A meeting of finance chiefs of the Group of 20 leading economies ended on Saturday without a consensus, with Russia and China objecting to the description of the war in Ukraine in a final document. The meeting hosted by India issued the G-20 Chair’s summary and an outcome document stating that there was no agreement on the wording of the war in Ukraine.
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Rescuers in India’s Kerala search for survivors
Rescue operations are ongoing in India’s southern Kerala state on Wednesday after heavy monsoon rains triggered deadly landslides that swept through homes and stranded hundreds of people. Authorities said that the death toll has surpassed 150, many of whom drowned and the number of casualties was expected to rise after at least two landslides hit the state’s northeastern Wayanad district in the early hours of Tuesday.
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Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to over 100
The magnitude of devastation wrought by Helene intensifies by the hour as search crews discover more bodies and floodwaters slowly recede – revealing more neighborhoods obliterated by the storm. The death toll across six states soared to 128 Monday, days after Helene made landfall in Florida as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane.
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July hit a crucial warming threshold
The world got its first preview last month of what summer will be like at 1.5 degrees of global warming, a threshold that scientists warn the planet should stay under, yet one that it has flown increasingly close to in recent years. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported Tuesday that the average global temperature in July, the hottest month on record by far, was around 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the pre-industrial era that ended in the mid-to-late 1800s.
