WMO urges drastic action as global average temperature set to rise again
The global average temperature is set to rise to at least 1.2 to 1.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels over the next five years, a...
Nimble tech firms must adapt as promised self-driving revolution hits speed bumps
When Silicon Valley startup Phantom Auto was formed in 2017, it was one of many software suppliers hitching their fortunes to self-driving cars, confident that...
Hundreds of thousands stranded after British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses
Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers were stranded on Monday by the collapse of the world’s oldest travel firm Thomas Cook , sparking the largest peacetime...
‘We very well may have crossed the Rubicon’: Schiff says impeachment may be necessary – The Washington Post
‘We very well may have crossed the Rubicon’: Schiff says impeachment may be necessary The Washington Post Deadline set for Trump administration to hand over whistleblower...
From tree to chair without the carpentry: UK couple grows furniture
On a two-acre field in England’s Midlands, Gavin and Alice Munro are taking sustainability to the next level: they harvest trees which they train to...
Salgado’s Amazonia photos beamed on Assisi basilica to warn of threat
Hundreds of people braved driving rain on Sunday night to see pictures of Amazonia by famed Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado beamed onto the Basilica of...
Egyptian authorities round up hundreds after rare protests
Egyptian authorities have detained at least 373 people as they try to quash rare protests, rights monitors said on Monday, as Egyptian bonds fell and...
Spanish police arrest nine Catalan separatists for allegedly planning violence
Spanish police arrested nine activists on Monday linked to Catalonia’s pro-independence movement who may have been preparing violent actions, seizing material authorities believe could be...
Spain prosecutor says arrested in Catalonia face charges of rebellion, terrorism
Spanish prosecutors said on Monday that pro-independence activists arrested in Catalonia were in the midst of “advanced” preparations and have been charged with “rebellion, terrorism...
Novo Nordisk targets bigger slice of diabetes market with new tablet
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is aiming for a big slice of the multibillion-dollar diabetes market with a new pill, approved by U.S. authorities on Friday,...