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Saudi Arabia Participates in UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

The Saudi delegation will host a side event themed “Saudi Towards Space - SPA
The Saudi delegation will host a side event themed “Saudi Towards Space - SPA
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Saudi Arabia Participates in UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

The Saudi delegation will host a side event themed “Saudi Towards Space - SPA
The Saudi delegation will host a side event themed “Saudi Towards Space - SPA

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is participating in the 67th session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) taking place June 19-28.

According to SPA, its participation underscores the Kingdom's unwavering commitment to bolstering international cooperation and collaborative efforts with the member states, aimed at achieving the peaceful and sustainable utilization of outer space. It seeks to showcase the Kingdom's advances in space exploration and the deployment of space-related technologies, while also highlighting its pivotal role in supporting global initiatives related to outer space.

As part of its engagement, the Saudi delegation will host a side event themed “Saudi Towards Space: Igniting the Space Sector." This gathering, anticipated to attract over 80 leaders and experts in the field, will serve as a crucial platform for discussing potential collaborative opportunities.

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Australia’s New South Wales Sweats through Heatwave, Faces ‘Extreme’ Bushfire Risk

A view of the Anzac Bridge and Sydney Tower Eye at sunrise in Sydney, Australia, March 14, 2025. (Reuters)
A view of the Anzac Bridge and Sydney Tower Eye at sunrise in Sydney, Australia, March 14, 2025. (Reuters)
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Australia’s New South Wales Sweats through Heatwave, Faces ‘Extreme’ Bushfire Risk

A view of the Anzac Bridge and Sydney Tower Eye at sunrise in Sydney, Australia, March 14, 2025. (Reuters)
A view of the Anzac Bridge and Sydney Tower Eye at sunrise in Sydney, Australia, March 14, 2025. (Reuters)

Australia's New South Wales on Sunday sweated in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and prompted authorities to issue a total fire ban for state capital Sydney.

New South Wales, coming to the end of a high-risk bushfire season that runs until the end of March, was a focus of a catastrophic 2019-2020 "Black Summer" of wildfires that destroyed an area the size of Turkey and killed 33 people.

On Sunday, the nation's weather forecaster said temperatures would be up to 12 degrees Celsius (21.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above average in some areas of the state, with temperatures in Sydney, Australia's most populous city, set to hit 37C (98.6F).

At Sydney Airport, the temperature was already 29.3C (84.7 F) at 9:30 a.m. local time, more than three degrees above the March mean maximum temperature, according to forecaster data.

Gusty winds, "hot conditions and low relative humidity will result in extreme fire danger over the greater Sydney region," the forecaster said on its website.

The state's Rural Fire Service said on X that a total fire ban was in place for large swaths of the state including Sydney due to the forecast of "hot, dry and windy conditions".

In neighboring Victoria state, a home was destroyed in a bushfire on the outskirts of Melbourne that was being battled by around 200 firefighters, Country Fire Authority official Bernard Barbetti told the Australian Broadcasting Corp on Sunday.

Climate change is causing extreme heat and fire weather to become more common in Australia, a bushfire-prone country of around 27 million, the country's science agency said last year.