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SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The planet has capped off its hottest 12-month span on record now that temperatures in the month of October have surpassed previous records throughout history. Global temperatures have now exceeded 1.3 degrees Celsius of warming since pre-industrial revolution levels, getting dangerously close to the limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius, a […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip, leaving the region on the verge of all-out war. […]
Nik Oiko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military on Wednesday said American warplanes struck a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria that officials said was being used by Iran-backed militants responsible for dozens of drone and rocket attacks against American troops in the region over the last three weeks. It was the second […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s high-profile visit to the Middle East to push for humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war may have yielded no immediate results, but American envoys on the ground are still quietly making the administration’s case — a strategy that officials and analysts say may ultimately prove to […]
Anup Shah/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Even the fastest animal in the world can’t outrun the effects of climate change, according to experts. Cheetah populations are especially vulnerable to rising temperatures because hotter days are forcing them to behave more nocturnally, putting them in greater competition with other predators such as lions and African wild […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip, leaving the region on the verge of all-out war. […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For more than three weeks, Tom Hand thought his 8-year-old daughter, Emily, was dead following Hamas’ surprise terrorist attack on Israel. Given the alternative, he said he was “relieved.” Emily was staying at a friend’s house in Kibbutz Be’eri the night of Oct. 6 and was there when […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Tuesday repeated its opposition to an Israeli reoccupation of Gaza after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News’ World News Tonight anchor David Muir he believed Israel will oversee Gaza’s security for “an indefinite period.” On Monday, Netanyahu, in his first U.S. media interview since the […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korean authorities have been desperately detecting and exterminating bedbugs for the last two weeks, as a major disinfection of transportation and public facilities is on the way. Fear among South Korean citizens is beginning to spread after more than 30 confirmed or suspected bedbug reports were filed across […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip, leaving the region on the verge of all-out war. […]