A provisional reading of 36.9 degrees Celsius at Wattisham in Suffolk broke the previous UK June record set just 24 hours earlier.
Year: 2026
European Heatwave Kills Estimated 50 People in France Mostly by Drowning as Citizens Seek Relief
French authorities reported 48 drowning deaths and two children killed in overheated cars as the worst June heatwave in European history intensified.
Earth May Have Been Seeding Venus With Microbial Life for Billions of Years Via Asteroid Impacts
Researchers modelled how rock-launching asteroid impacts on Earth could propel microbes into space with some potentially surviving transit to Venus’s clouds.
Great White Shark Captured Off Spain Provides Evidence of Surviving Mediterranean Ghost Population
A juvenile great white caught in Spanish waters confirmed that the long-feared extinct Mediterranean great white shark population still exists.
Scientists Discover Ballista Spider That Builds Spring-Powered Silk Trap to Launch Ants to Their Deaths
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Viral Claim That Shubman Gill Played in India vs Ireland T20 Contradicted by Team Announcement
Fact-checkers found Gill was not named in the playing XI for the first T20I in Belfast with Shreyas Iyer leading the team as confirmed by ESPNcricinfo.
South Korean YouTuber Not Groped in India While Dressed as Pregnant Woman Confirms Alt News
Alt News India confirmed that a viral story about a foreign content creator being harassed while in pregnancy costume was not supported by video or police records.
Viral Video of Woman Emptying Bin on NYC Street Verified as Real Incident Not Staged
Fact-checkers confirmed footage of a woman dumping a blue-and-orange trash can on a New York City street was authentic and not a scripted prank.
PolitiFact Verifies Trump Administration Has Not Cut Illegal Drug Flow by 97% as Repeatedly Claimed
Data analysts found that the 97% reduction claim was not supported by border seizure statistics or independent trafficking assessments.