Nearly a quarter of South Sudan’s population has been affected by years of unprecedented flooding, according to a report Tuesday by the UN Development...
A composite Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton called Trinity sold for 5.5 million Swiss francs ($6.1 million) in a rare auction on Tuesday. The 3.9-metre (12.8-foot)...
Despite their 2015 pledge to limit global warming by slashing carbon emissions, big countries’ commitments so far still fall short of meeting the targets...
Infections with superbugs that are resistant to most drugs have presented a “huge challenge” in treating the devastating injuries of people wounded in the...
Neon signs once transformed Hong Kong’s oldest neighbourhoods into a kaleidoscope of luminous colour after dark, but most have been removed with a few...
Spain has vowed to block a regional plan to legalise farming near one of Europe’s largest and fauna-rich wetlands, where water supplies have plunged...
Eleven people died of heatstroke in India after an estimated one million spectators waited for hours in the sun at a government-sponsored awards ceremony,...
“In God’s hands” read several of the tattoos inked during a free-of-charge session over the weekend — organised by none other than Austria’s leading group...
At a barbed-wire museum where political prisoners were once held, visitors lauded Taiwan’s modern-day democracy shaped by its own national identity on the island...