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Military aircraft will be equipped to help tackle wildfires, the UK government has announced, after a summer of "unrelenting" blazes and sustained hot conditions.

The UK Prime Minister has announced that military helicopters and planes will be equipped to help fight the growing threat of wildfires in the country. Read More: https://punchng.com/uk-pm-announces-military-aircraft-to-help-fight-future-wildfires/

The prime minister is hosting the UK's first wildfire summit to prepare for future blazes after a record summer 2026.

Emissions on both sides of the island are unusually high as human-set fires spread in a landscape parched by drought.

Musk in September donated $158 million to a Republican Super PAC, which sent that cash to a PAC backing GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton, Talarico's opponent.

With a strong El Niño summer looming, modelling reveals fire seasons are 21 per cent longer than they were 50 years ago, cause $6b in damage a year, and 5.6 million homes are at risk.

Bushfires will cost the economy an average of $6 billion a year over the next 30 years, nearly triple previous estimates, a national study warns.

After seven full seasons in College Park, Locksley is out, but the Terps have some notable pieces to build around.

Mike Locksley, who was 39-54 in eight seasons as football coach at Maryland, has been dismissed amid the Terrapins' 12-game Big Ten losing streak.

The decision to proceed with the Jackdaw gas field will make the UK complicit in pushing up greenhouse gas emissions and give other countries an excuse to do likewise, says Bill McGuire

The haze sent air pollution levels surging to dangerous levels not only in Indonesia, but also in Malaysia, Singapore and Timor-Leste, prompting the ASEAN regional bloc to call a meeting over the crisis.

A man has died after an early-morning fire in Richmond Hill that began with multiple vehicle fires before spreading to two semi-detached homes, officials said Wednesday. Emergency crews were called to Crosby Avenue between Newkirk Road and Bayview Avenue at approximately 3 a.m. after reports of a structure fire. Speaking at a morning briefing, Richmond […]

Exceeding a key global climate target is now "imminent and unavoidable", United Nations (UN) scientists have warned.

Weeks of haze have left thousands unwell in Indonesia.

The toxic exposures didn’t begin with the flames. Researchers are examining how fires impacted a community already harmed by plantation agriculture, development, and colonialism.

The race for state insurance commissioner hinges on a pivotal question: can the private market help us adapt to climate disasters?

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired from an area around the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.