Europe’s heatwave consistent with climate change, more to come: U.N.
This year is on track to be among the hottest ever and would mean that 2015-2019 would be the world’s hottest five-year period on record,...
Missouri’s sole abortion clinic awaits ruling on whether it can stay open
Missouri’s only abortion clinic awaited a decision on Friday whether it can stay open until August, when an arbiter will hear Planned Parenthood’s challenge of...
China’s environmentally stressed regions to curb industry in new rules
China will order local governments to raise the approval threshold for new industrial projects and limit the number of polluting factories in regions where environmental...
Death toll rises to 43 at Glencore mine in Congo after collapse; more expected
The number of artisanal miners killed by a landslide at a copper and cobalt mine run by Glencore in southeast Congo rose to 43 on...
Spain’s Sanchez relishes European role but reality bites
Spanish leader Pedro Sanchez shot to prominence on the EU political scene after his victories in national and European elections, but now he faces a...
France’s eldest Auschwitz survivor dies, aged 101
Henriette Cohen, France’s oldest survivor of Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz concentration camp, has died. She was 101....
With Iran nuclear deal on brink, world powers in ‘last chance’ talks
World powers will warn Iran to stick to the terms of their nuclear deal when they meet on Friday for “last chance” talks, but with...
Exclusive: UAE scales down military presence in Yemen as Gulf tensions flare
The United Arab Emirates, a key member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, is scaling back its military presence there as worsening U.S.-Iran tensions...
Shanghai citizens out of sorts over new trash separation rules
Household trash has occupied the minds of Shanghai residents this week: specifically, are the contents of their bins “wet”, “dry”, “hazardous” or “recyclable”?...
Controlled explosions demolish remains of collapsed Italy bridge
Six seconds of controlled explosions wiped out the remains of a collapsed bridge in the northern Italian city of Genoa on Friday, paving the way...