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Jun 21, 2025 - World

Other countries have approved a wider range of UV-filtering ingredients, which allow for more advanced sunscreens Many dermatologists and experts say US sunscreens are still not as effective as many available overseas when it comes to protecting against ultraviolet radiation linked to skin cancer and premature ageing – despite years of research.The concern comes as a brutal heatwave, with a suffocating “heat dome”, is arriving for more than 200 million people across vast swaths of the US this weekend, bringing extreme heat and humidity . Studies have shown that the global climate crisis is making heatwaves more severe, frequent and long lasting. Continue reading...

Jun 21, 2025 - World

A hot-air balloon has caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people

Jun 21, 2025 - World

Sun rose on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

Jun 21, 2025 - World

Civil rights advocates and scholars say the US government’s claims are troubling indicators of rising authoritarianismAfter New York City comptroller Brad Lander this week became the latest prominent Democrat to be arrested while monitoring and protesting US immigration authorities, the Trump administration trotted out a familiar refrain to justify his detention.The mayoral candidate had “assaulted” law enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asserted, warning “if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will face consequences”. Continue reading...

Jun 21, 2025 - World

Siarhei Tsikhanouski was a popular blogger and activist who was jailed in 2020.