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Jul 22, 2026 - World

More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to Africa's top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict, community resistance and an uneven response fuel its spread.

Jul 22, 2026 - World

Firefighters in central Spain battled a wildfire on Wednesday that has burned over 79,000 acres in one of the country's largest blazes on record.

Jul 22, 2026 - World

France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heat wave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll from record-shattering temperatures.

Jul 22, 2026 - World

France experienced at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heatwave last month, according to the public health agency

Jul 22, 2026 - World

Researchers listening off the Caribbean island of Dominica found variations in the mammals’ audible clicks when marine traffic was closeSperm whales produce a specific pattern of clicking noises when they hear the noise of boats, researchers have found. The pattern is so distinct that the scientists who identified it said they can now use it to predict when ships are nearby.Researchers from Project Ceti (the Cetacean Translation Initiative), a non-profit research organisation working to decode sperm whale communication, spent four years tuning in on the calls of 15 sperm whales off the coast of Dominica. Continue reading...