Indonesia’s ragtag firefighters on frontline of Borneo’s forest blazes
From soon after sunrise, a group of volunteers gathers every day on Indonesia’s portion of Borneo island to throw themselves into the desperate fight against...
‘Save our future’: Striking students demand global climate action
Hundreds of thousands of students, office workers and other protesters took to the streets around the world on Friday to demand global leaders gathering for...
Drug and medical suppliers say urgently need Brexit freight plans
Makers and suppliers of life-saving drugs and medical devices say they have still not been told by British authorities how their goods will be handled...
Infection at Mali hospital turns babies into amputees
Several babies being treated at Mali’s top paediatrics ward had to undergo amputations after contracting an infection at the hospital. Doctors say they lack equipment...
Portable device for epileptic seizures to ‘promote independence’
An epileptic and a recent graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York has invented a portable first aid kit for people with epilepsy that...
Spain approves 774 million euro help package after floods, wildfires
The Spanish government on Friday approved a set of measures valued at 774 million euros ($850 million) to help the municipalities affected by deadly floods...
Exelon to close Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania on Friday
U.S. energy company Exelon Corp said it will shut the last reactor at the Three Mile Island power plant, site of the worst nuclear accident...
Unsafe sex: Argentinians cut back on contraception as costs rise
Amid a sharp recession, currency devaluation and painful inflation, sales of condoms and birth control pills have tumbled in Argentina, pharmacists and manufacturers say....
Fighting fire with fire, Amazon ‘forest guardians’ stalk illegal loggers
Near midnight, a group of six Guajajara tribesmen with their faces painted for battle listen to the rumble of heavy trucks about 19 miles (30...
Brazil police formally accuse Vale and TÜV SÜD of using false information: report
Brazilian federal police formally accused Vale SA, auditor TÜV SÜD and 13 of their employees in relation to a January dam collapse which killed nearly...