Climate activists hold funeral for disappearing glacier
Hundreds of climate activists paid their respects to a Swiss glacier on Sunday that is due to disappear over the next decade, the victim of...
In Brexit boost, Britain’s Corbyn gets party support for his strategy
British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn won support for his Brexit strategy on Monday, fighting off a challenge by members who wanted him to immediately...
$12,000 chairs are grown straight from the ground in this ‘furniture farm’
Making wooden furniture normally involves chopping up trees, but this furniture farm in the British countryside grows chairs and tables straight from a single piece...
Harry Potter, rubber duck, stormtroopers fly off French Alps
A giant yellow duck, Harry Potter and a storm trooper were some of the brave pilots running off a cliff edge in the French Alps...
BOE’s Carney urges financial sector to transform management of climate risk
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Monday that the financial sector must transform its management of climate risk, warning that global warming would...
Trump says hopes India, Pakistan can come together on Kashmir
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he hoped India and Pakistan could come together to resolve their differences over Kashmir but Pakistani Prime Minister...
The Senegal jail teaching teenagers to use swords
Weekly fencing training is taking place at Thies jail as part of an experiment to reinsert young offenders into society....
Saudis project resolve, flash military might after Aramco attack
Thousands of Saudis flocked to public celebrations across the country on Monday to mark national day, which featured a rare military parade and an air...
France’s Cannes to ban polluting cruise ships
Mediterranean resort town Cannes, France’s fourth-biggest cruise ship port, will ban the most polluting cruise ships from next year in a bid to boost air...
Trump says he’s not taking talk of impeachment over Ukraine seriously
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday shrugged off talk about impeachment over reports that he had asked his Ukrainian counterpart to launch an investigation that...