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The Sea Star 1, owned by the Tanzanian Zan Ferries, docked on Monday at the port in Pemba, Mozambique. The vessel has been used to evacuate around 1,400 people, mostly foreign gas workers, from fighting in Palma, Mozambique.

Islamist Insurgents Kill Dozens In Attack On Natural Gas Complex In Mozambique

Days of fighting in the northern port city of Palma have left dozens of civilians dead as security forces battled to turn back an assault by a suspected ISIS-linked insurgent group.

Fans spray air mixed with water vapor to cool down pedestrians on a Baghdad street on June 30, 2021, during a heat wave.

Why Baghdad will be one of the cities hardest hit by global warming

Iraq's capital city is already seeing record heat — up to 125 degrees Fahrenheit. A report predicts more 120-plus degree days to come. And the "urban heat island" effect will make things even worse.

Naomi Osaka Quits French Open

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to journalist Jon Wertheim about tennis star Naomi Osaka's decision to withdraw from the French Open after facing penalties and fines for her decision to boycott media.

Haylie McCleney #8 hugs Catherine Osterman #38 of Team United States after losing to Team Japan 2-0 in the Softball Gold Medal Game on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The U.S. Takes The Silver In Softball After Falling To Japan In Long-Awaited Rematch

Japan took gold on Tuesday after a 2-0 win over Team USA. The game marked a rematch for the two teams, who battled it out for the gold in Beijing in 2008 with similar results.

The work of French street artist Christian Guemy aka "C215" depicting members of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is painted on a facade near the magazine's offices at Rue Nicolas Appert in Paris, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the attack of the magazine that killed 12 people.

'Charlie Hebdo' To Reprint Muhammad Cartoons As Trial Linked To 2015 Attack Begins

The satirical weekly, whose Paris offices were stormed by Islamist extremists who killed several staff members, will reprint the controversial cartoons that apparently sparked the attack.

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry is interviewed by NPR's Lucian Kim on Thursday at Spaso House, the official Moscow residence of the U.S. ambassador to Russia.

The U.S. Climate Envoy Went To Moscow And Talked About More Than Climate

John Kerry, the former secretary of state and now President Biden's special envoy for climate, is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Moscow since Biden took office.

Electric vehicles at a charging station in San Mateo, Calif., last year. The governors of a dozen states, including California, have called on President Biden to order that all cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. after 2035 be zero emission vehicles.

Governors Urge Biden To Order 100% Zero-Emission Car Sales By 2035

In a letter to the president, 12 governors asked that the White House order a ban on greenhouse gas-emitting cars and light trucks within 14 years.

Protesters gathered in Paris on Saturday to oppose a requirement to use a health pass to enter businesses or use public transportation.

Thousands Protest Against France's Coronavirus Health Pass As Stricter Rules Loom

Thousands of protesters took to the streets across France for the fourth consecutive weekend against a requirement for a new health pass that will be needed to enter businesses or use public transit.

Firefighters battle a brush fire last week in Santa Barbara, Calif. Climate-driven droughts make large, destructive fires more likely around the world. Scientists warn that humans are on track to cause catastrophic global warming this century.

Earth Is Barreling Toward 1.5 Degrees Celsius Of Warming, Scientists Warn

Scientists say humans must keep global temperatures from increasing more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. The World Meteorological Organization warns that number is looming.

Volunteers fight a wildfire in northeastern Siberia on July 17th. Heat waves in the Russian Arctic and boreal forests have fueled intense, widespread blazes that can damage trees and release enormous amounts of stored carbon dioxide from forests and permafrost.

Climate Scientists Meet As Floods, Fires, Droughts And Heat Waves Batter Countries

Hundreds of scientists are meeting to finalize a landmark climate report. It's meant to guide the next decade of international climate policy, but it's unclear if politicians will act on it.

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