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NMSU engineering professors develop AI detection for wildfires

New Mexico State University College of Engineering Assistant Professors Fengyu Wang, left, and Di Shi work on installing a Grid Sentinel system, a low-cost option that provides artificial intelligence wildfire detection and grid readiness, in Carson National Forest with a…

Sparklers on champagne bottles likely cause of deadly Swiss bar fire

By Nick Johnson,Crans-Montanaand Anna Lamche From BBC A fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort appears to have been caused by sparklers placed on bottles of champagne that came “too close to the ceiling”, authorities said. Forty people…

Around 40 dead in Swiss ski resort bar fire, police say

By Jemma Crewand & Gabriela Pomeroy screenshot – Video shows fire spreading across Swiss bar ceiling Around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a ski resort in southern Switzerland, police have said. A further…

Cayman: West Bay Structure Fires – Early-Morning Response

At approximately 1:26 a.m., the Cayman Islands Fire Service (CIFS) responded to reports of a structure fire at 112 Watercourse Road, West Bay. Upon arrival, crews found four residential structures fully involved in fire, along with an auxiliary storage shed…

Cayman: West Bay Structure Fires – Early-Morning Response

At approximately 1:26 a.m., the Cayman Islands Fire Service (CIFS) responded to reports of a structure fire at 112 Watercourse Road, West Bay. Upon arrival, crews found four residential structures fully involved in fire, along with an auxiliary storage shed…

Why Gutting This Agency Amounts to Playing With Fire

Author Bio: David McCall is the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Credit Line: This article was produced by the Independent Media Institute. Paul Wines helped to kick in the door of the warehouse and heard a sound like a freight train…

Ombudsman delivers interim report on  Cayman Islands Detention Centre [CIDC] investigation 

The Office of the Ombudsman submitted an interim report of its Own-Motion Investigation (OMI) at the Cayman Islands Detention Centre to the Commissioner of Police and HE the Governor on 21 August 2025.  The Ombudsman announced in May 2025 that…

CCMI & Little Cayman Research Centre’s Science in Focus

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: AUGUST 2025 Cutting-edge scientific research is at the core of everything we do here at CCMI.So far this year, this has included the conclusion of mapping offshore seamounts in the Cayman Islands and development of a chapter for…

Cayman: Police Respond to House Explosion in Bodden Town

From RCIPS At approximately 7:00 PM on Friday, 4 July, emergency services – including police, fire, and ambulance, were dispatched by the 9-1-1 Communications Centre to reports of a house explosion in the Look Out Gardens area of Bodden Town….

Swimming legend Gary Hall Jr receives 10 replacement Olympic medals after losing originals in LA wildfires

05 May 2025 – American swimmer Gary Hall Jr has been awarded 10 replica Olympic medals by IOC President Thomas Bach during an emotional private ceremony at Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland. His 10 medals from across three Olympic Games editions (Atlanta 1996, Sydney…