BBC Raquel Celina Rodriguez watches her step as she walks across the Vega de Tilopozo in Chile’s Atacama salt flats. It’s a wetland, known for its groundwater springs, but the plain is now dry and cracked with holes she explains were once pools. “Before, the Vega was all green,” she says. “You couldn’t see the […]
Here are the key events on day 1,242 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. This is how things stand on Sunday, July 20: Fighting Russian forces launched a missile attack on Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, killing two people and damaging “an outpatient clinic, a school and a cultural institution”, according to the central region’s governor, Serhiy Lysak. […]
Torrential rainfall on Saturday overwhelmed creeks and streams outside the nation’s capital, prompting the issuance of a rare Flash Flood Emergency and multiple water rescues in parts of central Maryland. BETHESDA, Md. – Torrential rainfall on Saturday overwhelmed creeks and streams outside the nation’s capital, prompting the issuance of a rare Flash Flood Emergency and […]
National Motor Museum, Beaulieu Blue Bird returned to Pendine Sands 10 years ago for the 90th anniversary of the land-speed record In 1925, on a beach in south-west Wales, the automotive world was changed forever. A car dealer named Malcolm Campbell and his 350-horsepower Sunbeam car named Blue Bird, hoped to use the seven miles […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, listens as President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP After intense public pressure and criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum, President Trump has called for a federal judge to release grand jury […]
A tropical wave far off the South American has caught the attention of the NHC, which has given the system a low chance of development over the next week. Tropical systems have been moving off Africa this season, but any development has been thwarted by dry air, including Saharan dust, high pressure, and in some […]
The boat carrying 53 people tipped over as Storm Wipha approached the country across the South China Sea. At least 27 people were killed after a tourist boat capsized in stormy weather in Vietnam‘s Halong Bay. The boat carrying 53 people tipped over around 2pm local time (07:00 GMT) on Saturday as Storm Wipha approached […]
There was perhaps no better reaction than that of Dobson, who appeared stunned after coming from seemingly nowhere with 100m remaining to beat world-class competition. Olympic and world silver medallist Hudson-Smith crossed the line second in 44.27, ahead of South Africa’s Zakithi Nene, who has run the fastest time in the world this year with […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Christopher Waller, a member of the Fed’s governing board and a possible contender to become the next chair after Jerome Powell, has called for a July rate cut. He joins the growing list […]
The Texas Legislature passed a bipartisan law aimed at clarifying the emergency exception to the state’s abortion ban this spring. The law is called The Life of the Mother Act. Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT News hide caption toggle caption Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT News AUSTIN, Texas — Across the 18 states that have banned or tightly restricted […]