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Where The World Is Burning In 2026 As of August 1, 2026, wildfires and landscape fires have burned 112.3 million hectares of land across the globe, an area roughly the size of South Africa. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Sofie Gilbert, uses data from the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) via Our World in Data to show where that burning is concentrated in 2026 as of August 1. The data includes prescribed burns, agricultural burns, and uncontrolled wildfires. Africa Is the Epicenter of Global Fire Activity More than half of the world’s burned land so far...

FBI Warns That Fake FIFA Website Being Used to Steal Personal Information Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The FBI on June 16 advised people to be wary of fraudulent websites that try to mimic World Cup or FIFA sites, as the agency warned that such websites have been used to steal personal information and sell counterfeit tickets. In a public service announcement, the FBI stated that scammers and fraudsters have launched spoofing attempts designed to mimic FIFA’s official website as the World Cup games hosted in North America continue. “Threat...

Heavy Russian Attacks Reach Far West In Ukraine - Missile Slams Into Poland Another alleged Russian projectile has breached NATO airspace, which resulted in Polish warplanes being scrambled as they prepared to shoot it down. However, what's been declared a probable Russian ballistic missile crashed to the ground in an uninhabited field in eastern Poland, leaving a huge crater and scattered debris in its wake. Some European outlets have more simply called it an 'unidentified object'. 10-meter wide crater at impact site, via The Telegraph Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday addressed...