- Sunday, 7 September 2025
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Ultra runner breaks record of world’s oldest 100-mile race by almost 80 minutes
Ultramarathon runner Courtney Dauwalter crushed the women’s course record at the Western States 100-mile race in California, taking more than an hour off the previous best time. Dauwalter finished the Western States 100 – the world’s oldest 100-mile race – in 15 hours, 29 minutes and 34 seconds, almost 80 minutes faster than Ellie Greenwood’s record set in 2012. The race was first run in 1974.
Nearly half a million impacted by flooding in India’s northeast
Nearly half a million people in northeast India have been affected by severe flooding after heavy rains battered the region, turning roads into rivers and submerging entire villages.
31 dead after gas explosion at barbecue restaurant in China
At least 31 people are dead and seven injured in the Chinese city of Yinchuan, in the northwest Ningxia region, after a gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant Wednesday night, according to state media.
68 die in single district in northern India amid severe heatwave
Officials in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are investigating the deaths of at least 68 people in the district of Ballia between Thursday and Sunday as temperatures soar in northern and eastern parts of the country.
Himalayan glaciers could lose up to 80% of their ice by 2100 as temperatures rise, report warns
The world’s highest peaks are at risk of losing up to 80% of their volume by the end of the century with profound consequences for millions of people under worst-case climate scenarios, international scientists in Nepal warned in a new report.
More than 300 Pakistanis dead in Mediterranean boat disaster
More than 300 Pakistani nationals have been killed in the sinking of an overcrowded fishing trawler off the coast of Greece, the latest tragedy to expose the refugee crisis confronting the European Union as tens of thousands seek sanctuary from war, persecution and poverty.
At least 15 dead in Canada highway collision
According to local authorities, at least 15 people have died after a truck collided with a bus carrying senior citizens in a rural portion of Canada’s Manitoba province on Thursday afternoon.
Novak Djokovic wins record-breaking 23rd grand slam title, defeating Casper Ruud in French Open final
The great players leave records in their wake, depositing them like waves on a shoreline, leaving a high-water mark for others to reach towards or wash away. First, it was Roger Federer, then it was Rafael Nadal, and now it is Novak Djokovic who, with a 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 7-5 victory in the French Open final against Casper Ruud, set a new men’s record for the most grand slam titles with his 23rd win.
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Children found after 40 days in Amazon survived by eating ‘cassava flour’
Eating cassava flour helped save the lives of four children found alive in the Amazon jungle more than a month after their plane crashed, according to a Colombian military special forces official. The children ate “three kilograms (six pounds) of farina,” a coarse cassava flour commonly used by indigenous tribes in the Amazon region, said spokesperson Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez Suárez.
First mission to ‘touch’ the sun catches the solar wind
A solar mission that has been spiralling closer to the sun to unravel its secrets has flown near enough to our star’s surface to make a key discovery. Data from the Parker Solar Probe has uncovered the source of the solar wind, a stream of energized particles that flow from the corona, or the sun’s hot outer atmosphere, toward Earth.
Mysterious species buried their dead and carved symbols 100,000 years before humans
Researchers have uncovered evidence that members of a mysterious archaic human species buried their dead and carved symbols on cave walls long before the earliest evidence of burials by modern humans.
With no more Covid restrictions, Asia’s drug cartels are thriving, UN report warns
The synthetic drug trade in Asia is roaring to “extreme levels,” with crime groups establishing new trafficking routes to evade enforcement crackdowns and methamphetamine prices hitting fresh lows, according to a new report released Friday.
Elon Musk is once again the world’s richest man
Elon Musk has reclaimed his position as the world’s wealthiest person. That’s according to a Bloomberg Billionaires tally, which estimated the Tesla (TSLA) CEO’s net worth is now about $192 billion, compared to LVMH (LVMHF) CEO Bernard Arnault’s $187 billion.
World’s best airline for 2023
Its economy lie-flat seating concept is making waves. Now Air New Zealand is officially the airline of the year, at least according to Australia-based aviation safety and product rating agency AirlineRatings.com.
Death of 3 cheetah cubs in India deals blow to reintroduction efforts
Three cheetah cubs have died in India this week, dealing yet another setback to a historic effort by the government to reintroduce the species to the country after 70 years of extinction. The cubs were part of a litter of four born in late March to a cheetah named Siyaya, who was one of eight rehabilitated cheetahs brought from Namibia to India’s Kuno National Park, in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, in September last year.
