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January 31, 2025

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Climate and environment updates: NASA could help solve mystery of 2024 warming
SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our […]
Middle East live updates: Israel gives UNRWA 48 hours to cease operations
Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Many residents of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon are expected to return to their homes in the coming days and weeks, with most of the fighting in both areas paused under Israeli ceasefire agreements […]
17 dead in stampede as over 100 million people gather at India's Maha Kumbh festival
Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images(ALLAHABAD, INDIA) -- At least 17 people were killed and over 30 have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world's biggest gatherings that occurs every 12 years, authorities said.The Maha Kumbh […]
Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As President Donald Trump makes a very public effort to acquire Greenland, one former Danish official said Trump's attempts are nothing new -- but he shouldn't expect it to be easy. […]
'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images(GAZA and LONDON) -- Emotional scenes continued to play out in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as families and friends reunited for the first time in over 15 months, after the Israeli military allowed Gazans who had […]
2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self-annihilation, scientists say
Pallava Bagla/Corbis via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Scientists and global leaders revealed on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" has been reset to the closest humanity has ever come to self-annihilation.For the first time in three years, the […]
Elephant tramples tourist to death at famous national park
Zhang Yudong/Xinhua via Getty Images(LONDON) -- An elephant trampled a tourist on safari to death in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, officials said.In what park officials are calling a “tragic accident,” the tourist was charged and […]
Sinkhole swallows truck in Japan, trapping driver inside
JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images(TOKYO) -- The oval-shaped pit suddenly formed on a busy road in Yashio, Japan, taking down a truck and trapping the driver inside. Emergency crews battled unstable ground and debris.The crater is about 30 feet wide […]
After Trump's tariff threats, Colombia agrees to accept repatriates from US
Mandel Ngan via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Following a tense standoff between the nations' respective presidents, an agreement was reached on Sunday night regarding the return of repatriating citizens to Colombia from the United States.Conflict […]
Final 4 minutes of recordings on Jeju Air flight missing, preliminary report says
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images(SEOUL) -- The final four minutes of flight recordings before a Jeju Air flight crashed into an embankment at the end of a runway in South Korea are missing, a preliminary report into the investigation of the crash that […]