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Watch the moment a powerful earthquake rocks Venezuela A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off northern Japan Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela, causing widespread damage Rural area in Northern California jolted by its biggest quake since 1940 A huge Viking textile production site is unearthed in Denmark
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Shops suffer as a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off northern Japan
What is a heat dome and why can it cause extreme heat waves
Experts blame heat dome for Europe's baking temperatures
Sunday is the longest day of the year for half the planet
This is the sun’s time to shine: Sunday is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Sunday is the solstice, marking the start of astronomical summer north of the equator. It’s the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the shortest day of the year and winter will start.  
Eastern Washington wildfire forces evacuations and destroys homes

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – High winds drove a wildfire into an eastern Washington neighborhood, forcing the evacuation of about 1,500 people and destroying some homes, fire officials said Wednesday.

NASA unveils Artemis III astronauts to test technology for future moon landing

NEW YORK (AP) – NASA on Tuesday revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in the space agency’s plan to eventually land astronauts on the moon.

32,000 people displaced by the Philippine earthquake that killed at least 37

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) – Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 37 people and displaced more than 32,000.

Hawaii's Kilauea sets record for lava fountaining episodes in any 1 eruption

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii (AP) – The on-and-off eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano broke a record Monday with the number of periods it has produced fountains of lava since it began erupting in December 2024, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.

Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin said Tuesday that last week’s rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad. Critical to NASA’s Artemis moon program, the company’s massive New Glenn rocket blew up during an engine-firing test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Radio scans find no alien tech from latest interstellar comet

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear: An interstellar comet looks to be completely natural and free of any alien tech.

Taipei Zoo welcomes a pair of red pandas from China, first in over a decade

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – A zoo in Taiwan’s capital received a pair of endangered red pandas from China on Saturday, in the first exchange of animals in more than a decade as tensions between the two sides run high.

US to hold latest oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The Trump administration’s push to expand oil and gas development in Alaska faces a new test Friday, with the latest lease sale set for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The UK has set a target of an 87% cut in carbon emissions by 2042

LONDON (AP) – The British government said Tuesday that it’s sticking to its net-zero goal, despite pressure on energy supplies from global conflicts, and will reduce the United Kingdom’s planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by 87% of 1990 levels in the next decade and a half.

Wildfires are making the US smoggy again, reversing progress on cleaner air
8 crested ibises released in Japanese town decades after extinction in Japan
Protection close for Wyoming's 'Path of the Pronghorn'