How hurricanes get their names and why it matters
As Hurricane Melissa barrels towards Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm, questions often arise about how these tempests get their names....
A team of kayakers has completed the first-ever descent down the Ivindo River in Gabon, in Africa. They say it marks an historic moment in the world of adventure sports.
Travelling through Africa's rainforest, the four-man team paddled down fast-flowing rapids and waterfalls. Together, they completed the 145-kilometre journey.
The team used cutting-edge drone technology, to document their journey, capturing breathtaking footage of the remote waterfalls and rapids from multiple angles.
This allowed them share the stunning landscape from perspectives never seen before.
Their incredible adventure will soon be featured in a film titled Gabon Uncharted: Sending Ivindo Falls.
The film offers viewers an up-close look at one of the most untouched and wild regions on the planet.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
Kosovo’s parliament failed to elect Albin Kurti as prime minister on Sunday, raising the likelihood of a snap election to resolve the political stalemate that has persisted since the inconclusive parliamentary vote in February.
At least two workers were killed in a fire that broke out on an oil pipeline at Iraq’s Zubair oilfield on Sunday, according to oilfield officials.
Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 4 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced on Sunday, with maximum sustained winds reaching 140 mph (220 km/h).
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he expected to reach mutually beneficial agreements during his meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Malaysia.
Suspects involved in the daring daylight theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre were detained near Paris on Saturday, shortly before one of them attempted to leave the country from Charles de Gaulle Airport, the Paris prosecutor announced on Sunday.
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