency WMO deputy secretary-general Ko Barrett said the past ten years have been the "the warmest on record," adding a warning that no respite is expected. "This means that there will be a growing negative impact on our economies, our daily lives, our ecosystems and our planet," Barrett warned. What is the 1.5C target? The 1.5-degree target was set as part of the 2015 Paris climate accords, which aimed to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels. It was calculated in relation to the 1850-1900 average, before humanity began industrially burning coal, oil and gas, all of which emit carbon dioxide (CO2), the greenhouse gas largely responsible for climate change. A growing number of climate scientists now hold the 1.5-degree target to be impossible to achieve due to the increasing levels of CO2 emissions. The WMO forecasts that the global mean near-surface temperature for each year between 2025 and 2029 will be between 1.2 and 1.9 degrees Celcius above the pre-industrial average. What else are climate researchers predicting? Peter Thorne, director of the Irish climate analysis and research units group at the University of Maynooth, was cited by the AFP news agency as saying he expects the probability of passing 1.5 degrees Celcius on a long-term basis in the late 2020 or early 2030s to reach 100% in the next two to three years. According to the WMO, the chance of at least one year between 2025 and 2020 being warmer than 2024, the warmest year on record, stands at 80%. There is also an above-zero chance of at least one year in the next five exceeding 2 degrees of warming, despite it being "exceptionally unlikely," the report said. Adam Scaife of the British met office, which compiled the report based on forecasts from multiple global centers said it is the first time such a possibility arises in the organization's computer predictions, which he calls "shocking." "That probability is going to rise," he added.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Global warming target unlikely to be reached, UN says
The chance that average warming from 2025 to 2029 is to exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) benchmark stands at 70%, the United Nations (UN) said. As a result, the Earth is expected to remain at historic levels of warming. This comes after the planet experienced the two hottest years ever recorded in 2023 and 2024, according to a report published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the UN's climate agency. The WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2025–2029) projects that global temperatures are expected to continue at or near record levels in the next five out the full update: — World Meteorological Organization (@WMO) May 28, 2025 WMO deputy secretary-general Ko Barrett said the past ten years have been the "the warmest on record," adding a warning that no respite is expected. "This means that there will be a growing negative impact on our economies, our daily lives, our ecosystems and our planet," Barrett warned. The 1.5-degree target was set as part of the 2015 Paris climate accords, which aimed to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels. It was calculated in relation to the 1850-1900 average, before humanity began industrially burning coal, oil and gas, all of which emit carbon dioxide (CO2), the greenhouse gas largely responsible for climate change. A growing number of climate scientists now hold the 1.5-degree target to be impossible to achieve due to the increasing levels of CO2 emissions. The WMO forecasts that the global mean near-surface temperature for each year between 2025 and 2029 will be between 1.2 and 1.9 degrees Celcius above the pre-industrial average. Peter Thorne, director of the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units group at the University of Maynooth, was cited by the AFP news agency as saying he expects the probability of passing 1.5 degrees Celcius on a long-term basis in the late 2020 or early 2030s to reach 100% in the next two to three years. According to the WMO, the chance of at least one year between 2025 and 2020 being warmer than 2024, the warmest year on record, stands at 80%. There is also an above-zero chance of at least one year in the next five exceeding 2 degrees of warming, despite it being "exceptionally unlikely," the report said. Adam Scaife of the British Met Office — which compiled the report based on forecasts from multiple global centers — said it is the first time such a possibility arises in the organization's computer predictions, which he calls "shocking." "That probability is going to rise," he added. Edited by: Saim Dušan Inayatullah
