North India swelters as New Delhi records highest-ever temperature of 49.9C | Climate Crisis News

North India swelters as New Delhi records highest-ever temperature of 49.9C | Climate Crisis News

People in northern India are struggling with an unrelenting, weeks-long heatwave that saw the temperature in the capital, New Delhi, soaring to a record-high 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 degrees Fahrenheit) – 9C (16F) higher than average. Delhi’s suburb stations at Narela and Mungeshpur recorded the temperature on Tuesday, according to…

Photos: Up close and personal, cicadas display nature’s artwork | Environment

Photos: Up close and personal, cicadas display nature’s artwork | Environment

A once-in-221-year convergence of two broods of periodical cicadas are emerging at the same time in the United States. The big effect of the cicadas is the sheer numbers. Trillions are expected to populate 16 states by mid to late June. They can be overwhelming, messy and loud. But individually,…

India’s river islanders return home in between floods | Climate Crisis News

India’s river islanders return home in between floods | Climate Crisis News

Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year. The 56-year-old farmer from northeastern India’s Assam state lives with his wife and son on Sandahkhaiti island on the Brahmaputra River. The island, like 2,000 others on the river, floods with increasing ferocity and unpredictability as human-caused climate change makes…

Protesters assail US top diplomat over Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Protesters assail US top diplomat over Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was repeatedly interrupted by protesters condemning the US policy towards ally Israel and its war on Gaza as he testified before United States Senate committees. At the hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Blinken flinched from a protester who approached him from…

On one of India’s longest train rides, ongoing election divides passengers | India Election 2024 News

On one of India’s longest train rides, ongoing election divides passengers | India Election 2024 News

The 2,900km (1,800-mile) journey from capital New Delhi to Kanyakumari in the south is one of the longest train rides in India, passing through cities, villages, scrub forests and deep ravines. The 22-car Thirukkural Express appears to be a microcosm of India, carrying passengers from different social groups and religions…

Violent protests rage in New Caledonia amid growing civil unrest | Protests News

Violent protests rage in New Caledonia amid growing civil unrest | Protests News

Mass protests erupted in New Caledonia this week after France’s parliament voted to allow French residents who have lived in the Pacific Islands territory for 10 years or more to vote in provincial elections. The French government has argued that these reforms uphold democracy in the archipelago. But local people…

‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended in time | Arts and Culture

‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended in time | Arts and Culture

A new day breaks to the rhythmic shuffling of bare feet upon the ground. Like an apparition from centuries past, a procession of several hundred shaven-headed monks emerges through the dawn mist, snaking its way through the sleepy narrow streets. Buddhist locals line the route to make their daily offerings…