Amazon River falls to lowest level in 121 years amid a severe drought
Reuters — Rivers in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell to their lowest levels in over a century on Monday as a record drought upends the lives…
Gazans forced to drink dirty, salty water as the fuel needed to run water systems runs out
CNN — Mohammad Al Shanti is forced to travel nearly four miles to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza to fill up plastic bottles with water. It’s only enough for his…
Gaza’s sole power plant shuts down due to shortage of fuel under Israeli blockade
Gaza CNN — Gaza’s only power station has stopped working after the fuel needed for generating electricity ran out on Wednesday, Gaza officials said. “Gaza is currently without power,” the…
Extreme heat scorches large parts of South America as winter ends
CNN — This weekend may have marked the beginning of spring in the Southern Hemisphere, but it felt like the peak of summer across several countries in South America, where…
Bangladesh dengue: More than 1,000 people killed in country’s worst outbreak on record
CNN — More than 1,000 people have died from dengue in Bangladesh’s worst outbreak on record, official data shows, with rising temperatures due to the climate crisis driving the ongoing…
Ukraine counteroffensive: Winter is coming to Ukraine, but Kyiv is adapting its tactics
CNN — Ukraine will soon face its second winter at war, and the bold campaigns of a year ago that saw significant gains in Kharkiv and Kherson seem a distant…
Hoang Thi Minh Hong: US condemns Vietnam’s jailing of prominent climate activist on tax charges
CNN — The US State Department has condemned the jailing of one of Vietnam’s most prominent environmental activists for tax fraud in a ruling human rights activists claimed was a…
Six young people take 32 countries to court over wildfires and heat waves
CNN — The European Court of Human Rights will hear an “unprecedented” lawsuit on Wednesday, brought by six young people against 32 European countries accusing them of failing to tackle…
North Korea passes law to strengthen nuclear arms as tensions rise on peninsula
Seoul, South Korea CNN — North Korea has amended its constitution to bolster and expand its nuclear force, with leader Kim Jong Un pointing to the growing cooperation between the…
Iran’s president defends uranium enrichment after Europeans ‘trampled on their commitments’
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. CNN — Iranian…