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Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds
Schools, airports, high-rise towers: architects urged to get ‘bamboo-ready’
Manual for building design aims to encourage low-carbon construction as alternative to steel and concreteAn airport made of bamboo? A tower reaching 20 metres high? For many years, bamboo has been mostly known as the favourite food of giant pandas, but a group of engineers say it’s time we took it seriously as a building material, too.This week the Institution of Structural Engineers called for architects to be “bamboo-ready” as they published a manual for designing permanent buildings made of the material, in an effort to encourage low-carbon construction and position bamboo as a proper alternative to steel and concrete. Continue reading...
What happens when the taps run dry? England is about to find out | Aditya Chakrabortty
Rhône. « La stabilité reste préférable » : au conseil de prud’hommes de Lyon, une rentrée solennelle sous le signe d’une hausse d’activité
Trump declaration of Greenland framework deal met with scepticism amid tariff relief
Nato chief Mark Rutte says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’, as some Danish MPs voice concern at Greenland apparently being sidelined in US president’s talks Donald Trump’s announcement of a “framework of a future deal” that would settle the issue of Greenland after weeks of escalating threats has been met with profound scepticism from people in the Arctic territory, even as financial markets rebounded and European leaders welcomed a reprieve from further tariffs.Just hours after the president used his speech at the World Economic Forum to insist he wanted Greenland, “including right, title and ownership,” but backed away from his more bellicose threats of military intervention – Trump took to social media to announce “the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland” and withdrew the threat of tariffs against eight European countries. He later called it “a concept of a deal” when he spoke to business network CNBC soon after Wall Street closed. Continue reading...
Forty years in the Siberian wilderness: the Old Believers who time forgot
Europe must heed Mark Carney – and embrace a painful emancipation from the US | Paul Taylor
‘We want to make jacket potatoes sexy again!’: how the humble spud became a fast food sensation
Métropole de Lyon. Balmes Nord à Corbas : le permis de construire est modifié, mais l’histoire se répète
Après un premier déboire au tribunal administratif dans le cadre du projet immobilier des Balmes Nord à Corbas, dans les cartons depuis 2022, les promoteurs Alliade habitat et Sagec ont revu leur copie. Le permis de construire modificatif, accordé par la Ville en novembre 2025, fait l’objet d’un nouveau recours de l’opposition municipale.
Lons-le-Saunier. La Douce Heure change de propriétaire : « C’est l’opportunité de ma vie »
Charline Bureau est la nouvelle gérante de La Douce Heure, elle succède à Laurence Even. L’esprit du lieu devrait rester le même, avec quelques petites nouveautés.
Will Trump’s board of peace replace the UN? – podcast
Trump’s board of peace includes Putin, Netanyahu and Tony Blair. What on earth will it do? Julian Borger reportsDonald Trump promised to bring peace to Gaza. And part of that promise was the creation of a board of peace. For months it was unclear who would be on it, but now we know: Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, alongside billionaire businessmen and Tony Blair.Apart from how Putin and Netanyahu – who have been accused of war crimes – can bring peace, there are other questions. The charter of the board makes no mention of Gaza. And there is apparently a price tag – if you want to stay on the board for more than three years, you must pay $1bn. Continue reading...
