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Record-breaking heat waves in US and Europe prove climate change is already here, experts say
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of millions of people around the world are currently experiencing sweltering, dangerous heat -- a new reality as the effects of climate change ...
Jul 20, 2022
Geranium in Copenhagen wins No. 1 spot on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 list
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for 50 Best(LONDON) -- Chefs, restaurant owners, sommeliers and diners woke up to exciting culinary news on Tuesday as The World's 50 Best Restaurants list cro...
Jul 19, 2022
Millions could die without 'urgent' funding as 'catastrophic famine' looms in East Africa, IRC says
Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The International Rescue Committee for the first time on Tuesday issued a "Crisis Alert" update to its annual "Emergency Watchlist" rep...
Jul 19, 2022
UK temperature tops 40 C for first time, as Heathrow passes 104 F
Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The U.K. on Tuesday posted its highest temperature on record, breaking 40 degrees Celsius for the first time, after government officials ...
Jul 19, 2022
Heat-related deaths top 1,100 in Spain, Portugal amid heat wave and wildfires
Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Western Europe experiences a record-breaking heat wave, Spain and Portugal have reported at least 1,169 heat-related deaths, accordi...
Jul 19, 2022
Ukrainians are being forcibly deported to Russian 'filtration camps'
Courtesy ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Eduard Mkrtchian, injured during Russian shelling of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, said he was forced to evacuate and, at a Russian-controlled checkpoint, said he was ...
Jul 19, 2022
Korean beer company searches for 'real heroes' who cleaned up massive bottle spill
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Thousands of beer bottles cascading off a five-ton container truck seems like a disaster. But average citizens who came to the rescue are earning pra...
Jul 19, 2022
Ghana declares 1st ever outbreak of Ebola-like Marburg virus disease
Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ghana on Sunday declared its first ever outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease. Blood samples taken from two patients in the southern Ashanti region were sent for tes...
Jul 18, 2022
UK braces for record-high temperatures during summer heat wave
AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The U.K. is preparing for record-breaking temperatures this week, with unprecedented health warnings being issued as a national emergency has been declared. Temperature...
Jul 18, 2022
France, Spain and Portugal afflicted by heat, wildfires
Gian Marco Benedetto/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LONDON) -- As Western Europe experiences a record-breaking heat wave, thousands of firefighters are having trouble containing forest fires in Franc...
Jul 17, 2022