The 54th Venice Theatre Biennale, under Willem Dafoe's creative direction, presents a diverse program featuring experimental theatre, cultural fusions, and a focus on marginalized voices. Highlights include Emma Dante's Golden Lion award, Davide Iodice's "Promemoria," and innovative reinterpretations of classic works.
A 1640 eruption of Parker Volcano in the Philippines may have contributed to the collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, according to a study in Climate of the Past. Volcanic eruptions can cause climate changes leading to crop failures and famine.
Tens of thousands fled their homes in the Philippines following massive explosions from Mount Pinatubo on June 12, 1991. The eruptions sent ash plumes up to 25km into the sky, forcing residents like Theresita Santiago to evacuate.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will utilize 16 state-of-the-art stadiums across North America, including historic and modern venues in the US, Canada, and Mexico, despite ticketing controversies.
Across Mexico, communities are creating football pitches in unique and challenging locations, from volcano craters to urban underpasses, fostering dreams of professional play and community connection ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
A new food trend, dubbed 'fricy' (fruity and spicy), is gaining popularity in the UK, with cafes and retailers reporting increased sales of sweet and spicy offerings like mango-chilli drinks and sauces.
35 years after the devastating pyroclastic flow from Unzen-Fugendake volcano in Nagasaki killed 43 people, memorial services are being held in Shimabara city, with bereaved families honoring the victims.
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has set a new record with 48 lava fountaining episodes since its eruption began in December 2024. Geologists note the current eruption's accessibility for viewing and its ongoing reshaping of the summit topography, while also acknowledging potential impacts on nearby communities from volcanic fragments and ash.
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii's Big Island near Honaunau-Napoopoo, causing minor damage and rockslides but no tsunami threat or immediate injuries. The USGS stated the quake was due to plate stress, not volcanic activity, though Kilauea is being closely monitored for a potential eruption.
A deliberate act of sabotage targeting high-voltage cables over the Teltow canal caused a major power outage in Berlin, affecting 35,000 homes and businesses for five days. The "Volcano Group," an environmentalist extremist organization, claimed responsibility, linking the attack to their anti-fossil fuel and anti-capitalist agenda.
An undersea volcano, provisionally named Titan Ridge Volcano, has erupted in the Bismarck Sea near Papua New Guinea, spewing ash and smoke. Authorities have issued warnings of possible tsunamis, turbulent currents, and falling pumice, with a fisherman describing the event as "scary" and noting dead fish.
Thousands in Java, Indonesia, live near Mount Merapi, one of the country's 120+ active volcanoes. Despite the risks, most residents choose to stay, balancing their lives with the constant threat of eruption.
ByteDance’s Volcano Engine, the cloud unit that released an OpenClaw-based cloud agent tool ArkClaw, is betting that the next phase of artificial intelligence will hinge on cheaper tokens, higher inference efficiency and longer context windows. “Agent-related token consumption still accounts for a single-digit percentage of total token usage, but it is growing,” said Li Guodong, chief architect of ArkClaw, on Tuesday on the sidelines of OpenClaw’s first mainland China event since the open-source...
An Indonesian guide who led hikers up Mount Dukono has described the moment of Friday's eruption which killed three people.
Mount Dukono erupted in North Halmahera, Indonesia, sending a massive ash cloud 10 kilometres into the sky. Three hikers, including two foreigners, were killed and 10 remain missing. Rescue teams are searching for 20 people affected near the volcano, officials said.
Officials had previously issued warnings on climbing the active volcano due to safety concerns.
Mount Dukono erupted on Friday morning, local time, sending plumes of ash some 10 kilometres into the sky.
Mount Dukono erupted on Friday morning, local time, sending plumes of ash some 10 kilometres into the sky.
Mount Dukono erupted on Friday morning, local time, sending plumes of ash some 10 kilometres into the sky.
Indonesian authorities were rushing to rescue 20 hikers after the eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera Island on Friday, a local rescue agency official said. Mount Dukono, located in North Maluku province, erupted on Friday at 7.41am, spewing volcanic ash as high as 10km (six miles) into the sky, the country’s volcanology agency said. The agency maintained the alert status at the mountain at its third highest level, agency head Lana Saria said in a statement. Iwan Ramdani, the head of...
Three hikers – two Singaporeans and a local – died in an eruption on Friday of Indonesia’s Mount Dukono volcano where they found themselves in a no-go zone, officials said. The eruption on Halmahera island sent an ash cloud about 10km (6.2 miles) into the air, with no towns or villages near enough to face any immediate threat. Twenty hikers were on the slopes when disaster struck, North Halmahera police chief Erlichson Pasaribu told reporters at a volcano monitoring station in Mamuya...
Three hikers, including two foreigners, were killed and 10 were missing after a volcano on Indonesia’s eastern Halmahera island erupted on Friday, spewing an ash cloud into the air, a local police chief said. “There are three dead, two foreigners and one resident of Ternate” island in east Indonesia, police chief Erlichson Pasaribu of North Halmahera province told Kompas TV. Earlier, a local rescue agency official said authorities were rushing to rescue 20 hikers after the eruption of Mount...
Jet fuel has doubled in price since the start of the war on Iran. How bad will the disruption get and could this accelerate the route to jet zero?What happens to flights if the world runs out of oil? Well, obviously they will be grounded. To be more specific, is it possible, if the war in Iran does not resolve and the strait of Hormuz remains blocked, that airlines will simply run out of aviation fuel?It’s not a question anyone has had to ask before. Air travel has hit some hurdles this century that nobody could have seen coming – Covid, of course, but also the Icelandic volcano in 2010, which closed much of European airspace for eight days, cost an estimated €3.75bn (£3.2bn) and caused untold supply chain chaos. There have been problems contained within a country or region – the Heathrow substation outage and the Iberian energy crisis, both last year, both closing airports – but since air travel began, it has never been globally impeded by a fuel shortage. Continue reading...
