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As smoke from hundreds of burning wildfires spread across Canada and the United States, the first three operational satellites in the Google-backed FireSat program successfully launched into orbit. The satellites will begin providing wildfire detection capable of spotting even small fires in the United States, Australia, and Europe before the end of the year. The launch of the microsatellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 7, 2026 marks a transition to “initial operational capability” for the FireSat constellation managed by the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance. After a three-month testing period, the…

Smoke from massive wildfires in Canada engulf the New York City skyline, reducing visibility and casting an orange haze over the city, July 16, 2026.Selcuk Acar | Anadolu | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Friday vowed to confront Canada over the North American wildfires that have enveloped swaths of the United States in a smoky haze.Calling the situation “totally unacceptable,” Trump accused Ottawa of failing to adequately address the situation, which has sent air quality to dangerous levels in major U.S. cities for multiple days. The costs inflicted on the U.S. “must of necessity be added to the TARIFFS Canada…

A Boeing Co. 737 Max airplane at the company’s manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, US, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe U.S. government on Friday said Boeing can once again issue airworthiness certificates for its bestselling 737 Max aircraft and 787 Dreamliners, an authority that was stripped from the manufacturer after fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 of the 737 Max.The Federal Aviation Administration said last September that Boeing could ticket its own planes before they’re handed off to customers for only some of the Maxes and Dreamliners, alternating weeks between the FAA and…

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It’s a complicated story, so it’s worth recapping what’s occurred so far, followed by the most relevant details from the newly published articles. The New Orleans Five controversy The five ousted scientists included Steven Kahn, professor of medicine at the University of Washington, who is the editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care and a co-author of the editorial. It also included former ADA President Desmond Schatz of the University of Florida, Aaron Kelly, pediatrics professor at the University of Minnesota; Justin Ryder of Northwestern University; Irl Hirsch, also of the University of Washington; and Maureen Gannon of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The…

Labour MPs pay tribute to the outgoing prime minister after his emotional final speech in parliament. Source link

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the EU energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.The EU is set to recommend a three-year delay on penalties for energy importers that do not comply with the bloc’s new methane emissions rules, after fierce lobbying from the US and member states that raised fears about gas supply risks.Under the present regulation, energy companies that fail to show they are properly monitoring, reporting and verifying leaks and flares of the highly potent greenhouse gas could face penalties by member states of up to 20 per cent of their annual revenue…

The security situation in the Strait of Hormuz has returned to a “worse-case scenario” for oil tankers as Iran has repeatedly attacked ships over the past week, the CEO of a maritime risk services firm said. “We see the reduction of the volume of transits through the Strait of Hormuz and right now crews of vessels are even more concerned than they were before,” said Dimitris Maniatis, CEO of Athens-headquartered Marisks, at a Lloyd’s List Intelligence briefing this week. “Nobody is willing to move,” Maniatis said. At least nine ships have come under attack since July 6 as Iran tries…

US lettuce supplier Taylor Farms to recall ingredients linked to parasite outbreak, Bloomberg News reports Source link

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAnthropic is in very preliminary talks to lease computing power from Meta, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC’s Kate Rooney. Shares of the social media giant climbed off their lows of the day Friday following a report from the New York Times that a potential deal was being discussed worth about $10 billion.The talks come weeks after Anthropic announced a similar deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to use the…