August joint hottest month on record: 38ºC in Spain
August 2023 was jointly the hottest month on record globally, according to the European climate agency, as Spain experienced temperatures up to 38ºC this week.
August 2023 was jointly the hottest month on record globally, according to the European climate agency, as Spain experienced temperatures up to 38ºC this week.
Five people have died and 86 are missing after a fire broke out on a ferry off the coast of the Philippines, according to the BBC. The blaze erupted at 18:00 local time Wednesday.
The US has designated Ecuador’s Los Tiguerones gang as a terrorist organisation, according to The Guardian.
The UN nuclear watchdog has referred Iran to the Security Council for 'non-compliance' with its obligations under the non-proliferation treaty, according to the BBC.
Google will invest €13 billion in Finland's AI infrastructure, the largest single investment in Europe by the tech giant, according to the company.
The father of two Australian surfers killed in Mexico in 2024 described his life as 'hell' during a court hearing on Tuesday. Martin Robinson spoke at the ongoing trial of three men charged in the deaths of his sons, Jake and Callum Robinson, and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad.
Uganda's military chief has announced the country's withdrawal from the Invictus Games, citing concerns over 'Harry-Meghan nonsense', according to a report by the Times newspaper.
Two people died at a Moldovan border crossing after an overnight attack in the escalating Russia-Ukraine drone war, according to Moldovan officials.
Dozens of European royals and heads of state, including the Prince of Wales and three Nordic kings, have paid their last respects to King Harald V in Oslo, according to BBC.
Frances Tiafoe’s girlfriend, Ayan Broomfield, shared a lighthearted video highlighting the contrast between his grueling U.S. Open matches and her own social media work. The post, captioned about saying goodbye to Tiafoe knowing he has to play five hours while she edits a 45-second GRWM, went viral.
More than 1,800 delegates from 19 countries and regions gathered in Xiamen on September 8 as the Silk Road Maritime forum launched an Arctic-route weather navigation service, a Hunan–Fujian sea-rail corridor, 12 new routes and a 2026–2028 support policy.
Five baby orangutans have been discovered in a forest in India's eastern state of Odisha, far from their natural habitat, prompting an investigation into how they got there, according to BBC.
North Korea has built a new two-storey uranium enrichment facility, the head of the world's nuclear watchdog said this week, according to the BBC.
Two people were killed after Russian drones struck a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The Starokozache crossing, around 500km (310 miles) south of Kyiv, was closed after the overnight attack.
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first leader after the city's handover to Chinese rule, has died at the age of 89, according to local media reports.