A teenage student in Thailand shot and killed 8 people, including 3 students and 3 teachers at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, before reportedly dying by suicide or being shot by police.
A 14-year-old Thai student killed his grandparents and 5 people at his school, wounding over 30, before taking his own life, prompting Thailand's leader to promise new gun laws amid the country's struggle with gun violence.
A 2012 wildfire in Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains, analyzed through ancient lake sediment cores, is the first large-scale fire in at least 12,000 years, attributed to climate change and growing human influence, threatening a unique Afroalpine ecosystem.
Tianna Addison Diodato-Day, 30, sentenced to 5 years in prison for arson at Norfolk Chapel, Karrakatta Cemetery, causing over $3.4M damage and disrupting mourning families.
A 14-year-old student in Thailand killed at least 5 people, including teachers and pupils, at Debsirin Nonthaburi School near Bangkok, after first shooting his grandparents at home.
Melanophila acuminata, the black pine jewel beetle, exhibits pyrophilous behavior, seeking out forest fires for larval development. Equipped with smoke receptors and infrared organs, they detect fires from distances, with a unique 'active amplification' mechanism enhancing heat signal detection through flight muscle vibrations.
Italy places major cities on top health alert due to extreme heat, while Hungary dims landmarks and low Danube water levels threaten power generation amid a severe European heatwave.
Insurers warn Europe faces a growing protection gap as wildfires and heatwaves outpace insurance coverage, with disaster costs mounting across the continent.
President Donald Trump stated he will not fire D.C. federal prosecutor Jeanine Pirro after she dropped charges against a former Olympic paddler, despite Trump's persistent and unsupported claims that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized.
Extreme heat, drought, and wildfires across Europe are causing widespread crop failures, threatening reduced food production and pushing up prices for staples like olive oil, grains, and vegetables.
Fossil fuel companies Williams and Chevron are expanding their natural gas infrastructure to power energy-intensive AI data centers, creating a lucrative new market while raising significant climate and emissions concerns.
Israeli air strikes and shelling in southern Lebanon's Tyre district wounded several people, coinciding with the seventh round of US-mediated ceasefire talks in Rome.
Nine Democratic senators urged CFTC Chair Michael Selig to ban prediction markets allowing bets on wildfires, warning the contracts incentivize arson, insider trading, and profit from disasters.
Non accenna ad attenuarsi l'ondata di calore a Firenze. Il ministero della Salute conferma il codice rosso per oggi, domani e sabato 8 agosto, salendo a 9 i giorni consecutivi di allerta massima. Temperature percepite fino a 38 gradi.
North Korea launched at least one short-range ballistic missile from Wonsan toward the East Sea on Aug 6, prompting South Korea to strengthen monitoring and share information with the US and Japan.
Israel conducted its heaviest bombardment of southern Lebanon since the June ceasefire, killing one and injuring twelve, amidst ongoing US-brokered peace talks in Rome, citing Hezbollah's ceasefire violation.
A South Korean K1E1 tank caught fire during live-fire drills in Pocheon, near the inter-Korean border, with no casualties reported as troops escaped immediately.
Israel continues Gaza military operations despite a US-backed ceasefire proposal, accepted by Hamas, which outlines phased disarmament and Israeli withdrawal. Dozens of Palestinians killed or wounded in recent strikes.
Russia’s fast-diving ballistic missiles give Ukraine’s air defenses only seconds or minutes to respond. Kyiv says the US-made Patriot system is the only one that can stop some of them, but it lacks enough batteries and interceptors.
Firefighters established containment lines around three wildfires near Spokane, Washington, which have destroyed 850 buildings and displaced tens of thousands. Rising temperatures and lower humidity threaten to worsen conditions later this week.
Two Israeli soldiers were killed by an explosive device in southern Lebanon, prompting retaliatory Israeli airstrikes that killed at least one person in Tibnin and sparked fresh displacement.
Following a destructive wildfire near Athens that burned over 100 square kilometers, volunteers and animal welfare groups call for a dedicated EU rescue service to handle increasing climate-driven risks to animals.
The US Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit against Pennsylvania landlord Venkatchalam Mani for allegedly sexually harassing a female tenant and retaliating by ignoring repair requests, resulting in a dangerous furnace fire.
A study attributes the likelihood of Canada's 2023 summer wildfires to human-caused climate change, doubling the odds of the tinderbox conditions. Despite this, U.S. President Donald Trump blamed Canada for poor forest management.
