Some 33 countries recorded their hottest July since records began, according to a detailed analysis of billions of data points from Copernicus's ERA5 climate model. Some countries with well-resourced national weather agencies, including France and ...

Infantino has been the butt of scathing criticism ever since launching, and then withdrawing within days, a plan to bring in private investment into FIFA competitions, including the World Cups. FIFA had hit back on Saturday at "a concerted and ongo...

The blaze has forced the closure of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, a popular tourist destination, and razed an area equivalent to more than 700 football fields. By Monday, "the fire has spread toward residential areas" in the Dingklik Vall...

A new generation of cost-efficient, high-performance Chinese AI is putting pressure on Silicon Valley's leading labs to lower prices to grab market share as they try and find ways to turn a profit. ChatGPT maker OpenAI has slashed fees by 80 percen...

The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022, according to the European climate agency Copernicus. The extreme heat began in May and has contributed to major wildfires, ...

The Summerland fire, which broke out Friday near Okanagan Lake, has spread rapidly and led to the evacuation of more than 20,000 people, with Canadian officials declaring a state of emergency. The fire covered more than 13,600 hectares (33,600 acre...

Protests in Ranchi, capital of the eastern state home to more than 33 million people, began on July 29, days after a youth-led "cockroach" movement in New Delhi forced the resignation of the national education minister. At least six protesters are ...

Much of the 1,150-strong population has been left asking "why us? why their village?" Pim Meijer, who represents a collective covering around half the residents, told AFP. The hamlet, dating from the Middle Ages and located in the south of the Neth...

Demi Vollering won the final stage of the Women’s Tour de France and retained her yellow jersey. This is her second Tour victory, following her win in 2023.

Reorganising the state media was a key campaign pledge for pro-EU Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who ousted nationalist leader Viktor Orban in April's elections, promising a "system change". The self-styled "illiberal" system Orban developed during h...

The weather system has lost power after making two landfalls along the coast of Zhejiang province on Sunday, with China's National Meteorological Centre (NMC) issuing its least severe typhoon alert on Monday morning. However, the NMC warned that pa...

Tech firms enjoyed a fresh bout of buying following a volatile run in recent weeks, with Japanese and Korean chipmakers leading the charge. The positive mood was fuelled by figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics that showed 23,000 jobs were...

Workers already have to endure extreme conditions at traditional brick kilns, which burn at over 1,000C and demand constant monitoring to ensure they remain hot enough. But they are becoming almost unbearable as climate change makes summers even ho...

Kusman, 86, has dedicated his life to the fortress of Cavustepe in eastern Turkey, and to learning the language of the vanished kingdom of Urartu, to honour its forgotten gods and rulers. Brisk of step and sharp of mind despite his years and the ho...