Published on 06/24/2026 – 20:28 GMT+2 The United Kingdom saw its hottest June day on record on Wednesday as temperatures continued to soar across Europe. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Met Office, the UK’s national weather and climate service, said provisional figures showed the town of Gosport in Hampshire hit 36.1 °C, just edging above Wisley in […]
Continue ReadingJoseph McGrail-Bateup can really scream loudly.Image: keystone Joseph McGrail-Bateup from Australia has set an unusual world record: The 58-year-old is now considered the loudest person in the world. His record-breaking scream reached 122.4 decibels. June 24, 2026, 7:39 p.mJune 24, 2026, 7:43 p.m Joseph McGrail-Bateup has an organ that can apparently keep up with even […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 06/24/2026 – 19:24 GMT+2 German authorities on Wednesday carried out raids in Berlin and Frankfurt as part of an investigation into a suspected attempt to sabotage Germany’s gas supply. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Federal Prosecutor’s Office said police searched the premises of a Russian suspect and another person not under investigation in the German […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 06/24/2026 – 18:01 GMT+2 The commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police force has announced plans to scale up the use of drones and facial recognition technology across the capital. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In a speech on Wednesday, Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley warned that crime was “evolving at speed” and that many criminals were now […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk has lost his trillionaire status less than a fortnight since reaching the milestone, as swings in the share prices of SpaceX and Tesla drag on the tech mogul’s own fortune. Musk made history as the world’s first paper trillionaire earlier in June, following the blockbuster float of his SpaceX rocket company. Shares in […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 06/24/2026 – 16:45 GMT+2 Two workers for a Norwegian charity involved in demining efforts in Ukraine have been killed in a Russian strike, the charity has announced. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Oslo-based humanitarian organization Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) said on Wednesday that it had received reports that two of its colleagues had been killed […]
Continue ReadingInsufficient contact-tracing and the refusal of many residents to avoid contact with the bodies of loved ones killed by the Ebola virus are accelerating the epidemic.
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A seriously ill child under the age of 12 has been euthanised in the Netherlands for the first time after a law change two years ago. In a letter […]
Continue Reading“We will not be intimidated by the lack of light. We have gone through more than that, and we will survive now,” Razvozhayev said in a Telegram message to the public. “The enemy is again striking vilely, trying to deprive us of our usual living conditions and sow panic.” He said a “special regime” had […]
Continue ReadingA power outage caused by a record-breaking heatwave left around 68,000 households without electricity in France’s western Brittany on Wednesday as the national weather agency issued a red alert for extreme weather covering most of the country, including the northernmost region around Calais.
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