Hourly concentrations of particulate matter rose to 6.7 times their pre-fireworks levels, according to an analysis Washington DC residents breathed in “unhealthy” air for hours after a 40-minute Independence Day fireworks show over the National Mall on Saturday night, with the country’s capital briefly recording the worst air quality of any major city in the world. The highly emitting display, which the president called “spectacular”, came as the Trump administration rolls back an unprecedented
Concrete-based cricket pitches, like that on which Nathan Fitzgerald received fatal blows to the head, are ‘totally unsafe’, concussion advocate says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia must finally deal with a deadly risk that has plagued its native football code for more than 120 years, sports safety advocates say, after the death of a suburban Aussie rules footballer. Nathan Fitzgerald, a 27-year-old school teacher, died in a Melbourne hospital on Monday aft
A Texas bakery is facing online backlash after publishing a Fourth of July message saying its owners were "embarrassed, afraid, and disappointed" in what the United States has become, while calling the MAGA movement "a cult" and denouncing the Trump administration in explicit terms. In a July 3 Facebook post , Flower Mound-based Hive Bakery wrote, "We expressed not wanting to celebrate the 4th this year, as we’re embarrassed, afraid, and disappointed in what this country has become." "MAGA is ad
Scientists call for better land management alongside reduction in greenhouse gases causing the crisis When storm after storm battered the Mediterranean at the start of the year, drowning fields and sending water spurting from plug sockets , few people were fretting about fires. But just four months later, the murky brown floods that swamped towns and fouled homes across western Europe have given way to angry red blazes and choking black smoke . Rampant wildfires burned 28,000 hectares (69,160 ac
Farage was under pressure over undeclared gifts, including from crypto gambler and fraudster George Cottrell UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has announced he is to resign as the MP for Clacton to fight a byelection, revealing he is under a second investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over undeclared gifts. The Reform UK leader said it was part of “sticking two fingers up at the establishment” and it would prove that the public wanted him to stay on as an MP. Contin
NBC News · Oct 8
El portero suplente de la selección argentina se refirió antes del juego ante Egipto a la dificultad del rival, pero aclaró que sea cual sea el oponente, ellos como familia siempre interpondrán el escudo que representan para llevarse la victoria.
Fox News · Oct 8
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he plans to lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey and signaled he is prepared to move forward with the long-stalled sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets, marking a dramatic reversal in U.S. policy toward the NATO ally years after Ankara was expelled from the program for its purchase of a Russian missile defense system. Speaking alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a bilateral meeting at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Trump said his adminis
NBC News · Oct 8
La Albiceleste llegó al Estadio de Atlanta en modo concentración total: caras serias y pasos firmes mostraron los dirigidos por Lionel Scaloni, que enfrentarán a los egipcios en los Octavos de Final de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA.
NBC News · Oct 8
La selección egipcia ya se encuentra en el Estadio de Atlanta para disputar el juego por Octavos de Final que disputará contra la selección de Argentina. Liderados por un experimentado Mohamed Salah, los 'Faraones' buscarán dar el golpe a La Albiceleste.
