The World Meteorological Organization has confirmed that El Niño is currently developing in the tropical Pacific, with experts predicting the phenomenon will emerge between June and August 2026. This climate pattern is expected to persist at least through November, likely intensifying global temperatures and triggering a new wave of extreme weather events worldwide. The Impending … Read more
New coastal defences and “emergency evacuation processes” are needed to prepare Ireland for the worst consequences of climate change, an Irish expert has warned. Prof Iris Moller, a coastal geomorphologist at Trinity College Dublin, said protections for communities were needed “urgently”. She was speaking in response to a World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) analysis published on … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s secretive new supreme leader vowed Thursday to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel. It was his first public statement since he succeeded his father, who was killed in … Read more
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched his country as a central player in the global artificial intelligence ecosystem, saying it aims to build technology at home while deploying it worldwide. “Design and develop in India. Deliver to the world. Deliver to humanity,” Modi told a gathering of some world … Read more
Antonio Guterres, the head of the United Nations, urged nations to pay their dues on Friday, warning that the organisation is in danger of going bankrupt and may run out of money by July. According to Guterres, the UN faces chronic budget problems because some member states do not pay their mandatory contributions in full, … Read more
Archyde Goma Falls: M23 Rebels Seize Eastern Congolese City, Deepening Africa’s Longest War Early Monday morning, the eastern congolese city of Goma, the largest in North Kivu province, fell under the control of the M23 rebels. This dramatic turn of events has sent shockwaves through the region, plunging a city of 2 million into chaos … Read more
The United Nations has suspended all travel into areas controlled by Yemen’s Houthi rebels after seven more UN staff members were detained by the group.This decision comes as the Houthis continue too hold UN personnel, aid workers, adn individuals associated with the once-open U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has demanded the … Read more