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Deadly building collapse in Fez leaves 22 dead as structural failures raise urgent safety concerns

Two adjacent four-storey residential buildings collapsed overnight in the Al Massira district of Fez, killing 22 people and injuring 16 more. The structures housed eight families and failed without w...

Shetland advances fixed-link plans as global tunnelling contractors begin feasibility work

Shetland’s plans for long-term inter-island connectivity have moved into a critical technical phase, with three internationally experienced tunnelling contractors appointed to evaluate the feasibilit...

Vulcan Energy secures approximately €1 billion in financing for German lithium project

The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) has granted an export loan of €100 million to Vulcan Energy for itsPhase One Lionheart Project, bringing the total debt package for the project to app...

Gatwick becomes first airport to achieve PAS 2080 carbon standard

London Gatwick has become the first airport worldwide to achieve certification under PAS 2080:2023, a global standard for reducing carbon across the full lifecycle of buildings and infrastructure. Th...

Britain delivers hydrogen by rail for the first time

The UK has achieved a notable engineering and logistics milestone with the first-ever delivery of hydrogen by rail. The demonstration, carried out at Network Rail’s Test Tracks facility in Tuxford, i...

How Hong Kong’s high-rise fire exposed critical façade and safety failures

Hong Kong’s deadliest high-rise fire in more than seventy years unfolded across the Wang Fuk Court housing estate, where multiple towers were undergoing extensive renovation. The incident began when...

Aging bridge breaks in two in Madhya Pradesh, injuring four

An old bridge on the Bareilly–Pipariya road in Madhya Pradesh experienced a sudden structural collapse on Monday morning, splitting at its central span and dropping directly into the river below. Two...

How recent typhoon-strength winds devastated a remote luxury resort in WA

Tropical Cyclone Fina delivered destructive winds that caused extensive structural damage to the Berkeley River Lodge, a remote coastal resort located along Western Australia’s far north shoreline. A...

1,000-year-old Ihuatzio Pyramid damage linked to cracking, water infiltration and climate intensity

The partial collapse of the pre-Columbian pyramid at the Ihuatzio Archaeological Zone in Michoacáno on July 29 last year, has underscored the vulnerability of ancient masonry structures to intensifyi...

UK secures £35m steel supply agreement for Türkiye’s Modern Rail Corridors

The announcement of a new £35 million rail supply contract marks a significant development for British steel manufacturing and for ongoing high-speed rail expansion in Türkiye. The agreement, to be f...

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