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It takes just a fraction of a second to suffer a pretty serious burn. Asphalt and concrete in direct sunlight can often reach surface temperatures as high as 82 Celsius (180 Fahrenheit) on the hottest days, said Dr. Kevin Foster, who directs the Arizona Burn Center in Phoenix. Forecasters predict another heat wave in Phoenix […]

ABBOTSKERSWELL, UNITED KINGDOM — Wildlife enthusiasts across Britain are being encouraged to log sightings of butterflies and some moths, as the world’s largest annual survey of the increasingly endangered pollinating insects returns. The U.K.-wide “Big Butterfly Count” — which this year runs from July 14 to August 6 — helps conservationists assess the health of the […]

Life in plastic truly is fantastic! As we all took the trip to Barbieland with Greta Gerwig’s box office behemoth Barbie, it turns out that Barbie was also eyeing domination on the UK’s Official Singles Chart. As Barbie: The Album tops this week’s Official Compilations Chart, three tracks lifted from it rise into the Top […]

A Mississippi author has dropped her copyright lawsuit against Taylor Swift. Last year, Mississippi poet and author Teresa La Dart sued the Bad Blood singer, claiming the pop star stole “a number of creative elements” from her 2010 poetry book, Lover, and used it for the book accompanying Swift’s 2019 album of the same name. […]

Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles has filed for divorce from her actor husband Richard Lawson. The 69-year-old filed for divorce from the actor after eight years of marriage on Wednesday, according to court documents obtained by multiple outlets. In the filing, Tina listed their date of separation as Tuesday 25 July and cited irreconcilable differences as […]

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says Ukrainian forces have been deliberate in their counteroffensive against Russia and have been “conserving manpower and equipment.” Russia’s Federal Security Service said it found traces of explosives on a vessel en route from Turkey to Russia that had previously visited a Ukrainian port.   A Ukrainian official said Thursday […]

TAIPEI — Two of Taiwan’s largest cities have shut down schools and offices Thursday as Typhoon Doksuri brought heavy rains and winds to the island’s eastern and southern coast. Doksuri weakened further on Thursday, with sustained winds of 155 kph and gusts of up to 190 kph, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau. The typhoon’s […]

BEIJING / TAIPEI — China urged fishing boats to seek shelter and farmers to speed up their harvest while Taiwan suspended annual military drills as super typhoon Doksuri spiraled closer to East Asia, potentially reaching deep into China. Doksuri, nearly 1,000 kilometers in diameter, is expected to sweep past lightly populated islands off the northern […]

Latest developments Between 3,450 and 3,650 Wagner group mercenaries have arrived in Belarus since the group’s short-lived rebellion, a military monitoring group said Monday. The fighters are camped close to Asipovichy, a town 230 kilometers (140 miles) north of the Ukrainian border. The Wagner mercenaries are training Belarusian troops as part of an agreement to […]

WASHINGTON — A global cybercrime treaty that has backing from countries including Russia, China and Venezuela is concerning some democracies and civil liberty organizations. A list of countries with authoritarian leadership and poor records on human rights and press freedom are among the original supporters of a United Nations global treaty, the final points of which […]