France counts 74 drowning deaths since June 18 amid record-breaking heatwave

Much of western Europe has been baking under a 'heat dome' this week, and the extreme conditions have come than is usual this summer.

Vanilla Ice fires back at critics over Great American State Fair gig, insists event is ‘made to be uniting’

Vanilla Ice says performing at the Freedom 250 celebration on the National Mall is about unity and honoring the military, not politics or controversy.

Hungary holds first post-Orban Budapest Pride march

Tens of thousands packed Budapest's streets despite scorching heat. Former right-wing leader Viktor Orban tried to ban the march last year as part of a wider LGBTQ+ crackdown.

First Budapest Pride since Orbán ousted from office

"A new era has begun" is how some Hungarians are describing this year's Pride march, following 16 years of Viktor Orbán's government, during which the event was consistently restricted. France 24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg is in Budapest, where thousands are taking part in the parade despite scorching temperatures. The position of the newly elected Prime Minister, Péter Magyar, on LGBTQ+ rights remains ambiguous. He avoided the issue during the election campaign and is not attending today's...

By FRANCE24

Tens of thousands brave record heatwave to celebrate Budapest Pride after Viktor Orbán’s ousting

Viktor Orban tried to ban the march as part of his wider policies targeting LGBTQ+ rights

By Gergely Szakacs and Fedja Grulovic

Vanilla Ice’s Freedom 250 Concert in D.C. Canceled Due to ‘Inclement Weather’ That Doesn’t Materialize

There was no measurable rain in Washington, D.C. Friday night, but even a threat of scattered showers was enough to melt Vanilla Ice’s planned performance on the National Lawn as part of the Freedom 250 events, as the free show was called off hours before it was set to occur due to “inclement weather.” Vanilla […]

By Chris Willman

Indian man in UK finds out his car had no AC, no space to install it: 45 degrees in Delhi is different because...

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By TOI World Desk

‘We’re here, organised, and not going anywhere’: thousands participate in Dublin Pride

‘Pride is not just visibility’ for LGBTQ+ community, ‘it’s solidarity and resistance,’ pre-parade gathering told

By Jade Wilson

France heatwave: Health Minister warns of 'higher than normal' deaths; Paris hospitals reach 'saturation point'

French authorities said on Thursday that hospitals in and around the capital Paris were reaching "saturation point."

Vanilla Ice’s Freedom 250 Concert Abruptly Canceled “Due To Inclement Weather”

Despite being one of only a few artists not to pull out of Freedom 250, the White House canceled Vanilla Ice’s set at the last minute. On Friday, the Trump-backed semiquincentennial event pulled the plug on the Grammy nominee’s performance, citing “inclement weather” in the Washington D.C. area for the abrupt cancellation. “Due to inclement […]

By Glenn Garner

Vanilla Ice’s Concert at Freedom 250 Canceled Due to Weather

"Ice Ice Baby" rapper, one of the last music artists standing at the ill-fated Great American State Fair, has gig canceled Friday after inclement weather hits Washington, D.C.

By Daniel Kreps

European heatwave continues to top records amid high alerts in the east

Tens of millions face a weekend of extreme temperatures in Europe as a deadly heatwave moves eastwards, with German forecasters warning that more records could be broken and eastern countries issuing a slew of red alerts for the coming days.

By RFI

‘Celebration is always necessary’: Tens of thousands take to the streets for annual Dublin Pride parade

By Ian Smith,Adrianna Wrona

Dublin celebrates Pride with parade, performances and packed city streets

A number of events and club nights are taking place across the city.

Cauayan City celebrates Pride Month with parade, fashion show

CAUAYAN CITY — Members of the LGBTQIA+ community took center stage in a colorful Pride Month celebration featuring a parade, drag performances, and a fashion show at a mall here on Friday, June 26. The event, which ran from afternoon until evening, highlighted the community’s advocacy for love, diversity, equality and self-expression through music, performances

By jbarrion

Government urged to act on LGBTQIA+ rights

The Pride March in the Philippines lives on after 30 years with the LGBTQIA+ community calling for the legislation of equality measures and the end of discrimination in the country.

By Josiah Antonio

European economies suffer from heatwave - The Daily Star

European economies suffer from heatwave  The Daily Star

Climate change ‘undoubtedly responsible’ for the severity of Western Europe’s heatwave, scientists say

The extreme heat would have been virtually impossible 50 years ago, according to a new study by the World Weather Attribution research group The post Climate change ‘undoubtedly responsible’ for the severity of Western Europe’s heatwave, scientists say appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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Heatwave breaks records in Germany, Denmark and Czech Republic

Europe has experienced another day of extreme heat with temperature records being broken across the continent again on Saturday.

By David Apinga