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As large-scale production components stack up at the Kuldipsingh Port Facility (KPF), representatives of France’s energy giant TotalEnergies and Surinamese officials have met to discuss the progress on a multibillion-dollar deepwater oil project in Block 58 off the coast of Suriname, confirming that the offshore development remains firmly on track for its first oil production in 2028. TotalEnergies’ CEO visit Suriname to go over GranMorgu’s progress; Source: Staatsolie Accompanied by Nicolas Terraz, President of Exploration & Production, and Javier Rielo, Senior Vice President of Exploration & Production Americas, Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, visited Suriname on September 19,…

A sobering new report from the United Nations Environment Programme warns that even if governments deliver on all their existing climate pledges, warming could reach 1.8°C later this century. That means humanity must pivot from simply containing global warming to finding ways to reverse it. LONDON—The world must now face up to the fact that the increase in average global temperatures will surpass 1.5° Celsius, the more ambitious of the 2015 Paris climate agreement’s targets. That means devising a plan for managing the consequences—by increasing our focus on adaptation, loss and damage, and geoengineering—while redoubling our efforts to cut greenhouse-gas…

Claim: More than 20 African countries banded together to combat the spread of the Sahara Desert by planting a giant wall of trees to run across the continent. This wall will stretch for around 7,000 km coast to coast. Rating: Context In 2007, more than 20 African countries partnered up in a project to tackle desertification through the spread of the Sahara Desert, which was conceived as a giant wall of trees meant to stretch from coast to coast of the continent. Over time, the focus shifted to smaller-scale planting programs that go beyond just trees. The official goal for…

Airlines have criticised the UK’s air traffic control system after a second technical problem in two weeks caused major disruption to UK flightsEasyJet said Monday’s incident “once again calls into question the resilience” of how the service works, while Wizz Air said there was a “national confidence crisis” in National Air Traffic Services (Nats), which runs the UK’s air traffic.The technical problem at Prestwick in Ayrshire caused disruption at airports across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, delaying dozens of flights.Nats said a “connectivity issue” was to blame for the disruption, and that it had “nothing to do” with a…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will keep his ruling coalition together for the sake of his country’s “democratic future”, following resounding defeats for his party in two state elections.”We are determined to live up to the historic challenges our country is facing,” Merz said, referring to the coalition between his Christian Democratic Unionist (CDU) party and the Social Democratic Party (SPD).Merz’s position has come under mounting pressure after Sunday’s election results. In the north-eastern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the most votes, with the CDU failing even to reach the threshold to stay in the…

Sarah Killick has been battling problems in her social home for months, including mould and damp. She says the anxiety has been insufferable and she has permanently damaged her teeth from grinding them due to stress.She thought help would come in the form of Awaab’s law, new legislation designed to force social housing landlords in England to fix dangerous hazards, which came into effect in October last year.But it did not. Killick said her landlord, Clarion Housing Association – the largest social housing provider in the UK – sent contractors to do a mould wash, but claimed they did nothing…

Stefan_Alfonso/iStock/Getty Images Plus ZDNET’s key takeaway The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) created CheatBench. They found that every agent cheats in some scenarios. The propensity to cheat creates risks for humanity. AI labs often tout impressive benchmark scores when releasing new models, showing better capabilities in areas like coding, computer use, and more than their competitors. However, those benchmarks aren’t always a reliable measure of what AI can do because they’re easily beaten by exponentially improving models and can emphasize marketing over actual performance. Also: With AI models clobbering every benchmark, it’s time for human evaluation Benchmarks like Humanity’s Last…

A browser. A plugin. A package. A login screen. Normal stuff. That is basically the problem this week. The trouble keeps showing up inside things people already trust: code that takes a bad turn, old payloads coming back, exposed systems, weak checks, fake fixes, and attack paths that look almost too easy. Even the research side is getting messy, with more findings, more automation, and not always more clarity. Nothing here needs much drama. Just a lot of small doors left open. Here’s what happened. ⚡ Threat of the Week Cisco Warns of Actively Exploited ISE Auth Bypass — Cisco…

Government spending hasn’t slowed, and Tim Draper says that leaves only two real outcomes: hyperinflation or interest rates high enough to break banks. In this Bitcoin Magazine Podcast conversation with host Spencer Nichols, the Draper Associates founder makes the case that every business should hold at least four weeks of operating expenses in Bitcoin, every individual about six months, and every government a Bitcoin hedge. He explains why he considers boards that hold zero Bitcoin to be exposed — legally and financially — when a bank holding their cash goes under. Draper also maps his $250,000 Bitcoin price target to…

2026 NAHF Enshrinement Ceremony 9.24.26.pdf An Evening with the Stars EWTS 9.16.26.pdf Maryland Space Business Roundtable 9.9.26 Virginia Aerospace Business Association (VASBA) Gala 9.24.26.pdf Roman Space Telescope Event 8.28.26.pdf The Planetary Society_Celebrating Viking 7.20.26.pdf Farnborough Airshow Events 7.18-19.26 University of Maryland Acres 7.14.26.pdf Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum_Blue Origin 7.14.26.pdf Space Business Roundtable_MSBR 7.22.2026.pdf USA Rockets Red Glare Reception 6-25-26 Northrop Grumman Event 6.17.26.pdf FUSE 6.24.26.pdf Greater Cleveland Partnership 6.10.26.pdf SSF UC Symposium 6.9.26.pdf NAA Firefly Aerospace and AE Industrial Partners 6.11.26 AIAA Event 6.3.26 Space Walk III 5.21.26 Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) 5.20.26.pdf Congressional Reception for Artemis…