A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast near the Guatemala border on Friday, July 17, 2026, shaking a wide region from Chiapas to Guatemala City and El Salvador.

Super Typhoon Bavi battered Guam and the Northern Marianas before tracking toward Taiwan and China with major wind, flood, ...

Europe’s record June heatwave caused 10,650 excess deaths, exposing how climate change is turning extreme heat into a ...

Venezuela’s twin earthquakes have killed 3,342 people as recovery teams race to clear rubble, treat survivors, and manage ...

The death of dozens of children from a fully preventable disease is a tragic paradox of modern medicine. In the spring of 2026, public health officials are scrambling to contain a massive global ...

In a move set to rekindle one of modern technology’s most persistent debates, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — has quietly shifted its ...

Cuba, long defined by its vibrant culture, classic cars and sun-soaked beaches, is facing one of the most severe economic and humanitarian crises in recent memory — and its causes are deeply embedded ...

The American cigarette is losing its grip on the country. New federal data show that 9.9% of U.S. adults smoked cigarettes in 2024, the first time the national smoking rate has dropped below 10%. At ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has crossed a grim threshold in its latest Ebola crisis, with confirmed cases surging past 1,000 and the death toll reaching 267 as of June 22, 2026. The outbreak, ...

Zoonotic diseases represent pathogens capable of crossing the species barrier from animals to humans. Specifically, the hantavirus stands as a prime example of a severe zoonotic pathogen. It is ...

In 2026, the fate of ocean fish stocks is under intense scrutiny. Decades of overexploitation have depleted many commercially valuable species, and scientists warn that without meaningful change, the ...