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Wildfires and heat waves are making it harder for countries to clean the air, the World Meteorological Organization warned in a new bulletin released on September 7 for the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies
England faces a 38C heat alert as hospitals, transport, water supplies and fire crews prepare for pressure from the latest European heatwave.
NOAA says July 2026 broke the contiguous U.S. heat record, with high nighttime temperatures raising health and climate concerns.
Climate change is driving record heat in Europe's seas, scientists say, with the Mediterranean warming nearly 2 degrees Celsius because of human activity. The Express Tribune world feed reported that peak temperatures

New microwave data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft shows subsurface heat patterns on Jupiter’s moon Io, including two major anomalies linked to volcanic terrain
Fire crews in Spain and France are battling serious blazes as another heat surge strains southern Europe, while officials warn the risk remains high.
Indian solar-observatory measurements strengthen evidence that magnetic reconnection helps transfer energy into the Sun's extremely hot outer atmosphere.
COVID-19 activity is increasing across the United States, led by the South and West, while experts say overall levels and severe outcomes remain comparatively low.

Copernicus data showed exceptional wildfire emissions and hazardous smoke across parts of western Europe after prolonged heat and dry conditions.
Keely Hodgkinson's European silver has shown that the women's middle-distance rivalry is heating up rather than settling into a predictable order.
Retailers across Great Britain have been ordered to stop selling single-use barbecues temporarily as drought and heat drive severe wildfire conditions.
Rising temperatures are making a classic summer trip less comfortable, and even travelers sticking with Europe say better air conditioning would improve the experience.
WASHINGTON: The United States is preparing a new round of tariffs that could affect dozens of trading partners as temporary global duties imposed by President Donald Trump are due to expire this week, according to
NPR’s Short Wave digs into the biology of birdsong, the deep history of avocados and what Egyptian warrior princesses can reveal about the

The feared wave of mass unemployment caused by artificial intelligence has not appeared, but quieter changes to hiring and workplace tasks are already visible.
Japan coined the new term kokushobi in April for days above 40C, and the country logged its first official 'cruelly hot day' on Tuesday, as authorities advise workers to wear shorts to the office to cope.
A student-led wave of anger is adding new pressure on Narendra Modi as India’s economic problems deepen and the government faces no simple fixes.

Pakistan's tour of England has descended into chaos, with a former team coach publicly accusing the country's chief selector of erratic, poorly communicated decision-making after a wave of sackings that followed two
Golf-ball-sized hailstones have been reported in French villages as extreme thunderstorms strike across Europe amid an exceptional record heatwave, while deadly monsoon rains continue separately in Bangladesh.
The UK's heatwave and wildfire pressure is turning climate adaptation from a policy phrase into a daily emergency for households, hospitals, transport operators and fire crews. The story is drawing attention

Typhoon Dolphin approached eastern China with 162 kilometre per hour winds as flights were cancelled, ports closed and hundreds of thousands evacuated.
European resort wildfires have forced evacuations in Croatia and Greece, turning summer travel areas into emergency zones under intense heatwave pressure.

NASA’s ESCAPADE spacecraft photographed Earth and the Moon in visible and thermal infrared light while traveling toward Mars, showing both worlds as crescents

Noah Lyles recovered from a slow start to win his third US 100m title in 9.79 seconds, matching his personal best and setting a world-leading time.