Opinion

Emergency responders in Ouray County were training -- on a large scale for the first time -- for this year's wildfire season that is predicted to be one of the worst ever in the American West.

They have been our meat and our messengers, a source of fertiliser and a religious symbol: while pigeons are now mostly reviled as dirty city pests, they long played an important role in human society.

The world built and commissioned more coal power in 2025, but used the polluting fuel less, with the United States the only major economy to substantially increase generation, analysis showed Thursday.

The author of "Taiwan Travelogue", Yang Shuang-zi, told AFP she hopes her International Booker Prize-winning novel can one day be read in China and facilitate dialogue about the "future Taiwanese people want".

Protester's anger is misguided, says Prof. Loren Landau, co-director of the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab.