Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon to make closest approach to Earth on October 21

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) will pass at its minimum distance from Earth - around 89 mln km - on October 21, according to the Solar Astronomy Laboratories of the Space Research Institute and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Mexico floods leave at least 27 dead and more missing

At least 27 people have died and others are missing, according to authorities, after floods in Mexico triggered landslides and swept away homes, vehicles and bridges.

Philippine earthquake death toll rises to 30

The death toll from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit the Philippines on Tuesday has risen to 30, while 37 people have been reported injured, ABS-CBN News reported.

At least 13 dead as typhoon Bualoi sweeps Vietnam

Typhoon Bualoi has killed at least 13 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes in the centre and north of Vietnam, state media reported.

Emissions from fires across Europe highest in 23 years

Blazes across Europe this summer, especially in the Iberian peninsula, caused the continent's largest recorded wildfire carbon emissions in nearly a quarter-century, the EU climate monitor Copernicus has said.

Strong earthquake strikes Evia island, felt in Athens

An earthquake rattled Athens on Tuesday morning with no reports of any damage or fatalities.