Climate change outpaced El Niño in juicing Hurricane Polo, study finds
Scientists at World Weather Attribution say human-driven warming did at least as much as this year’s El Niño to strengthen Hurricane Polo. The eastern Pacific storm exploded into Category 5…
Istanbul’s heaviest rain in decades kills two and shuts schools
Istanbul’s governor called the downpour the city’s worst in 84 years, and the toll is already human as well as material. A 14-year-old boy died after stepping into an electrified…
Seven missing after drones set a chemical tanker ablaze off Romania
Search teams are battling high waves on Romania’s Black Sea shore after explosions tore through a chemical tanker just outside the Danube’s mouth. The San Marino-registered Wine Trader, empty and…
Energy pause over: Ukraine hits a Russian refinery again as trust in Washington frays
Kyiv has ended a three-day hold on attacks against Russian fuel plants, arguing that Moscow never paused its own campaign against Ukrainian power grids and that US pressure had crossed…
Palmeiras take a 2-1 Maracanã edge over Fluminense in Libertadores semis
Palmeiras beat Fluminense 2-1 at the Maracanã on 14 October in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-final. José Manuel “Flaco” López scored just before half-time, Marlon Freitas made…
Zverev sweeps past de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 into Shanghai Masters semis
Top seed Alexander Zverev booked a Rolex Shanghai Masters semi-final berth by dismissing Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 on 15 October. The German needed just under an hour and twenty…
Indonesia drops dry ice over South Sumatra in a bid to lift wildfire haze
Planes over Palembang released solid carbon-dioxide pellets into the lower sky on 15 October as Jakarta tried an unusual fix for choking wildfire smoke. Officials put the load at roughly…
North Korea fires submarine-launched cruise missiles; Seoul confirms underwater launch
State outlet KCNA said on 15 October that Pyongyang’s Missile Administration had, a day earlier, launched a pair of distinct strategic cruise designs from beneath the East Sea. The declared…
Colombia opens Jerusalem embassy as De La Espriella keeps a campaign vow
Colombia’s Omar Bula Escobar stood beside Israel’s Gideon Sa’ar on 14 October as Bogotá’s diplomatic mission in Jerusalem was formally opened. The ceremony completed a vow President Abelardo de la…
Stickier flakes, deeper storage: why gooey marine snow matters for the climate
Far below the waves, a constant drizzle of organic debris drifts toward the seabed. Scientists call it marine snow: clumps of dead plankton, faecal pellets, mucus and mineral grit. A…