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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

It's hot up there!

The midnight sun shines at the border area between Finland and Norway in Kilpisjarvi, Enontekio, Finland, on June 22, 2020. Finland’s national meteorological institute has registered its hottest temperature for June since records began in 1844. Photograph: LEHTIKUVA/Reuters

Nordic countries have registered near-record temperatures over the weekend, including highs of 34C (93.2F) in some places.

The latest figures came after Finland’s national meteorological institute registered its hottest temperature for June since records began in 1844. Kevo, in Lapland, recorded heat of 33.6C (92.5F) on Sunday, the hottest day since 1914 when authorities registered 34.7C (94.5F), said the STT news agency.

Several parts of Sweden also reported record highs for June.

Experts and officials fear that the catastrophic conditions, fuelled by the climate crisis, will only get worse through the coming months.

Monday, July 5, 2021

Mate Rimac's company Rimac Automobili has become the majority owner of Bugatti

Mate Rimac's company Rimac Automobili has become the majority owner of Bugatti, and Rimac Automobili becomes Rimac Group divided into two companies - Bugatti Rimac and Rimac Technology. Rimac Automobili says it is at a "turning point in the company's history," and the move, which became public today, is described as "merging with the icon of car brands, Bugatti Automobiles, into a new automotive and technology company." In just 10 years, Rimac Automobili has progressed from a startup and one man in a garage to create a new company Bugatti Rimac d.o.o., in collaboration with two of the most famous and powerful car brands in the world - Porsche and Volkswagen Group, the statement said. This Croatian brand has proven that it can keep up and open new vistas, imposing performance and technology standards on others. Combining Rimac's technical knowledge and efficient business with 110 years of design tradition and a strong Bugatti brand is leading to the emergence of the most important company in the hypercar market, Rimac Automobili announced.

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Paintings by Andrew Beck.

Knock loud, I'm home.

Located close to Japan’s Mount Asama in Karuizawa, a resort town in the mountains of Nagano Prefecture, firm READ & Architects has built ‘Symbiotic House for Life After Retirement’.

Shiroka Square

Casanova + Hernandez has designed a patterned public square that celebrates tradition by imitating an Albanian carpet.

Croatia's village of holes

Villagers in north-east Croatia feared their homes might be swallowed when almost 100 enormous sinkholes appeared in a month. Now scientists are trying to understand if the land that is left is safe.