Two dead and 10 injured in Pennsylvania steel plant explosion
A second death is confirmed after a search operation for a missing person stretched into Monday evening.
Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warms
The climate crisis is driving a sharp rise in dengue fever cases across the Pacific islands, experts say, as infections hit their highest level in a decade and several countries declare emergencies.
Pacific Island countries and territories have reported 16,502 confirmed cases and 17 deaths since the start of 2025, according to the Pacific Syndromic Surveillance System (PSSS), which collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies. Infections across the region are at the highest level since 2016, the WHO said. Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are among the worst affected.
Continue reading...Chinese warship crashes into own coast guard vessel while chasing Philippines boat in South China Sea – The Guardian
- Chinese warship crashes into own coast guard vessel while chasing Philippines boat in South China Sea The Guardian
- Chinese warship takes bow off own coast guard vessel in collision while chasing Philippine boats CNN
- ‘Irregular’ Chinese Flotilla Spotted in Luzon Strait USNI News
- Watch: Chinese ships collide while pursuing Philippine boat BBC
- VIDEO: Chinese Warship, Cutter Collide in South China Sea USNI News
Tibetans in India long for identity and homeland
Many fear they could lose the long-standing support that sustained the community after the current Dalai Lama passes away.
Colorado deploys more than 1,000 firefighters to battle two huge blazes
Lee fire is one of largest blazes in state history after burning 130,000 acres, while Elk fire surpassed 14,000 acres
Firefighters in Colorado responding to one of the largest blazes in the state’s history are facing gusty winds and dry conditions that are expected to continue to drive extreme fire behavior.
More than 1,000 firefighters have been deployed, and while crews have gained containment on one fire, another has grown amid fire-friendly weather.
Continue reading...Two Cruise Guests Tragically Perish During Port Visit – Cruise Hive
- Two Cruise Guests Tragically Perish During Port Visit Cruise Hive
- Firefighters battle to contain Greek wildfires BBC
- Wildfires rage across southern Europe amid record temperatures Euronews.com
- Greece wildfire contained but strong winds prompt evacuations Reuters
- Gale-Force Winds Sweep Tourist Couple to Death on Greece’s Milos GreekReporter.com
Trump spreads false narratives about DC crime – just as he did with LA
As mayor calls US president ‘hyperbolic’, experts say portrayal of crime rooted in false and misleading claims
Donald Trump is deploying the national guard in Washington DC and seizing control of its police force, claiming that the nation’s capital has become “lawless” and is “one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the world”.
The president portrayed himself as DC’s savior, vowing to rid it of “crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor and worse”.
Continue reading...How to get AI to work in 22 languages
India tackles the problem of making AI translate between its many languages and dialects
‘None of us feel safe’: attacks on A&E nurses double in six years as waits rise
NHS figures show rise in violence against nurses to 4,054 incidents last year, with long waits for care often a factor
Attacks on A&E nurses have almost doubled over the last six years, with incidents often involving patients frustrated at waiting so long for care.
Nurses have been punched, spat at, pinned up against a wall, had a gun pointed at them and been threatened with having acid thrown at them, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
Continue reading...Is crime in Washington DC ‘out of control’, as Trump claims?
President Trump says he will deploy hundreds of troops to Washington DC to address crime there.
Palestinian reporters killed, international reporters banned – Israel’s other Gaza war is over narrative
Members of press and influencers covering devastation are being silenced despite protection under international law
Israel is running two Gaza campaigns: one for military control of the strip; another for narrative control of how the world understands what happens there.
In theory, Palestinian journalists and social media influencers documenting starvation, mass killing and other Israeli war crimes in Gaza are protected civilians under international law.
Continue reading...Israel steps up Gaza City bombing after Netanyahu vow to expand offensive – Reuters
Gunman in CDC attack fired over 180 shots at building and broke 150 windows
Georgia man who blamed Covid vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal shot and killed a police officer
The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows, with bullets piercing “blast-resistant” windows and spattering glass shards into numerous rooms, according to information circulated internally at the agency.
It may take weeks or even months to replace windows and clean up the damage, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention personnel said.
Continue reading...Adidas Apologizes After Mexico Criticizes Oaxacan-Inspired Shoe – The New York Times
- Adidas Apologizes After Mexico Criticizes Oaxacan-Inspired Shoe The New York Times
- Adidas and designer Willy Chavarria apologize to Mexican Indigenous community for ‘appropriated’ shoe CNN
- Mexican authorities accuse Adidas of cultural appropriation in their sandal design NBC News
- Adidas apologises for sandal appropriating Indigenous Mexican design Reuters
- Willy Chavarria sorry after Adidas shoe cultural appropriation row BBC
The deal that wasn’t – Meduza
- The deal that wasn’t Meduza
- Donald Trump brokers a peace plan in the Caucasus The Economist
- Azerbaijan, Armenia publish text of US-brokered peace deal Reuters
- Iran Issues New Warning Over 'Trump Bridge' Newsweek
- President Trump Brokers Another Historic Peace Deal The White House (.gov)
Canada wildfire season already second worst on record as experts warn of ‘new reality’
More than 470 Canadian fires classified as ‘out of control’ as scientists say climate change exacerbating the burning
With hundreds of wildfires burning out of control, Canada’s 2025 fire season is already the second-worst on record, as scientists report climate change is prolonging and exacerbating the burning, leading to more destruction, evacuations and smoke-filled skies.
More than 470 fires across the country are currently classified as “out of control”, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).
Continue reading...New York man fatally shot while in Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny concert remembered as inspiration – NBC News
- New York man fatally shot while in Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny concert remembered as inspiration NBC News
- American tourist shot and killed in Caribbean vacation hotspot: 'Left an unfillable void in our lives' Fox News
- Queens family wants justice after son killed in stray bullet shooting in Puerto Rico CBS News
- Tourist from US mainland who flew to Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny concert was fatally shot, police say ABC News
- N.Y. Man, 25, Shot and Killed While in Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny Concert People.com
Niger wants answers after largest piece of Mars sold at auction for more than $5 million – CBS News
- Niger wants answers after largest piece of Mars sold at auction for more than $5 million CBS News
- Why Niger is investigating the $5 million sale of the largest Mars rock found on Earth NBC News
- Martian meteorite: Niger's anger that a piece of Mars ended up for auction BBC
- Niger claims rare Mars meteorite was ‘trafficked’ out of Africa The Telegraph
- AP Strange SummaryBrief at 6:37 p.m. EDT Caledonian Record
Trump deploys National Guard to Washington DC and pledges crime crackdown
The president also takes control of the city's police force, as the mayor rejects his claims of a crime wave.
Tributes, condemnation pour in over slain Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza – Al Jazeera
- Tributes, condemnation pour in over slain Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza Al Jazeera
- Anas Al-Sharif became the face of the war in Gaza for millions. Then Israel killed him CNN
- Who Were the Al Jazeera Journalists Killed in an Israeli Strike in Gaza? The New York Times
- LIVE: Israel pounds Gaza, kills 10, as world mourns slain Al Jazeera staff Al Jazeera
- Israel says Al Jazeera journalist killed in airstrike was head of Hamas 'terrorist cell' Fox News