Freshly published NASA observations suggest a key early signal of an El Niño episode, as countries brace for potentially severe weather this summer. Speculation about a particularly powerful “Godzilla” El Niño has been building for months, but the World Meteorological…
As the 2026 World Cup approaches, several members of Iran’s backroom staff are set to be barred from entering the United States after their visas were not approved. The tournament begins on Thursday (June 11) with Mexico facing South Africa,…
The FIFA World Cup is just a week away, and as anticipation builds, debates over who will lift the trophy are heating up — but researchers believe data may already be pointing to an answer. From June 11, huge numbers…
An updated mapping system has now pinpointed the specific regions expected to feel El Niño’s effects this year, arriving shortly after the UN issued a warning about the global harm the phenomenon can bring. For months, much of the discussion…
Scientists are sharing a fresh, and increasingly unsettling, outlook on the El Niño expected to develop this year. For much of the past few months, researchers have debated how intense the pattern might become, with some warning it could rank…
A mother grieving her son after the Air India tragedy has shared what she witnessed when she went to the crash location just days after getting the devastating phone call. Air India Flight AI171 crashed a year ago, with June…
The United Nations has warned that the expected return of El Niño should not be brushed off, saying the climate pattern could significantly affect weather conditions around the world. El Niño happens when surface waters in the central and eastern…
A mum whose son died in last year’s Air India catastrophe is preparing to travel back to the country where the crash happened, as she continues to seek clarity over what went wrong. Air India Flight AI171 was heading for…
A scientist has outlined several key indicators that an El Niño could be close, following forecasts that the pattern may soon develop. El Niño is a natural climate cycle linked to changes in sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. When…
A suspected World War II-era bomb has detonated in an Indonesian village, leaving at least five people dead. The explosion happened on Sunday afternoon (May 31) in Biak Numfor Regency, in Papua. Reports say the munition was discovered beneath a…
Archaeologists exploring Eastern Sudan’s desert landscape have uncovered a discovery that grows more unsettling the more you learn about it. Researchers from Macquarie University, France’s HiSoMA research unit, and the Polish Academy of Sciences have identified 260 previously undocumented mass…
Millions of supporters are expected to travel to the US, Mexico and Canada for the World Cup, but for travellers coming from some parts of Africa, the journey has suddenly become far more complicated. The developments come amid an unexpected…
The world’s longest planned non-stop flight has been pushed back, despite earlier expectations it could launch in early 2027. Qantas has spent years outlining ambitions for a direct London-to-Sydney service. At present, most passengers travelling between the two cities typically…
The director of the World Health Organization has travelled to the centre of a rapidly escalating Ebola emergency, as specialists caution that infections are climbing quicker than international efforts can respond. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived on Saturday in…
For years, online rumours have repeatedly suggested Mount Rainier is ‘about to erupt’. While those claims haven’t been borne out, scientists are now drawing attention to a different danger linked to what’s been described as the United States’ ‘most dangerous’…
NASA has released new images showing what could become a Super El Niño, offering a clearer view of the conditions that may influence weather across North and South America. The visuals reveal an expansive patch of unusually warm water spreading…