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Iran war is straining African airlines, industry body warns
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (418+ words) NAIROBI " The war in Iran is driving up jet fuel prices and worsening supply strains for African airlines, forcing carriers to review routes and raising fresh concerns about the stability of the continent's aviation network. The African Airlines Association (AFRAA)…...
Officials search tornado-damaged areas after strong storms hit Illinois and Indiana
9+ hour, 40+ min ago (694+ words) Dave Collins And Hallie Golden Damaged tree branches lie on a street in Elkhart, Ind. , Thursday, June 11, 2026, following a severe weather system in the area. (Jennifer Hall via AP) Authorities and residents searched tornado-ravaged areas and assessed damage Friday after…...
Brazil reports drop in Amazon deforestation rates, pushing back on US tariff accusations
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (528+ words) SAO PAULO " Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the Trump administration used last week to justify additional tariffs on the South American country. In May, Amazon deforestation…...
Climate change makes once-rare coastal floods more likely, study says
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (603+ words) These big coastal floods happen when high tides and storm surges " the amount above normal tide level " combine with seas that are already rising. Those pile on top of natural climate patterns and other human influence. Climate change has strengthened…...
Scientists discover a deep whale graveyard that is teeming with life
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (438+ words) This undated image provided by Peng Zhou shows a Chinese submersible recovering fossilized whale bones from the deep seafloor, southeastern Indian Ocean, in the Diamantina Fracture Zone. (Global TREn D, IDSSE via AP) NEW YORK " Scientists have unearthed communities of…...
Hellbenders facing difficult times in Appalachia
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (600+ words) As the mist rises over the river, researcher Bill Hopkins goes in search of a giant salamander called a hellbender that makes the river its home. "I'm gonna noodle around, reach up under some rocks here, and see what we…...
Now it's happening': Virginia's first onshore wind farm rises after years of delays
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (163+ words) WSLS Now it's happening': Virginia's first onshore wind farm rises after years of delays Virginia's first onshore wind farm is no longer just a vision. The Rocky Forge Wind Project, located along North Mountain in Botetourt County, is now visibly…...
Many soccer fans will be drinking alcohol and watching the World Cup. In heat, doing that is risky
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (1011+ words) LOS ANGELES " It was early morning on a recent Saturday and The Greyhound Bar & Grill in Los Angeles was abuzz with soccer fans clapping, hooting and hollering. Their eyes were glued to the TV screens, tables littered with beer pints…...
Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100, 000 illegal insects in record bug bust
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (334+ words) This image supplied by Australia's Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water shows, a staff member holding a Madagascar hissing cockroach seized from a commercial breeder at Bathurst, Australia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment…...
Wildfires are making the US smoggy again, reversing progress on cleaner air, study finds
1+ week, 1+ day ago (787+ words) WASHINGTON " For more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015 smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds. Scientists say…...