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A new NASA model visualization traces brown-carbon smoke from July 14 through July 20 as unhealthy air spread through major U.S. and Canadian cities.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Ronald Lee Haskell’s conviction and death sentence on direct appeal, finding no reversible error in the issues before it.
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197 stories in this desk.Iranian state media and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps say seven vessels were struck or hit mines near the Strait of Hormuz. The reported incidents have not been independently confirmed.
UNEP’s 2026 assessment says current national pledges cannot prevent global warming from exceeding 1.5°C. The report says deep, sustained emissions cuts could still limit the overshoot and bring temperatures back down later this century.
Two Nigerian newsrooms report INEC had not posted the preliminary register online by the statutory public-scrutiny deadline ahead of the 2027 general election.
A breach at a cloud-service contractor may have exposed staff information across 20 prefectural police forces, Japan’s National Police Agency says.
The justices denied the administration’s emergency request to lift a lower-court block on its federal-prison policy while litigation continues.
The central bank lifted its benchmark to 5.50%, a larger move than economists had broadly expected, as inflation and peso pressures persist.
Saudi authorities reported deaths at a Dammam airport and an oil-field site as Washington ordered some non-emergency personnel and family members to depart.
The administration filed an emergency Supreme Court application seeking to lift the injunction; construction remains paused unless the Court grants relief.
A federal civil settlement requires multi-year reporting and compliance reforms; Dallas ISD disputes the government’s legal interpretation.
Ukrainian officials reported casualties in an overnight strike on Kyiv; separate U.S.-mediated talks may resume, but no ceasefire has been agreed.
South Korea’s central bank kept its policy rate at 3% on Oct. 22, pausing after increases in July and August.
A regional workshop in Abuja reviewed the financial model for a fund intended to support water security, ecosystem protection and climate-resilient livelihoods across nine countries.
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