Egypt denounces Ethiopia for moving ahead with Nile dam amid water: shortage fears
Egypt denounced Ethiopia on Wednesday for moving forward with building and operating a hyropower dam on the Nile, which Cairo worries will threaten already scarce...
Explainer: How can Tunisia hold an election runoff with one candidate in jail?
Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has spent the entire election campaign in a prison cell but still managed to come second in the first round...
Victor the eagle’s bird’s eye view of Alps raises awareness of climate change
Victor, a nine-year-old white-tailed eagle, has been enlisted to raise awareness of climate change with spectacular images of him soaring over the peaks in his...
Battery makers win Nobel Chemistry Prize
Three scientists have won a Nobel Prize for their invention of rechargeable lithium iron batteries. Gracie Jerome reports....
Top-five BHP investor Aberdeen Standard piles on climate pressure ahead of AGM
One of BHP’s biggest shareholders Aberdeen Standard Investments on Wednesday added to pressure for the world’s leading miner to cut ties with lobby groups it...
U.N. report says U.S. air strikes on Afghan drug labs unlawful, hit civilians
U.S. air strikes on alleged Taliban drug labs in Afghanistan in May killed or wounded at least 39 civilians, including 14 children, and violated international...
South America forest fires could disrupt rainfall in region’s farm belt: experts
Forest fires that swept across Bolivia and Brazil this year could disrupt rainfall distribution across South America’s grains-and-beef producing regions in unpredictable ways for years...
Victor the eagle’s bird’s eye view of the Alps raises climate change awareness
Victor, a nine-year old white-tailed eagle, set off this week on a mission to raise awareness of climate change in the Alps, which have already...
South America forest fires could disrupt rainfall in region’s farm belt: scientist
Forest fires that swept across Bolivia and Brazil this year could disrupt rainfall distribution across South America’s grains-and-beef producing regions in unpredictable ways for years...
Putin urges Turkey’s Erdogan not to harm Syria peace process: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan by phone on Wednesday to avoid any steps in Syria that could damage its peace...