Heat records are being shattered all over the world, and scientists say there is a good chance 2023 will go down as the hottest year on record, besting measurements going back to the middle of the 19th century.
A badger-like mammal died while chomping into the ribs of a live horned dinosaur more than 100 million years ago. The pair were perfectly preserved, still locked in combat, in "China's dinosaur Pompeii," researchers report.
Authorities were investigating on Tuesday whether a cylindrical object about the size of a small car that washed up on a remote Australian beach is space junk from a foreign rocket.
Russia struck Ukraine's port of Odesa with missiles and drones on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a United Nations-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Ukrainian officials said Moscow was attempting to go back on the offensive in the east.
Australia's Victoria state has withdrawn as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games because of a massive increase in the projected cost of staging the multi-sports event.
