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A heatwave of rare intensity is hitting much of Europe, bringing temperatures exceeding 42 degrees Celsius in France, Portugal, Spain and several Balkan states. The situation has prompted authorities to issue extreme fire risk alerts and impose...

The climate crisis is one of the greatest and most complex challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Although warning signs have been emerging for some time, the pace and scale of change have become alarming in recent years, affecting all...

The Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia was hit by an earthquake of exceptional magnitude, estimated at 8.8 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was located 126 km from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, at a depth of 20.7 km, according to the US...

The Greek Ministry of Labor has decided to suspend outdoor activities between 12:00 and 17:00 in several regions affected by the extreme heatwave that has swept southern Europe. The measure comes in response to "particularly high temperatures...

Surface temperatures in the regions surrounding the Greek capital rose by up to 10 degrees Celsius in just one year as a result of devastating forest fires in the summer of 2024, according to a study published by the National Observatory of...

An intense heatwave is hitting Greece and large parts of Southeastern Europe these days, with temperatures that could reach the dangerous threshold of 42 degrees Celsius, according to a warning sent by the DPA agency. Hot air currents coming from...

The island of Chios, located in the northeastern Aegean Sea, has been placed in a state of emergency due to the wildfires that have been severely affecting it since Sunday, announced the Minister of Civil Protection of Greece, Giannis...

Thousands of locals took to the streets in the capital of the island of Mallorca to protest the negative impact of mass tourism on daily life, in a demonstration organized under the slogan "Less Tourism, More Life,” reports DPA....

Dubai Holding, an investment conglomerate owned by the emirate's ruler, is seeking to raise up to 1.79 billion dirhams ($487 million) through the initial public offering (IPO) of its residential real estate investment trust (REIT) launched on...

As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly becomes part of our daily lives, concerns about its impact are growing, but not everyone sees the same risks, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis.

A major power outage hit the Iberian Peninsula and parts of western Europe on Monday, leaving millions without electricity, disrupting transport, telecommunications and economic activity in several regions. The worst-hit countries were Spain,...

The United States owes foreign investors $8.5 trillion in national debt - nearly a quarter of the total debt, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis that highlights the largest foreign holders of U.S. government securities.

The level of the sea surface of the globe rose more than expected in 2024, the warmest year ever recorded on Earth, according to an analysis published by NASA. "Last year's increase was caused by unusual warming of the oceans, combined...

Santorini, one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, is experiencing unusually intense seismic activity. Some 21,500 earthquakes have been recorded near the Greek island in the past three weeks, according to seismologists at the...

A recent study published in the journal "Nature Geoscience" suggests that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought and that it has undergone significant structural changes in the past two decades. According to...

A series of frequent and strong earthquakes has forced thousands of people to flee the Greek island of Santorini in recent days. Seismologists are surprised by the intensity and duration of the phenomenon, and local authorities have taken...

Donald Trump's territorial expansionist ambitions have been met with skepticism and derision on the international stage. Germany and France have issued strong warnings to US President-elect Donald Trump after he suggested he could use...

Strengthening national security and the economy are the main arguments invoked by President-elect Donald Trump, in a press conference held at the Mar-a-Lago residence, for bringing Greenland and the Panama Canal under US control, according to the...

The draw for the groups in the World Cup preliminaries took place in Zurich. The same story, with complicated rules for establishing groups, often difficult to understand, in the already classic style of those from FIFA. Our national team cannot...

The fight against polluters is an extremely tough one. At the conference in Busan, South Korea, talks for a global treaty on plastic pollution entered a critical phase, marked by strong opposition from oil-producing countries such as Saudi...

Greece is not only struggling with fires, autumn storms are just as dangerous. Two people have died on the Greek island of Limnos, in the Aegean Sea, due to the weather that is affecting a large part of the country and which has caused...

Climate-driven migration is a major concern for governments around the world. The global climate crisis is no longer a distant future, but a present reality. Every year, millions of people are forced to flee their homes due to natural disasters...

In a tense geopolitical context marked by China's growing military and economic influence in the Indo-Pacific region, the United States Coast Guard (U.S. Coast Guard) has declared its intention to step up support to its regional allies by...

In a show of force involving more than 125 aircraft and 34 naval and coast guard units, China's recent military exercises around Taiwan offer clues about Xi Jinping's plans to force the island's reunification with the People's...

Residents in more and more cities (Barcelona, Rome, Paris, Venice, Prague...) complain that tourism is turning their lives upside down. Authorities have begun to look for solutions. Officials in Venice have announced the extension of the access...

The regional assembly of the Azores Islands, a Portuguese archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean, has approved the creation of the largest marine protected area in the North Atlantic. This decision places the Azores at the forefront of global...

Australia will quadruple the area of the vast marine protected area around Heard and McDonald islands, located near Antarctica, where penguins, seals and whales live, the government announced on Tuesday, reports AFP. This measure represents a...

Ocean warming, considered a crucial indicator of climate change, has accelerated significantly since 2005, a new report from Europe's Copernicus Observatory shows. More than a fifth of the world's ocean surface has been affected by...

Monaco, Italy, Switzerland or Dubai are just a few destinations that are trying to lure the very rich from Great Britain, where changes to the tax regime are being prepared, writes CNBC.

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, raised the alarm about the major problems facing the planet. Antonio Guterres has issued a global climate "SOS". The Pacific Islands Summit organized by the United Nations...

Antarctica, one of the most isolated and fragile regions on the planet, faces a new threat: the arrival of non-native marine species and marine pollution from other continents in the southern hemisphere. These risks are highlighted by a new study...

China is conquering the port infrastructure in Europe while the European Commission seems concerned only with supporting Ukraine and less with combating its influence on the territory of the European Union. According to several articles published...

Greece, one of the favorite destinations of Romanian tourists, is rising to the top of the preferences of travelers from all over Europe. Despite bushfire problems, Greek islands are increasingly in demand. Greece has climbed one position in the...

The nightmare of fires returned to the Greek islands this summer as well.

Albania represents one of the new tourist destinations for Romanians, especially since the WizzAir company made available the direct route Otopeni-Tirana. The former communist country, where Enver Hoxha's regime was much harsher than the one...

Agricultural products represented more than a third of the total value of global merchandise exports between 2019 and 2021, and the most dependent countries in the world in terms of profile exports are the island states in the Pacific Ocean,...

The European Horticulture Congress (Europe Horticulture Congress - EHC 2024) is taking place these days in Bucharest, at the Palace of the Parliament, until May 16. According to the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in...

The Bank of Japan's decade-long fight against deflation and economic stagnation has resulted in near-zero profits domestically, forcing Japanese investors to move their money abroad, often to the United States. As a result, Japan is by far...

The number of Romanian tourists choosing to spend their holidays on exotic beaches in islands such as the Maldives, Cuba, or the Caribbean is increasing from year to year, and the resorts operating in these regions compete with each other in...

The planetary ocean is facing big problems due to various causes. Scientists are warning about the devastating phenomenon of bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef. According to the local non-governmental organization Climate Council, new underwater...