Pension funds and insurers pledge climate action at U.N. summit
Insurers and pension funds managing $2.3 trillion pledged on Monday to shift their portfolios away from carbon-heavy industries in the hope of triggering snowballing climate...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Kenya classroom collapse kills seven children, injures 64
Seven children were killed and 64 injured when a classroom collapsed as students were starting their morning lessons at a school in Kenya’s capital Nairobi...
China’s Xi says disputes in Gulf should be resolved peacefully
Disputes in the Gulf should be resolved peacefully via talks, and all sides should remain calm and exercise restraint, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Iraq’s...