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Residents of a city in Pakistan have endured an unprecedented heatwave for more than 50 days. Experts fear temperatures have reached highs that push the boundaries of human survivability in landlocked Jacobabad - one of the hottest places on Earth. It comes as the UK faces thunderstorms and torrential downpours tomorrow , bringing a halt to its own mini heat surge. However experts are also predicting a super summer of sunshine with claims of four heatwaves heading our way - but nothing like the levels in Jacobabad. Since March, the whole of the Sindh Province has seen consistent values of around 38C or over. In recent weeks, temperatures have hit a staggering 50C. The heatwave has gripped other parts of the country too, as well as India, affecting more than a billion people on the subcontinent. Patients suffering from heat stroke are treated at a hospital in Jacobabad ( Image: AFP via Getty Images) Field workers in Jacobabad are filling up the wards at … [Read more...] about Pakistan city endures 7 weeks of ‘inhuman’ heat as mercury tips 50C amid water shortages

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 PARIS (AP) — Emmanuel Macron may be weakened at home after parliamentary elections forced him into political maneuvering, but on the international stage the French president has the resources to remain one of the most influential world leaders. France’s foreign allies closely watched Sunday’s elections where Macron’s alliance won the most seats but lost its majority in the National Assembly, France’s most powerful house of parliament. The outcome has made the 44-year-old centrist’s life significantly harder at home, rendering the implementation of his agenda — such as pension changes and tax cuts — more difficult. Yet it is not expected to derail his international agenda in the immediate future. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, Macron has been at the epicenter of international diplomacy and, despite a historic shift in French politics and growing polarization, … [Read more...] about Troubled at home, France’s Macron remains a key world player

A Team USA Artistic swimmer who was dramatically rescued by her coach after fainting during the world aquatics championships in Budapest on Wednesday has spoken out about the harrowing experience. "I remember feeling like it was a really great performance," 25-year-old Anita Alvarez told NBC Nightly News in an exclusive interview following the Wednesday individual final, in which she finished seventh. "Like, my best one by far and not only just how I performed, but just that I was actually enjoying it and really living in the moment, too," he said. "So, because of that I feel really happy and really proud." Alvarez, who was joined by her coach, Andrea Fuentes, for the interview, said she gave "everything until the very end" of her performance. "And then I remember going down and just being like, kind of like, uh oh, like, I don't feel too great, and that's literally the last thing I remember, actually," she said. Alvarez, a two-time Olympian, said she had … [Read more...] about U.S. swimmer who fainted in pool during world championships says ‘everything went black’

Indian archers assured themselves of a second medal in the World Cup Stage 3 with ace duo of Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam sailing into the compound mixed team final here on Friday. A day after Deepika Kumari and Co. cruised into the final of recurve women’s team event to confirm their first medal of the meet, the compound mixed pair of Verma and Jyothi followed suit, defeating Estonia’s Robin Jaatma and Lisell Jaatma 156-151 in a lopsided semi-final. The Indian duo will face fifth seed France in the compound mixed team final on Saturday. Making a comeback after more than seven months, world number 3 Jyothi, who was sidelined in the Asian Games trial, is also in the hunt for an individual medal, having advanced into the semi-final. A day after Lisell gave Jyothi a tough fight in the individual quarterfinal, the Estonian along with her teammate Robin failed to create much pressure and slipped behind after the Indian pair had a perfect first round. Maintaining … [Read more...] about Archery World Cup Stage 3: Compound Mixed Pair Make Final, Confirm Second Medal for India

World Archery (WA) on Friday announced it has pushed for the inclusion of indoor compound events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, a move, if accepted, could be a “game changer” for India, hoped High Performance Director of the sport in the country. Currently, the Olympics only have recurve events in the sport. The high-scoring compound events which are played indoors as well as outdoors, are part of sports programmes of the Asian Games, European Games, Pan American Games, World Games and World University Games but not the Olympics. “The proposal from World Archery is for an additional indoor archery competition for men, women and mixed teams that would last approximately three days, shorter than the current nine-day Olympic schedule,” the WA stated. 21st Princess Cup 3rd AVC Women’s Challenge Cup: India Beat Singapore 3-0 in Volleyball Tourney “Competing over 18 metres and indoors, in comparison to the 70-metre outdoor recurve format, would clearly differentiate … [Read more...] about 2028 LA Olympics: World Archery Proposes Inclusion of Indoor Compound Events

Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj set ‘Best Indian time’ at the FINA short course World Championship but that was not enough to take him to the semifinals of the 50m backstroke event here on Saturday. The 20-year-old clocked 24.40s in the men’s 50m backstroke event to finish 26th in the overall heats. However, Nataraj, who competed at the Tokyo Games after becoming the second Indian swimmer after Sajan Prakash to breach the ‘A’ qualifying time for the Olympics, was unable to progress to the semifinals where the top 16 swimmers compete. This is Nataraj’s second ‘Best Indian time’ at the meet, the Bengaluru swimmer had bettered his own record in the 100m backstroke event on the opening day. The timings clocked and records in this meet, which is being contested in a 25m swimming pool, are different from the more traditional long course ones. A short course meet is contested in 25-metre pools, while the 50-metres pools are called long courses. In swimming, a timing is considered a … [Read more...] about Srihari Nataraj Registers Best Indian Performance in Swimming World Championships

World record-holder Lilly King clocked 1min 05.67sec to win the 100m breaststroke on Friday and complete a sweep at USA Swimming’s World Championship trials in North Carolina. King claimed a third individual berth for the World Championships in Budapest on June 18-July 3. Annie Lazor was second in 1:06.12 while Lydia Jacoby, who stunned King to claim Olympic gold in Tokyo last year, finished fourth to miss out on a Worlds berth. IPL 2022 – FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | PURPLE CAP | POINTS TABLE Freestyle superstar Katie Ledecky nabbed her third individual victory of the week, winning the 400m freestyle in 3:59.52. Ledecky, who won the 800m and 200m freestyles earlier in the meet, will be aiming to reclaim the 400m free world title she surrendered to Ariarne Titmus in 2019, a task that looks easier since the Australian star — who also beat Ledecky to Olympic 400m gold in Tokyo last year — indicated she will not compete in Budapest. In other … [Read more...] about Lilly King Completes Breaststroke Sweep at US World Meet Trials

On a night of redemption for American swimmers, Lilly King, Ryan Murphy and the men’s 4×200 freestyle team claimed three more gold medals for the United States at the world swimming championships on Thursday. King atoned for missing out on the podium in the 100 breaststroke by winning the 200 breaststroke final for the first time. “Any time I have a bad swim, I feel like I got a lot of haters out there. And just to be able to prove them wrong, gets me going,” King said. US Swimmer Anita Alvarez Rescued From Pool After Fainting at Hungary Swimming Worlds The 25-year-old finished strongly to clock 2:22.41 and beat Australia’s Jenna Strauch by 0.63. Kate Douglass claimed the bronze for the U.S. King previously won golds in the 50 and 100 breaststroke at the 2017 and 2019 worlds. “It’s really nice to be able to kind of complete the set and I guess I’m a decent swimmer now,” King joked of her 10 medals, nine of them gold, from a worlds. Only Caeleb Dressel, with 15, has claimed … [Read more...] about American Swimmers Claim 3 More Gold Medals at Hungary Swimming Worlds

Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh won the women’s 200-meter butterfly for her first title at the world swimming championships on Wednesday before 17-year-old Romanian David Popovici claimed his second. They still have some way to go to match Katie Ledecky, who claimed her 18th gold at the worlds by helping the United States win the women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay. The 25-year-old Ledecky now has 21 medals, extending her record for the most among female swimmers in the competition. Katie Ledecky Extends Record Medal Tally to 21 at Hungary Swimming Worlds Popovici won the men‘s 100 freestyle to add to the 200 freestyle he won on Monday. He is just the second man to achieve the double at the worlds, after American swimmer Jim Montgomery in 1973, and he’s the first Romanian swimmer to win two golds at the worlds. “The airport is going to be chaotic but I am ready for it,” Popovici said of his return to Bucharest. “For Romania, it means a lot and I love the feelings, even though … [Read more...] about Teenage Sensations David Popovici and Summer McIntosh Bag Gold at Hungary Swimming Worlds

More than 260 people have died in Nigeria as a result of the African country's recent meningitis outbreak—eight times more than the number of deaths caused by the disease in 2016. In a series of tweets, Nigeria's Center for Disease Control (NDC) said there were 1,828 suspected cases of meningitis reported so far in 2017. Across the country's 15 states, 269 Nigerians had died as of Monday compared to the 33 people killed by the disease back in 2016. Although there is a meningitis vaccine, Nigerian officials are concerned there could be a new strain of the disease being transmitted from neighboring countries and refugees who have flocked to Nigeria. The country's Minister of Health Isaac Adewole told BBC News that the potential foreign strain of meningitis that is affecting Nigerians could be resistant to the vaccine usually administered to prevent the spread of the disease; that may explain the relatively high number of fatalities from the virus this year. Meningitis, which … [Read more...] about Nigeria’s meningitis epidemic has killed eight times more people this year than last year