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Heat Advisory Today: Experts Warn DC’s Historic Fireworks Could Briefly Push Air Pollution to Beijing-Like Levels Air Pollution

Heat Advisory Today: Experts Warn DC’s Historic Fireworks Could Briefly Push Air Pollution to Beijing-Like Levels

Washington's July Fourth fireworks are set against an extreme heat warning, and experts say the show could briefly drive air pollution around the National Mall to levels comparable with Beijing in a bad spell. The warning matters because the city is already dealing with dangerous heat, cancelled events and an…
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July 4, 2026
‘The Whole City Is Going to Hear It’: Donald Trump Reportedly Risks Jail Time Over ‘Illegal’ Midnight Fireworks Donald Trump

‘The Whole City Is Going to Hear It’: Donald Trump Reportedly Risks Jail Time Over ‘Illegal’ Midnight Fireworks

Donald Trump's planned Fourth of July fireworks display is being promoted as one of the largest in U.S. history, but its scale and late-night schedule have also prompted questions over whether it could conflict with Washington, D.C.'s overnight noise regulations. The display forms part of the wider America250 celebrations marking…
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July 4, 2026
‘Two hearts with one soul’: PM Shehbaz says Pak-Turkiye economic partnership ‘entering a new phase’ Tayyip Erdogan

‘Two hearts with one soul’: PM Shehbaz says Pak-Turkiye economic partnership ‘entering a new phase’

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday, reiterating the close bond between Pakistan and Turkiye, said the two nations were “two hearts with one soul”, while emphasising that the bilateral economic partnership was “entering a new phase”. He made the remarks during a joint press conference in Istanbul with President Recep…
bubmag
July 4, 2026
After spending more than a decade in early access, robotic survival game Scrap Mechanic enters 1.0 later this month Moravec‘s Paradox

After spending more than a decade in early access, robotic survival game Scrap Mechanic enters 1.0 later this month

Putting the pieces together Image credit: Axolot Games You ever just blink and 10 years of your life have gone by just like that? I wonder if that's how the developers behind Scrap Mechanic feel, given that the survival sandbox game about building fancy machines out of whatever you can…
bubmag
July 4, 2026