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July 7, 2025 1:14 PM

Typhoon Danas lashes southern Taiwan with record winds, injuring hundreds

Typhoon Danas lashed southern Taiwan with record winds and strong rain early on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 500 in a rare hit to the island's densely populated west coast. Taiwan is regularly struck by typhoons but they general...

July 7, 2025 3:44 AM

Death toll from Texas floods reaches 78; Trump plans visit

The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached at least 78 on Sunday, including at least 28 children, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp entered a third day and fears of more flash flooding as rain fell on saturated ground...

July 6, 2025 2:50 PM

Heavy rain likely in Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Konkan & Goa: IMD

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said that Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, central Maharashtra, Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh, and east Rajasthan are expected to witness intense rainfall activity between July 6 to July 9. Heavy...

July 6, 2025 1:28 PM

Rain lashes several parts of Delhi, IMD predicts more showers in next two days

Rain lashed several parts of Delhi on Sunday morning, offering some relief from the heat. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms for the national capital over the next two days. In ...

July 5, 2025 2:57 AM

PM Modi and Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister plant a sapling in Port of Spain

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar planted a sapling in Port of Spain as part of the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative. In a post on X, PM Modi thanked Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar for...

July 4, 2025 2:46 PM

Widespread rainfall predicted across India; peak intensity likely in northwest region on July 6–7

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted heavy rainfall activity over northwest and central India over the next seven days, with peak intensity expected in the northwest region on July 6 and 7. Eastern India is also likely to wit...

July 4, 2025 11:23 AM

Civil society leaves UN development summit feeling unheard

When over 1,000 civil society representatives flocked to Seville this week for a U.N. conference on development financing their expectations were already low, but the four-day event left many frustrated and feeling their voices were stifled. The onc...

July 4, 2025 10:21 AM

World’s biggest climate fund ramps up investment plans

The world's biggest multilateral climate fund said it will make its largest ever series of investments and speed up dealmaking as it looks to help poorer nations respond to global warming. The Green Climate Fund's plan to release about $1.2 billion ...

July 3, 2025 3:35 PM

Heavy rainfall likely in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand over next 5 days: IMD

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand over the next five days. As per IMD, heavy to very heavy rainfall activity is likely to continue over large parts of nor...

July 3, 2025 2:24 PM

Wildfire on Greek island of Crete scorches forest, forces evacuation of over 1,000

Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on Crete island, which burnt swathes of forest and olive groves and forced the evacuation of over 1,000 people, officials said, underscoring the region's vulnerability to destructive wildfires. At le...

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