Ruth Sherlock is an International Correspondent with National Public Radio. She's based in Beirut and reports on Syria and other countries around the Middle East. She was previously the United States Editor for the Daily Telegraph, covering the 2016 US election. Before moving to the US in the spring of 2015, she was the Telegraph's Middle East correspondent.
Kīlauea erupted for six hours on Wednesday. Officials say lava fountains reached 1,300 feet, or 400 meters, before petering out. That is taller than New York's Empire State Building.
A team of scientists has returned from a 54-day voyage on an Australian research vessel. They explored the impacts of the devastating 2022 eruption of Tonga's underwater volcano. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.