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Earth is hot and getting hotter: UN warns next 5 years likely to smash records

In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. The World Meteorological Organization also forecasts an overheating Arctic that warms nearly 1.66 degrees Celsius (3 Fahrenheit) between now and 2030 and a dangerous drought with potential wildfires for the Amazon, a crucial part of Earth’s natural defences...

Recovering wetlands fuel growth of flamingo population in Venice

31 May 2026 at 18:04
The pale pink birds — called "fenicotteri" in Italian — are now flocking to Venice in record numbers, as ecological efforts to restore damaged wetlands could help expand their habitat and possibly induce them to nest in the lagoon.

U.S.-Iran exchange of fire in Gulf tests fragile ceasefire

Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait that were intercepted early Saturday, Bahrain's government said, and called on Tehran to halt attacks on Gulf neighbors that test a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East conflict.

Feds won't seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing Minnesota lawmaker

11 June 2026 at 00:02
U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday they will not seek the death penalty as part of a plea agreement with the man charged in the political assassinations of the top Democrat in the Minnesota House along with her husband, as well as the attempted murders of a state senator and his wife.

China arrests US academic at conference for ‘espionage activities’

Arrest of Min Zin, who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy, comes just month after Trump visit to Beijing

China has arrested a US scholar who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy on suspicion of spying.

Min Zin was suspected of “engaging in espionage activities that endanger China’s national security,” China’s ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson, Lin Jian, said on Friday.

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© Photograph: CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images

© Photograph: CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images

Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386 million ocean observatory project

15 June 2026 at 20:44
Monday's pushback against the Republican administration's actions comes as scientists are set to remove instruments from the Pacific and as an El Niño event is predicted to arrive this summer.

WATCH LIVE: Senate starts voting on legislation to fund immigration enforcement after 'weaponization' fund abandoned

The roughly $70 billion bill to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol was delayed for weeks as Republican senators navigated the various obstacles to passage created by President Donald Trump and the White House.

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