Half of ice sheet’s surface thought to be melting as African plume that baked Britain now blasts the Arctic “In early July I was on an expedition to northeast Greenland in Kronprins Christian Land at 80 degrees north, and we measured a temperature of 17C in the shade. In ... Read More »
Ebola : Second Case Detected in DR Congo’s Goma
A health official said that a second case of Ebola was detected on Tuesday in the city of Goma. Officials are worried that the virus could establish a foothold in the densely populated area close to the Rwandan border. The first Ebola case in Goma was detected in mid-July, prompting the World ... Read More »
The world’s climate emergency: Epic heat waves racked South Asia and the Middle East
We’re still coming to grips with how hot the recent heat wave that scorched through Europe actually was. On Monday, officials in Britain confirmed the country experienced its hottest day on record last Thursday. July 25 also broke national records in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In Paris, the temperature ... Read More »
Death toll in Brazil prison massacre rises to 57 with over a dozen decapitated
At least 57 inmates died during a bloody clash between prison gangs in the Brazilian Amazon on Monday morning. Para’s state government said in a statement that the riot began around 7 a.m. local time (1000 GMT) at a prison in the northern city of Altamira, and involved rival gangs. ... Read More »
Pakistani military plane crashes near garrison city, kills 17
A statement of the Pakistani military announced on Tuesday that a military aircraft had crashed early in the morning in a built-up area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi killing all five crew members and 12 civilians and setting off a blaze that left a pile of smoking rubble. The ... Read More »
Ethiopia plants 350m trees in a day to help tackle climate crisis
National ‘green legacy’ initiative aims to reduce environmental degradation About 350m trees have been planted in a single day in Ethiopia, according to a government minister. The planting is part of a national “green legacy” initiative to grow 4bn trees in the country this summer by encouraging every citizen ... Read More »
Second warship arrives in Strait of Hormuz to protect British tankers
HMS Duncan will accompany tankers along strategic waterway as tensions with Iran soar A second warship has arrived in the Strait of Hormuz to protect British ships in the strategic waterway, as the foreign secretary urged Iran to “come out of the dark” and release a British-flagged tanker it detained ... Read More »
Hundreds of reindeer starve to death on Arctic islands ‘due to climate change’
Researchers have never found so many carcasses in Svalbard in 40 years of monitoring animal’s population More than 200 reindeer have died of starvation on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with scientists blaming their deaths on climate change. The wild deer carcasses were found on the Arctic islands this ... Read More »
EU warns incoming British PM Johnson it won’t change Brexit terms
Brussels rallies amid elevation of Brexiteer Boris Johnson to UK’s highest office, says it will stick to Brexit deal. The European Union’s elect for the bloc’s top job has warned incoming British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of “challenging times ahead” over his plan to renegotiate Brexit. Ursula von der Leyen, ... Read More »
Iran says meeting with parties to nuclear deal ‘constructive’
An emergency meeting with parties to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal was constructive but there are unresolved issues and Tehran will continue to reduce its nuclear commitments if Europeans fail to salvage the pact, Iranian official Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday. “The atmosphere was constructive. Discussions were good. I cannot say ... Read More »