Even Western powers can&#39;t miss sweltering Heat
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In today&#39;s NBA, it&#39;s tough to gain respect playing in the Eastern Conference. It apparently doesn&#39;t matter that the defending champs loom there.
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BBC News website readers in the US and Europe have been describing the extreme heatwaves sweeping their regions.
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Human activity has raised the risk of more heatwaves like last year's, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Arts & entertainment: Guardian foreign correspondents explore the hottest night scenes in their adopted home cities.
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Lions licked blood-flavored ice blocks in the zoo, judges went wigless in court and guards at Buckingham Palace ducked into the shade. Britain faced the hottest day ever recorded in July on Wednesday as a heat wave swept much of Europe. Temperatures hit 96.6 degrees south of London &#151; so hot some road surfaces melted.
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Temperatures greatly above normal were recorded in places as varied as Australia and Scandinaviaâs Arctic islands, shattering a variety of longstanding records.
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At this time of year, Morocco resembles Los Angeles with its pleasant days and cool nights. But when it comes to filming, the country is hotter than ever.
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Divisions over how to fight global warming threatened Thursday to overshadow a summit meeting aimed at making the European Union the world leader in the battle against climate change.Comment
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MOSCOW I celebrated this July 4 at the rooftop bar of the opulent new Ritz-Carlton hotel here, taking in the breathtaking views of the gilded domes of the Kremlin, where Soviet leaders plotted their war against American economic and military power. Across a skyline drenched by the late-setting sun,...
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Governments from around the world yesterday narrowly succeeded in keeping the international bid to combat catastrophic global warming alive, in the face of determined attempts
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BELGRADE, Sep 20 (IPS) - As rain falls and autumn approaches, countries  across the Balkans are taking stock of the damage caused by one  of the hottest summers in recent times, with temperatures in the  40s since mid-June until the beginning of September.
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Expect this New Year to be really hot and sizzling.
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While human activity probably isn&#39;t directly responsible for the 2003 heat wave that caused thousands of deaths in Europe, British researchers say human influence on the
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While the rest of European soccer shuts down for a midwinter break, England turns up the heat. The big leagues of Italy, Spain and Germany take a breather so that players can heal injuries and
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It's shaping up to be one of the warmest years on record.
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SAITAMA, Japan -- The European champions are playing for a much bigger prize. The best the United States can hope for is yet another bronze medal.
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A heat wave sweeping central and southeastern Europe killed at least 13 people this week, with soaring temperatures sparking forest fires, damaging crops and prompting calls to ban horse-drawn tourist carriages.