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Towering over the canopy of Malaysian Borneo’s tropical rainforests are some of the world’s tallest trees, known as dipterocarps (pictured). These giants, which can grow to more than 70 metres tall, are crucial for carbon storage. However, extreme height is thought to strain the water-transport (hydraulic) system of trees, leaving them vulnerable to severe droughts. Competing Interests The author declares no competing interests.

Lamine Yamal insisted on Monday he would take no fear into Spain’s World Cup semi-final against France as he celebrated his 19th birthday. The Barcelona prodigy raised eyebrows following Spain’s 2-1 quarter-final defeat of Belgium last week after being quoted as saying that France rather than Spain ought to be “afraid” given recent defeats against La Roja. A relaxed-looking Yamal addressed those comments as he spoke to reporters on Monday at a press conference. “I was asked if I was afraid of France, and I said no,” Yamal explained. “We are European champions. It’s simply football,” the teenager explained. Yamal…

“I will never get a chance to get high with you in a dorm room,” said Jon Stewart on The Daily Show tonight, preparing Christopher Nolan for his somewhat unusual questions about The Odyssey. Among the queries: Why didn’t the cyclops tell a joke? What happened to the wheels on the Trojan horse? And is this all just happening in Odysseus’ head? More broadly, Stewart asked Nolan why he decided to tackle an epic poem written down around the 8th century BCE that just happens to be one of the foundational texts of Western civilization. Turns out, the filmmaker did…

By Iyobosa Uwugiaren On July 27, 2015, I put a telephone call through to Prince Nduka Obaigbena. Until then, I had never met him one-on-one. Conventional wisdom suggested that he hardly picked calls from people he did not know. Yet, contrary to that widely held perception, he answered my call himself. I introduced myself. His immediate response caught me pleasantly by surprise: “How is Leadership Newspaper?” That simple question suggested he had been following my career. I told him I had left the organisation a few months earlier and was then serving as General Editor of New Telegraph. I also…

National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday received a high-level United States delegation led by the newly confirmed Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia, as part of efforts to deepen security cooperation between both countries. Garcia’s visit to Abuja is his first to Nigeria since he was sworn into office on June 1, 2026, and forms part of a wider tour of West Africa that will also take him to Côte d’Ivoire and Mali between July 11 and 18. Ribadu, in a post on X, said the meeting reviewed progress made under the Nigeria-US Joint Working Group…

The US government has already paid back tens of billions of dollars in tariffs it collected before the supreme court ruled them illegal, according to budget figures released on Monday.Tariffs – taxes on imported goods – have been a key part of Donald Trump’s economic plan since he took office again last year.In February the supreme court shut down a big chunk of the extra tariffs Trump had ordered, forcing the government to return money to the companies that had paid them.According to the budget data, the US has paid out $81bn (£61bn) in tariff refunds so far this fiscal…

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With a packet of biscuits in one hand and her smartphone in the other in the biscuits sucrées aisle of her local Hyper U supermarket west of Paris, Nathalie sees red. Literally.”Look at that!” she says showing me her phone. 0/100 is marked in red lettering.”This is one of Malo’s [her 12-year-old son’s] favourites but it’s not only full of sugar and saturated fats, there are four additives as well including one health risk,” she says.Nathalie clicks on the additive in question: E450. “A mineral which, taken in excess, can lead to bone marrow and kidney problems,” she reads.”Honestly, that…

There is a depressing familiarity to the conversation among MPs about their safety.It is a topic those on all sides will regularly reflect on in private, given the day-to-day impact it has on many of them.But the latest news about counter terrorism police taking over the investigation into Ann Widdecombe’s death has brought back again, and in public, a discussion about how MPs can remain accessible and safe.There was a sombre and reflective mood in the Commons on Monday afternoon as MPs both remembered Widdecombe – so many, whether they agreed with her or not, admiring her character and conviction…

Two horses have been transported 3,000 miles (5,000km) to help secure the future of a species that was once considered to be extinct in the wild.Shara and Togs, two female Przewalski’s horses, were born and raised at Marwell Zoo near Winchester, Hampshire.They were flown to be released in Kazakhstan, to help continue a species revival led by European zoos.Once found across central Asia, the species was last seen in the wild in the 1960s and was reduced to a dozen or so breeding individuals in captivity.It remains endangered, with 178 mature horses in 2014, according to the most recent assessment…