Russia says Ukraine flew 822 drones overnight, calling it the largest attack of 2026
Moscow's governor said about 600 were aimed at the capital. A Wildberries warehouse caught fire. Officials reported deaths on both sides.
Read →Melting Antarctic ice is leaking stored mercury into the Southern Ocean
A PNAS study of peninsula sediment cores, written up on 14 August, found mercury accumulation up 160 percent since industrialisation. Releases driven by ice melt are up about 550 percent. Antarctica is starting to act as a source, not only a sink.
Read →Genetic work has split a Madagascar baobab into a new, endangered species
University of Wisconsin researchers showed that trees long filed as Adansonia za are a separate northern species, Adansonia bozy. Naming it may unlock conservation money. It also makes the old species smaller than anyone thought.
Read →Colombia's death toll from Monday's 7.4 quake is still climbing
UNGRD put the toll at 273 on Thursday, with 377 still missing. The quake was 7.4, the strongest in Colombia this century.
Read →Ukraine hit Russia's last major Black Sea naval base, and grain terminals took damage too
Zelenskyy called the Novorossiysk strike unique. Russia said three people were killed, including a child.
Read →At least 72 people died trying to cross one of the most fortified borders in the world, in a single week
Tens of thousands rushed Ceuta's fence from Morocco. Spain expelled almost all of them almost as fast.
Read →Trump's new attempt to limit birthright citizenship is already facing a legal challenge, weeks after the Supreme Court killed his first one
In June, the court ruled 6-3 that birthright citizenship is constitutional. In August, he tried again anyway.
Read →Oil just had its best run in weeks, and one word explains it: compensation
Trump wants Iran to pay for the damage it caused. Iran wants the opposite. The Strait of Hormuz is stuck in between.
Read →Every major Italian city hit the highest heat alert at once, for the first time on record
It's not just the daytime heat. It's that the nights aren't cooling down anymore either.
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