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![What is causing record floods and heatwaves in China?](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/f8/8e/a7/What-is-causing-record-floods-and-h-561365_small.jpg)
What is causing record floods and heatwaves in Chi...
Record floods in southern China this month displaced more than half a million people, while searing heat buckled roads in other pa...
![Friends at first sniff: People drawn to others who smell like them](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/1e/b5/c7/Friends-at-first-sniff--People-draw-139011_small.jpg)
Friends at first sniff: People drawn to others who...
It's often said that people who click right away share "chemistry."
![World's largest bacteria discovered in Guadeloupe](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/3f/21/4d/World-s-largest-bacteria-discovered-012012_small.jpg)
World's largest bacteria discovered in Guadeloupe
You can see it with the naked eye and pick it up with a pair of tweezers -- not bad for a single bacteria.
![US orders all Juul vaping products off the market](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/54/83/29/US-orders-all-Juul-vaping-products--446995_small.jpg)
US orders all Juul vaping products off the market
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it was ordering all vaping products produced by Juul Labs off the market afte...
![As Russia cuts gas, coal makes a comeback in Europe](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a1/dd/01/As-Russia-cuts-gas--coal-makes-a-co-503481_small.jpg)
As Russia cuts gas, coal makes a comeback in Europ...
Russia's gas cuts to Europe have prompted a clutch of countries to revert to burning coal, raising concerns as the EU seeks to bec...
![Greece's fire-ravaged Evia will take decades to heal](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/cc/94/5c/Greece-s-fire-ravaged-Evia-will-tak-646565_small.jpg)
Greece's fire-ravaged Evia will take decades to he...
Nearly a year after Greece's second-largest island of Evia was devastated by some of the worst wildfires in the country's history,...
![French co-discoverer of 'Lucy' dies at 87](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/36/f8/a4/French-co-discoverer-of--Lucy--dies-951581_small.jpg)
French co-discoverer of 'Lucy' dies at 87
French palaeontologist Yves Coppens, credited with the co-discovery of the famous fossil find known as "Lucy", died on Wednesday a...
![Warming climate upends Arctic mining town](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a6/e5/65/Warming-climate-upends-Arctic-minin-356561_small.jpg)
Warming climate upends Arctic mining town
Tor Selnes owes his life to a lamp. He miraculously survived a fatal avalanche that shed light on the vulnerability of Svalbard, a...
![NASA Moon rocket test met 90% of objectives](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/14/58/06/NASA-Moon-rocket-test-met-90--of-ob-266162_small.jpg)
NASA Moon rocket test met 90% of objectives
NASA's fourth attempt to complete a critical test of its Moon rocket achieved around 90 percent of its goals, but there's still no...
![South Korea space rocket launch puts satellites in orbit](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/64/bd/d9/South-Korea-space-rocket-launch-put-599401_small.jpg)
South Korea space rocket launch puts satellites in...
South Korea said Tuesday it had successfully launched its homegrown space rocket and placed a payload into orbit in a "giant leap"...
![South Korea launches domestically-developed space rocket](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/28/c4/77/South-Korea-launches-domestically-d-558725_small.jpg)
South Korea launches domestically-developed space...
South Korea launched its first domestically-developed space rocket on Tuesday, the government said, the country's second attempt a...
![For Iraqis a sweltering summer of 'hell' has begun](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/29/8f/64/For-Iraqis-a-sweltering-summer-of---760716_small.jpg)
For Iraqis a sweltering summer of 'hell' has begun
Umm Mohammed, 74, waves a fan back and forth to cool down, but in the blistering heat of Iraq's southern city of Basra there is no...
![Africa needs $25 bn a year for full electricity access: IEA](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/25/24/e6/Africa-needs--25-bn-a-year-for-full-663359_small.jpg)
Africa needs $25 bn a year for full electricity ac...
The number of Africans with access to electricity fell during the Covid pandemic, but $25 billion in annual investments could brin...
![Belgium returns Lumumba tooth to family](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/68/84/24/Belgium-returns-Lumumba-tooth-to-fa-222126_small.jpg)
Belgium returns Lumumba tooth to family
Belgium on Monday handed over the last remains of slain Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba -- a tooth -- to his family, turning a pa...
![Europe braces for blistering June weekend heat](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/e8/29/9f/Europe-braces-for-blistering-June-w-150445_small.jpg)
Europe braces for blistering June weekend heat
France, Spain and other western European nations braced on Saturday for a sweltering June weekend that is set to break records and...
![In a parched land, Iraqi gazelles dying of hunger](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/2d/39/9b/In-a-parched-land--Iraqi-gazelles-d-152255_small.jpg)
In a parched land, Iraqi gazelles dying of hunger
Gazelles at an Iraqi wildlife reserve are dropping dead from hunger, making them the latest victims in a country where climate cha...
