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Fires force evacuations in Europe
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Fires force evacuations in Europe

Flames have torn through over 1,000 square miles of land in France, Spain, and Italy

The next El Niño could be the strongest yet
Graphic Truth

The next El Niño could be the strongest yet

The consequences for economies and for food security around the world could be severe.

Record temperatures roil France
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Record temperatures roil France

An astonishing heat wave has swept across Europe this week, with France the hardest hit.

​Chief Superintendent of the police force's National Security Department Steve Li Kwai-wah speaks at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building after the verdict in the national security collusion trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, in Hong Kong, China, on December 15, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai faces life imprisonment, Half of Israelis oppose Netanyahu pardon, Flash floods in Morocco, Romania protests corruption

​Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, on November 7, 2025.
Analysis

Q+A: Climate tries for a comeback at COP30

When it comes to global warming, the hottest ticket in the world right now is for the COP30 conference, which runs for the next week in Brazil. But with world leaders putting climate lower on the agenda, what can the conference achieve?

Preventing conflicts before they start, with María Fernanda Espinosa
Paris Peace Forum

Preventing conflicts before they start, with María Fernanda Espinosa

As calls for UN reform grow louder, Executive Director of GWL Voices and former General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa warns that global peace efforts remain too reactive and that true reform begins with prevention.

Trump's climate "scam" talk at the UN was just that–talk
The Debrief

Trump's climate "scam" talk at the UN was just that–talk

He has changed the climate conversation. But not what's being done about it.

A school of fish swim above a staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 25, 2019.
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Hard Numbers: Great Barrier Reef suffers worst coral damage, US cuts mRNA vaccine funding, South Korea opens visa-free tourism for Chinese visitors, & More

View of Tehran at sunset on February 26th, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Iranian water shortages prompt public holiday, Trump admin to burn contraceptives, Ozzy leaves the stage for the last time, & More

Graphic Truth: Billion-dollar disasters have become more common
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: Billion-dollar disasters have become more common