The record "is another clear signal of an ocean under growing stress", according to Dr Samantha Burgess from the European Copernicus climate change service.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It took a World Cup to transform a remote cluster of islands that’s home to more sheep than people into a cultural juggernaut. A decision by Argentina’s players to unfurl a banner about the disputed Falkland Islands after defeating England in the World Cup semifinals carried a historical cause onto the T-shirts,

Fast-forward: Today, Earth is being heated by massive amounts of greenhouse gases being pumped into the atmosphere, leading to a gradual rise in average global temperature. That increase, 1.44 degrees Celsius (2.59 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer in 2025 compared to the early 1800s, leads to more frequent, and more intense, extreme weather events.

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Judges hearing an appeal by a woman serving life for murdering three people and the attempted murder of a fourth were told she did not get a fair trial. U.S., South Korea scale back joint military drills after Trump order SEOUL, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- South Korea and the United States will significantly scale down their ongoing Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military exercise, Seoul said Wednesday, following an order by U.S. President Donald Trump. Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The United States sanctioned two senior officials of the International Criminal Court, as the Trump administration cracks down on the global tribunal. France to expel 2 Iranian diplomats in retaliation for Tehran arrests Aug. 18 (UPI) -- France will expel two Iranian diplomats in response to an incident in which two French diplomats were arrested in Tehran, officials said Tuesday. Mechanical issue suspected in helicopter crash that killed 3 Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A helicopter crash that killed a recently married couple from Britain and a pilot on a Greek island may have been caused by a mechanical fault. Shakira, Warren Buffett's son join Colombia school rebuilding effort Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Colombian singer Shakira and philanthropist Howard Graham Buffett, son of U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, are working to rebuild schools in Colombia. Bad Bunny and his beagle Sansa star in Vogue's 'Dogue' cover Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Bad Bunny and his 4-year-old beagle, Sansa Martínez Berlingeri, are featured in the latest edition of Dogue, Vogue's special series dedicated to dogs. Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella said rebuilding areas devastated by recent magnitude 7.4 earthquake will cost more than $9.5 billion. BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Lebanese increasingly want an end to hostilities with Israel, but they remain divided -- as they often are -- over how that can be achieved. Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Russia launched a deadly missile strike on a rural community in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv province as Ukraine continued to target Russia with drones. Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Russia warned Britaib that there will be "consequences" following reports that Ukraine has struck within Russian territory with Britain-made drones. School shooting in southern Philippines leaves 2 students dead Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Two students, including the suspected shooter, are dead following a shooting Tuesday at a junior high school in southern Philippines, officials said. Kushner, Netanyahu meet to discuss disarmament of Hamas, Gaza Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jared Kushner met in Jerusalem on Monday to discuss plans for disarmament and reconstruction in Gaza. 78% of Argentine households earn below national average Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Nearly 8 in 10 Argentine households earn less than the national average, helping explain why consumer spending remains weak. Aug. 17 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Andy Burnham communicated with a person posing at U.S. President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles. Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Russia accused the intelligence services of a Western country of aiming to portray Moscow as an illegal weapons supplier in Latin America.

The perils facing the world’s breadbaskets come at a time when an El Niño, a naturally recurring weather pattern, is raising the risks of extreme weather for farmers in many parts of the world, including in countries like Ethiopia and Guatemala, where millions of small farmers subsist on what they grow on their own land.

A United Nations report shows another decline in food insecurity. Here’s a bit of news worth celebrating: Despite multiple violent conflicts around the globe, and stubborn inflation, 2025 was the third year in a row in which global hunger fell.