Spain’s Sanchez says failed to strike deal that would confirm him as prime minister
Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez admitted defeat in Thursday’s bid to be confirmed as Spain’s prime minister, telling lawmakers that his party and far-left Unidas...
Paris records hottest temperature since records began
Paris on Thursday recorded its hottest temperature since records began, Meteo France said, as a heatwave spread across Europe....
British PM Johnson says following Heathrow expansion court cases with interest
Britain’s new prime minister Boris Johnson said he was following with interest the court cases related to the construction of a new runway at Heathrow...
Indonesia’s Pertamina says plugging undersea oil spill in Java will take weeks
Indonesia’s state energy firm Pertamina said it will take weeks to plug an oil spill at its Offshore North West Java (ONWJ) facility, which has...
A cloudspotters’ guide to climate change
Scientists are trying to answer one of the biggest question marks in climate-model simulations: What does the movement of the clouds mean for the climate?...
Sri Lanka raises stink over waste consignments from Britain
Sri Lanka has ordered the return of 213 containers of waste from Britain after finding, plastic and biological waste including suspected human body parts in...
China’s renewable power capacity up 9.5% year-on-year in June
China’s total renewable power capacity rose 9.5% to 750 gigawatts (GW) in the year to June amid Beijing’s push to boost clean energy consumption as...
Tunisia’s Essebsi shaped transition since overthrow of Ben Ali
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who helped shape his country’s democratic transition after a 2011 revolution ended decades of authoritarian rule, has died, the presidency...
Tunisia’s Essebsi, leading figure in shift to democracy, dies
Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, who helped guide the north African country’s transition to democracy after a 2011 revolution, has died, the presidency said...
Deployment of second Ebola vaccine would not be quick fix, experts warn
The resignation of Congo’s health minister in the midst of the country’s worst Ebola outbreak could clear the way for a second experimental vaccine to...