Category: World

The Eiffel Tower gets taller every summer. Here’s how

The structure was originally dubbed the 300-metre tower, but that’s not entirely true

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Tourists evacuated as France continues to battle biggest wildfire since 1949

The fire has already swept through an area one-and-a-half times bigger than Paris

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Explained: How much Russian oil does India buy?

New Delhi vows to continue buying Russian crude despite Donald Trump’s threat to hike tariffs

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Mapped: Wildfires in France and Spain as huge blazes break out in 40C European heatwave

Mediterranean countries are a growing wildfire hotspot, with scientists warning that climate change is driving increasingly hot and dry summers

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‘Apocalyptic’ pictures of Gaza’s devastation echo the destruction of the Hiroshima bomb 80 years on

Palestinians have been represented for the first time at a memorial for the bomb dropped on Japan, amid warnings the world has not learned the lessons from 80 years ago. Alex Croft reports

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Zoo welcomes four rare lion cubs whose population is extinct in wild

Fewer than 200 Barbary lions are thought to exist in captivity worldwide

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Trump moves to shut down NASA missions that measure carbon dioxide and plant health

The Trump administration wants to end two NASA missions that monitor a potent greenhouse gas and plant health

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Trump border czar reacts after Indy 500 track boss demands end to ‘Speedway Slammer’ moniker for new migrant detention center

Penske Entertainment said it preferred that its ‘IP not be utilized moving forward in relation to this matter’

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Family issues warning as son dies after taking highly addictive over-the-counter supplement: ‘The government doesn’t step in’

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has suggested classifying an addictive kratom offshoot as an illicit substance

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Trump calls old foe Andrew Cuomo as he considers intervening in NYC mayor’s race to thwart Mamdani: report

Trump has previously called for the arrest of Mamdani if he wins the election and defies his mass migrant deportation effort

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