Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Continued

World

Heat wave destroys North Hwanghae’s power grid, even at statues

A prolonged heat wave overwhelmed North Hwanghae province’s aging power infrastructure this month, triggering a province-wide blackout in North Korea that even cut electricity to statues and monuments…

  • Heat wave hits North Hwanghae province in August 2026
  • Power grid fails, causing province-wide blackout
  • Statues lose electricity during unprecedented outage

World

North Korea answers US olive branch with missile launch

North Korea has fired several short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul’s military said on Thursday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Pyongyang’s Kim Jong-un this year. The latest launches from the nuclear-armed North come as South Korea and the United States hold a shorter edition of their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield…

World

Maradona’s doctors missed renal red flag

Late Argentina football legend Diego Maradona’s failing kidneys should have been a red flag for his doctors, a specialist has told the trial over the player’s death. Maradona, who died aged 60 while convalescing after surgery for a brain clot, suffered from “chronic kidney disease,” nephrologist Hernan Trimarchi told a court near Buenos…

Continue reading →