Antalya, Türkiye & Bulawayo, Zimbabwe — Floods. Extreme heat. Droughts. African communities have experienced it all and more. And as has come to be expected, humanitarian agencies have responded by providing essential emergency assistance such as food aid and other critical needs for affected communities amid increasingly dwindling funding. Amid those challenges, researchers are now…
Motorola has officially revealed the Signature 27 smartphone at the Snapdragon Summit, marking an early deployment of Qualcomm’s top-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 mobile platform. Positioned as a hardware refresh of the original Signature line, Motorola designates the device as its most technologically advanced smartphone to date, pairing next-generation processing silicon with an…
On the Eurostar platform at St Pancras International station in London, Great Britain, on 1 November 2025. Stephane Mouchmouche | Afp | Getty Images Gripped by drought, raging wildfires and a summer of weather extremes, countries across Europe are scrambling to address the widely underestimated climate challenge of extreme heat. Supercharged by the climate crisis,…
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday over a tiny U.S. territorial island in the western Pacific near Guam, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the Northern Mariana Islands as residents were urged to stay indoors. The storm started passing through the island of Rota Monday morning local time, according to the National Weather Service….
US President Donald Trump’s speech included some of his political agenda but also honoured war veterans and American history.
More blistering heatwaves and other weather extremes are becoming increasingly likely across the world now and in coming months, linked to strengthening El Niño conditions in the tropical Pacific, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday. “El Niño will also give an extra boost to global temperatures,” said WMO scientist Alvaro Silva. “We…
Climate change related extreme weather events killed 3,000 people in Africa in 2025 says new report Sea-level rise along African coasts from 1999 to 2025 exceeds the global average of 3.6 mm per year in several regions. PHOTO/WMO. By PATRICK MAYOYO Extreme weather and climate-related events affected at least 13 million people and led to…
Sweaty, shirtless football players lying on the pitch have seldom raised eyebrows as they did last week when photographs of European players struggling to train in the heat sparked concerns over sweltering US summer temperatures at the World Cup. Scientists have long cautioned that extreme heat could disrupt sporting events. Last month, climate experts warned…
Lagos city is among African cities in the 50@50 initiative. PHOTO/UGC. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT More than 50 cities across the world have joined UNEP’s new 50@50 activation to confront one of the world’s fastest-growing and deadliest climate risks: extreme heat. Launched on Heat Action Day, ahead of tomorrow’s World Environment Day, 50@50 brings together cities to…
Extreme heat is pushing global food and farming systems to the brink, threatening the livelihoods of over a billion people as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves redefine how food is produced worldwide, a new UN report warns. The joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) finds…
