In science fiction, futuristic soldiers are often shown wielding light emitting weapons. Flash Gordon used a ray gun, Captain Kirk carried a phaser, and Darth Vader brandished a light saber. But, today, the imagined future of science fiction is a reality. The United States is deploying a new […]
Firefighters continue to battle wildfires across southern Europe amid a deadly heatwave that has already killed five people. The deaths in Italy and Romania have been attributed to the extreme conditions since the heatwave, dubbed ‘Lucifer’, set in around the start of August. Meanwhile, fires have already destroyed about 5,000 […]
The gigantic multi-fire blaze burning in the Canadian city of Fort McMurray that has forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes was expected to continue its rapid growth, officials said Friday. “I do expect that there’s a high potential that this fire could double in size […]
Ukraine’s emergency services appealed for calm Wednesday as wildfires raged in the exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine that went into meltdown in 1986. “Levels of background radiation are normal … don’t panic! Everything is in order,” Ukrainian emergency services head Zoryan Shkiryak was cited […]