![Seaweed and 3D printers: Chile's innovative approach to feeding kids](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5c/32/bc/Seaweed-and-3D-printers--Chile-s-in-751507_small.jpg)
Seaweed and 3D printers: Chile's innovative approa...
Some dehydrated "cochayuyo" seaweed, some instant mashed potatoes and hot water: these are the ingredients for a nutritious menu o...
![Problems soar for airlines despite pandemic recovery](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/96/e9/46/Problems-soar-for-airlines-despite--345537_small.jpg)
Problems soar for airlines despite pandemic recove...
Desperate to put the coronavirus pandemic behind them, airlines will hold talks on Sunday ahead of a potential summer of chaos wit...
![Developing countries left 'disappointed' at climate talks](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/8b/d0/24/Developing-countries-left--disappoi-545544_small.jpg)
Developing countries left 'disappointed' at climat...
Developing countries voiced "disappointment" as climate talks in Germany ended Thursday with frustrations flaring over a lack of m...
![Record early heatwave sweeps France as fires flare in Spain](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/7f/76/04/Record-early-heatwave-sweeps-France-662165_small.jpg)
Record early heatwave sweeps France as fires flare...
French officials urged caution Thursday as a record pre-summer heatwave spread across the country from Spain, where authorities we...
![Australia submits more ambitious 2030 emissions target to UN](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/f2/bf/e8/Australia-submits-more-ambitious-20-758844_small.jpg)
Australia submits more ambitious 2030 emissions ta...
Australia's new centre-left government submitted more ambitious emissions targets to the United Nations Thursday, seeking to end a...
![RIP Explorer: Microsoft's web browser retired](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a9/d3/c8/RIP-Explorer--Microsoft-s-web-brows-121212_small.jpg)
RIP Explorer: Microsoft's web browser retired
Internet Explorer, Microsoft's once dominant web browser that some users love to hate, was retired Wednesday after 27 years on the...
![Spanish airline to fly UK-made helium airships](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a6/28/b2/Spanish-airline-to-fly-UK-made-heli-863565_small.jpg)
Spanish airline to fly UK-made helium airships
Spain's Air Nostrum has become the first airline to reserve 100-seat helium airships that emit just one tenth of harmful emissions...
![English bulldogs 'suffering', twice at risk of health issues](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/71/2a/82/English-bulldogs--suffering---twice-765228_small.jpg)
English bulldogs 'suffering', twice at risk of hea...
English bulldogs are twice as likely to get common health problems than other dogs, new research published Wednesday found, as vet...
![Echoes of WWI in Ukraine war's artillery duels and trenches](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/d3/76/23/Echoes-of-WWI-in-Ukraine-war-s-arti-181721_small.jpg)
Echoes of WWI in Ukraine war's artillery duels and...
Looking at the shell-blasted, trench-marked landscapes of the front lines in Russia's invasion of Ukraine from above, it's easy to...
![France vows cash for urban vegetation as heatwave hits](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/b5/4f/66/France-vows-cash-for-urban-vegetati-042014_small.jpg)
France vows cash for urban vegetation as heatwave...
The French government announced 500 million euros on Tuesday to encourage urban vegetation projects to tackle high temperatures in...
![15 dead, half million impacted by heavy rains in Guatemala](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/ee/25/5e/15-dead--half-million-impacted-by-h-616345_small.jpg)
15 dead, half million impacted by heavy rains in G...
At least 15 people have died in a dozen mudslides caused by heavy rains that have fallen since early May in Guatemala, where more...
![Over 14% of world has had Lyme disease: study](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/45/51/21/Over-14--of-world-has-had-Lyme-dise-156131_small.jpg)
Over 14% of world has had Lyme disease: study
More than 14 percent of the world's population has had Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness, according to a major revi...
![Wildfire tears through California forest as temperatures rocket](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a6/37/4d/Wildfire-tears-through-California-f-055065_small.jpg)
Wildfire tears through California forest as temper...
A wildfire was burning out of control Monday in forest outside Los Angeles after a weekend of record-breaking temperatures, and as...
![Heatwave grips Spain as France braces for soaring temperatures](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/9f/6e/63/Heatwave-grips-Spain-as-France-brac-691557_small.jpg)
Heatwave grips Spain as France braces for soaring...
Spain was on Monday in the grips of a heatwave expected to reach "extreme" levels with France set to follow suit as meteorologists...
![Iraq swept by tenth sandstorm in weeks](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5a/85/e2/Iraq-swept-by-tenth-sandstorm-in-we-333535_small.jpg)
Iraq swept by tenth sandstorm in weeks
Iraq temporarily closed Baghdad airport Monday as choking clouds of dust blanketed the capital, the latest crippling sandstorm in...
![Space probe reveals secrets of 'restless' Milky Way](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a2/59/68/Space-probe-reveals-secrets-of--res-561581_small.jpg)
Space probe reveals secrets of 'restless' Milky Wa...
The Gaia space probe on Monday unveiled its latest discoveries in its quest to map the Milky Way in unprecedented detail, surveyin...