BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -With more than a half-million people worldwide dying from heat-related causes every year, a group of philanthropies is putting $300 million into developing life-saving solutions as global temperatures continue to rise. The money, announced this week at the COP30 climate negotiations in Brazil, is aimed at developing data and figuring out the best investments for tackling rising risks from extreme heat, air pollution and infectious disease.
Earlier, Likud MK Tally Gotliv publicly revealed his identity, in defiance of a court-issued gag order. Assistant-Chief Meni Benjamin, the head of the Israel Police’s Lahav 433 - The National Crime Unit, is currently under investigation by the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigative Department (PID) on suspicion of breach of trust and abuse of power, Israeli media reported on Thursday.
Coordinated terrorist attacks turned Paris into a theater of blood and calamity 10 years ago Thursday, with gunfire on café terraces, explosions by a stadium and a nighttime massacre at the Bataclan concert hall leaving 132 people dead and hundreds injured. The night reshaped France’s sense of safety and purpose, hardening security while deepening a civic reflex for solidarity that endures a decade on. Paris is marking the Thursday anniversary with a sequence of tributes led by President Emman
Customers send their telescopes to Starfront Observatories, where amateur stargazers can view the night sky unencumbered by artificial light.
U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. From a Baltimore hotel ballroom, the bishops overwhelmingly approved revisions to their ethical and religious directives that guide the nation’s thousands of Catholic health care institutions and providers.
Ever since Democrats swept the Nov. 4 elections, the president has been trying to regain his footing on cost-of-living issues.
"The family appreciates all prayers at this time," according to a statement.
Australia has seen a spike in misinformation related to fabricated traffic rules -- the latest includes a purported new national law that requires drivers to keep their headlights on at all times. A review of each state's and territory's latest traffic regulations reveals there have been no changes to when motorists should turn on their headlights -- at night and in bad weather.
A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani won Iraq's parliamentary election, according to local media on Wednesday. After counting more than 99% of the votes, al-Sudani's Reconstruction and Development Coalition secured more than 1.
For each of the past several years, scientists, analysts and officials have been hoping that it would be the year when emissions from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas would stop going up. For the second straight year, emissions from fossil fuels rose 1.1% in 2025, scientists reported Wednesday at United Nations climate negotiations. “It’s disappointing that we haven’t brought down carbon dioxide emissions,” said University of Exeter scientist Stephen Sitch, a member of the Global Carbo