Science & Environment
Cerberus heatwave threatens new record temperatures for Europe
Southern Europe sweltered under a fierce heatwave on Thursday, with a warning that temperatures could hit record highs for the continent next ...Heat wave in Mexico leaves at least 100 dead
At least 100 people have died over the past two weeks in Mexico due to heat-related causes as temperatures climbed close to ...Iran’s Khamenei says ‘nothing wrong’ with a nuclear deal with West
Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday said a deal with the West over Tehran’s nuclear work was possible if the country’s nuclear infrastructure ...Millions in Washington and eastern U.S. under harmful haze as smoke persists
The U.S. capital was shrouded in a haze of smoke on Thursday, as hundreds of Canadian wildfires continued to push clouds of ...Canadian wildfires prompt new evacuations, alarm over air quality
Firefighters battled hundreds of forest blazes on Wednesday as Canada’s worst-ever early season wildfires prompted the evacuation of thousands and a blanket ...Mexican volcano near capital spews more ash, forcing school closures
Mexican authorities canceled in-person classes for more than 100,000 students on Thursday in multiple towns clustered around one of the country’s most ...More than half of the world’s large lakes are drying up, study finds
More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying ...Three dead and thousands evacuated as floods hit northern Italy
Three people died and thousands were evacuated from their homes as devastating floods hit Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region, authorities said on Wednesday, ...Powerful storm snaps communications network in Myanmar’s Rakhine
One of the strongest storms to hit Myanmar in recent years severely disrupted communications in the impoverished state of Rakhine, a major ...Powerful cyclone barrels towards Myanmar, Bangladesh; 400,000 evacuated
A powerful storm closed in on the coasts of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of ...