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These major cities have experienced the highest temperature increases in recent years, research shows
the_burtons/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Major cities around the world have experienced alarming temperature increases in recent years, new research shows. Average temperatures in several major cities in OECD countries have risen by more than [Read More…]

Bodies from Yevgeny Prigozhin plane crash contained ‘fragments of hand grenades,’ Russia says
peng song/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — The bodies of those individuals who died in the August plane crash that killed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin contained “fragments of hand grenades,” according to the Russian Investigative Committee [Read More…]

US fighter jet shoots down armed Turkish drone over Syria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone armed with air-to-surface missiles that was flying extensively in the area of U.S. ground troops in northeast Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon [Read More…]

US fighter jet shoots down armed Turkish drone over Syria: Official
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone armed with air-to-surface missiles that was flying extensively in the area of U.S. ground troops in northeast Syria on Thursday, according [Read More…]

Bel Biv DeVoe and Rev Run unite for new single, “Act Like You Know,” from new BBD docufilm
Sportyrich Ent / Ree – Mixx Ent Bell Biv DeVoe joined forces with Rev Run for a fresh new single full of throwback ’90s vibes. Co-written by Rev Run, BBD and fellow ’90s hip-hop legend LL Cool J, “Act [Read More…]

At least 49 killed in Russian missile strike on village in eastern Ukraine, officials say
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — At least 49 people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed Thursday in Russian missile strikes on a village in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. At least seven [Read More…]

Australia holds historic Indigenous rights referendum
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Australia is voting in a landmark referendum to decide whether it will permanently recognize Indigenous Australians in the Constitution and set up a body to advise on policies impacting their [Read More…]

Video points to safety issues that led to deadly Iraq wedding blaze, expert says
Interior Ministry of Iraq (LONDON) — An ecstatic couple slow danced surrounded by their loved ones in an opulently decorated wedding hall flanked by pyrotechnics. Within an hour, over 200 of their closest friends and [Read More…]

Copernicus report: 2023 on track to become warmest year on record
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The year 2023 is already on track to be the warmest year on record, according to Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service. The month of September saw several unprecedented [Read More…]

Twenty-one dead, including 2 babies, after bus falls off overpass near Venice, Italy
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A bus crash on Tuesday in Mestre, Italy, a suburb near Venice, left 21 dead, including two babies, and another 15 riders injured, according to officials. Prosecutors are investigating [Read More…]

Amphibians are in widespread decline, and climate change is to blame, study says
Iain Lawrie/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major class of vertebrate species is experiencing widespread population declines due to climate change, according to new research. Amphibians, the most threatened class of vertebrates, are deteriorating globally, [Read More…]

Cats among mammals that can emit fluorescence, new study finds
Jacqueline Anders/Getty Images (LONDON) — Over the last few years, fluorescence under ultraviolet light has been reported among many animals, including birds, reptiles, insects and fish. However, not much has been known about the frequency [Read More…]

Twenty-one dead, 18 injured after bus falls off overpass near Venice, Italy
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A bus crash in Mestre, a suburb near Venice, and on Italy’s mainland, left 21 dead and 18 injured on Tuesday, according to Italian officials. The bus, which was [Read More…]

NYC college student sentenced to one year in Dubai prison over airport altercation freed, group says
Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — A 21-year-old New York City college student who was recently sentenced to prison time in the United Arab Emirates over an altercation at a Dubai [Read More…]

Iranian police deny claim that officers assaulted teen girl over hijab
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (LONDON) — A 16-year-old girl’s alleged assault at the hands of Iran’s “morality police” is renewing criticism of the regime more than one year after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini [Read More…]

NYC college student sentenced to 1 year in Dubai prison over airport altercation, group says
Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — A 21-year-old New York City college student has been sentenced to prison time in the United Arab Emirates over an altercation at a Dubai airport, an [Read More…]

Iranian police deny claim that officers assaulted teen girl over hijab
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (LONDON) — A 16-year-old girl’s alleged assault at the hands of Iran’s “morality police” is renewing criticism of the regime more than one year after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini [Read More…]

Paris battles bedbugs ahead of 2024 Summer Olympics
Andrea Mantovani/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LONDON) — The City of Light is battling an infestation of bedbugs as it prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. Videos recently posted on social media purportedly show the [Read More…]

Pope Francis opens possibility for blessing same-sex unions
Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pope Francis suggested it may be possible to bless same-sex unions in a newly public response to cardinals who questioned the pope’s affirmation of the LGBTQ community [Read More…]

Eleven dead after roof collapse at baptism ceremony in Mexico
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (TAMAULIPAS, Mexico) — Eleven people have died following a roof collapse at a church in Mexico on Sunday, according to local authorities. Everyone else has been removed from the debris, Mexican officials [Read More…]