Jul 22 Summer of record-breaking heat paints story of a warming world, scientists say By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press With a summer of extreme weather records dominating the news, meteorologists and scientists say records like these give a glimpse of the big picture: a warming planet caused by climate change. Continue reading
Jul 22 Protesters attempt to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over Quran burning in Denmark By Ali Jabar, Jari Tanner, Associated Press Tensions flared again in Iraq on Saturday over a series of recent protests in Europe involving the desecration of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, which sparked a debate over the balance between freedom of speech and religious sensitivities. Continue reading
Jul 22 Ukraine strikes ammunition depot in Crimea as Russian attacks kill more civilians By Felipe Dana, Associated Press A Ukrainian drone hit an ammunition depot in central Crimea on Saturday, sparking an explosion, less than a week after a predawn strike on a key bridge linking the peninsula to Russia prompted Moscow to exit a landmark grain export deal and pound Ukraine's… Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 9:33 Parts made by U.S. companies used to build Russian cruise missiles By Simon Ostrovsky Ukraine suffered another barrage of Russian missile strikes on Friday, part of a deadly summer of attacks. But as NewsHour special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky discovered, many of the Russian-made cruise missiles wouldn’t be able to find their targets without the… Continue watching
Jul 21 Russia comes under UN pressure to revive Ukrainian grain shipments amid global food crisis fears By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Moscow was also criticized by the U.N. and council members Friday for attacking Ukrainian Black Sea ports after it pulled out of the year-old grain deal on Monday and destroying critical port infrastructure. Continue reading
Jul 21 Firefighters battle forest inferno, Swiss authorities order hang gliders to stay away By Associated Press Swiss authorities have temporarily shut the airspace over a small part of southwestern Switzerland because recreational gliders in the area have endangered the work of emergency teams battling a persistent forest fire. Continue reading
Jul 21 Death toll rises to 21 as rescuers find more bodies in landslide-hit village in western India By Associated Press Officials say scores of rescuers and trekkers have been deployed to search for people trapped by the landslide, which occurred late Wednesday night. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 4:34 News Wrap: Cities in southern Ukraine suffer 3rd straight night of Russian bombardment By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Thursday, cities across southern Ukraine suffered a third straight night of heavy Russian bombardment, protesters in Iraq stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad outraged that an Iraqi atheist in Stockholm threatened to burn a copy of… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 9:23 Punishing heat waves break records and disrupt life across much of the world By Geoff Bennett, Morgan Till, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The record heat across the world has been unrelenting and the World Meteorological Organization says it could last into August. The extreme weather is not limited to the heat, there is also torrential rain in some places. Special correspondents in… Continue watching
Jul 20 Israel’s Netanyahu rejects criticism on judicial plan, moves ahead toward key vote By Josef Federman, Julia Frankel, Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press ahead with his contentious judicial overhaul, despite unprecedented mass protests at home, growing defections by military reservists and appeals from the U.S. president to put the plan on hold. Continue reading