Across the world's largest cities, WRI estimates the longest heatwave each year could last 16.3 days on average under a 1.5°C scenario, but 24.5 days at 3°C
world13 hours ago
Iran executed three men on Tuesday who were convicted of raping women they had lured to a fake cosmetic surgery clinic and injected with anaesthetic drugs.
They were found guilty of conspiring in 12 cases of sexual assault in late 2021 in the southern province of Hormozgan, the judiciary's Mizan Online website reported.
The three men "who raped a number of women in an unauthorised beauty salon were hanged in Bandar Abbas prison this morning," Hormozgan's Chief Justice Mojtaba Ghahramani was quoted as saying.
One of the men, a medical assistant, had lured seven victims to the fake clinic with "false advertisements" for cosmetic procedures posted online, then injected them with an anaesthetic drug and raped them.
The other two convicts, both nurses, were hanged over five cases of rape, as well as charges relating to the theft of the drugs, the report said.
According to rights group Amnesty International, Iran executes more people than any other nation except China and hanged at least 582 people last year, the highest number since 2015.
Across the world's largest cities, WRI estimates the longest heatwave each year could last 16.3 days on average under a 1.5°C scenario, but 24.5 days at 3°C
world13 hours ago
The move aims at taming record immigration levels that pushed country's population past 41 million earlier this year
world13 hours ago
Wickremesinghe, Premadasa, and Dissanayake are the main contenders for the post
world14 hours ago
His visit to Cairo aimed to salvage stalled negotiations mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the United States to end the conflict
world1 day ago
Hundreds of pagers belonging to the armed group exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday, killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded up to 2,800 others
world1 day ago
Over a week ago, India had reported its first case in a man who had arrived from western Africa in Delhi
world1 day ago
Government faces challenge of accelerating IMF reforms
world1 day ago
Thailand reported three more deaths on Wednesday, taking the toll in the kingdom to 18, with a total of 537 fatalities now confirmed across the region
world1 day ago