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The US Women’s Hockey Team Got to Go to Vegas. The Men’s Were Given McDonald’s By the Misogynist Orange Man

Imagine winning the first Olympic gold medal for your country after four decades of drought. You’re invited to the White House, expecting to feast with the president of the United States. Instead, you’re served McDonald’s.

The Mary Sue

How Drought-Resistant Gardens Are Changing Urban Landscapes

Many urban areas in the UK are adapting their green spaces as climate patterns bring more water restrictions and hotter summers.

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Extreme weather is transforming the world’s rivers. We need new ways to protect them

In the summer of 2022, extreme heat and unprecedented drought drove parts of the world’s third largest river, the Yangtze, to dry up.

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Around 7 million people in Somalia face severe hunger amid drought, conflict and aid cuts

The UN further estimates that 1.84 million children under the age of five are expected to suffer acute malnutrition this year

The Independent UK

Killer beetles in the baobabs: researcher warns of risk to African trees

Baobabs aren’t supposed to fall. They can live for up to 2,500 years. Famous for their resilience, these huge trees have stood tall across Africa, weathering droughts and winds that flatten everything else.

The Conversation

Declan Rice Has Bleak Warning for Arsenal As Trophy Credentials Put to the Test

The Gunners are trying to break a 22-year Premier League title drought and could still win a quadruple.

Sports Illustrated

UN warns! The world is entering ‘water bankruptcy’ and billions could be in serious danger

A new report from the United Nations warns that humanity has entered an era researchers call “water bankruptcy.” In many regions, rivers and rainfall can no longer meet demand. Countries are increasingly tapping into groundwater reserves that took centuries or even millennia to form. Once depleted, these sources might never…

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind review – Malawian boy’s amazing famine-beating creation inspires a rousing musical

After a book, a film and a Ted Talk, William Kamkwamba’s heroically inventive response to floods, drought and starvation is now delivered with energetic songs and dancing

The Guardian - UK

Photos show women's figure skating final as Alysa Liu wins Olympic gold for US

Alysa Liu won Olympic gold for the U.S. in women’s figure skating, ending a 24-year drought. Liu delivered a near-flawless free skate at the Milan Cortina Games to beat out Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai of Japan.

The Independent UK

Alysa Liu Wins Gold Individual Medal in Flawless Fashion in Women’s Figure Skating

The American ends a 20-year drought of no U.S. women medaling in the individual event at the Olympics.

Sports Illustrated

Dramatic changes in upper atmosphere are responsible for recent droughts and bushfires: new research

Over the past decade, southern Australia has suffered numerous extreme weather and climate events, such as record-breaking heatwaves, bushfires, two major droughts and even flash flooding.

The Conversation

Avalanche risks remain high in California after deaths of skiers

Forecasters predict more snow in Sierra Nevada mountains as climate crisis increases threat of dangerous conditions

The Guardian - US

Snow drought helped set the stage for deadly California avalanche, leading to unstable conditions

Experts say a weekslong “snow drought” in Norther California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened

The Independent UK

Shiffrin ends her Olympic medal drought by winning slalom gold, in Photos

Mikaela Shiffrin ended her Olympic medal drought Wednesday when the American skiing standout put in two dominant runs to win the women’s slalom at the Milan Cortina Games.

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Mikaela Shiffrin Breaks Olympic Medal Drought With Slalom Gold

It's the long-awaited third gold medal for American star.

The Guardian - US

From cursing curlers to comeback: is Canada on the turnaround after slow Olympic start?

The Canadians began the Milano Cortina Games with a cheating scandal and a gold drought. In the second week of action, it’s woe Canada no more

AAP

Climate 'coming for our coffee' without farm adaptation

The world's "bean belt" is under pressure from extreme heat, drought and pests that are threatening to keep pushing coffee prices higher.

The Guardian - US

Japanese teenager Ami Nakai overshadows USA’s Blade Angels in women’s figure skating opener

Japan’s skaters stole the spotlight as the Americans largely struggled in their attempts to end a two-decade medal drought

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Collin Morikawa Explains How Stolen Putter Helped End Winless Drought at Pebble Beach

The two-time major champion took the putter of a fellow PGA Tour pro’s brother and caddie—and won’t be giving it back anytime soon.

The Conversation

Why coping with heavy rain in Scotland’s whisky country shows how to save water for the summer

After weeks of relentless rain and flooding, and even more forecast, 2025’s droughts and hosepipe bans feel like ancient history. But they shouldn’t.

The Guardian - UK

Cyprus appeals to residents to cut water use by two minutes a day amid drought

Island’s reservoirs hit record lows even before tourist season starts as Cypriots are warned ‘every drop counts’

The Independent UK

Collin Morikawa holds off Scottie Scheffler to end title drought at Pebble Beach Pro-Am

In a wild final round of wind and lead changes, Morikawa had the right response for Scheffler's bold charge

Sports Illustrated

Collin Morikawa Ends Winless Drought on Blustery Sunday at Pebble Beach

The two-time major champion withstood a packed leaderboard and blustery conditions for his first victory in 848 days at the PGA Tour’s first signature event of 2026.

AAP

Help on way as farmers grapple with sweeping drought

Financial support and extra pest control are on the way for farmers in one state as severe rainfall shortages create tough conditions.

The Independent UK

States reliant on Colorado River fail to meet the latest deadline to find consensus

The seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River have missed a deadline for the second time to agree on a plan addressing record drought and water shortages

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