Dry-spells known as flash droughts, with a surprisingly rapid onset and often devastating impact, are becoming more frequent as human activity warms the planet,...
The launch of the European Space Agency’s JUICE mission, which aims to discover whether Jupiter’s icy moons are capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, was...
“Old ladies need more money!” a group of grey-haired women chants in front of Sweden’s parliament, as their recurring protest against the country’s pension...
The abortion pill mifepristone will remain temporarily available in the United States, but under tighter regulations, after a ruling by a federal appeals court...
At least three people have been electrocuted in central Iraq after torrential rain played havoc with the war-ravaged country’s dilapidated power grid, a medical...
A severe drought in North Africa has left Tunisian farmers bracing for a catastrophically poor harvest, imperilling food security in the cash-strapped country. At...
The European Space Agency’s JUICE spacecraft is to blast off Thursday on an eight-year journey through the Solar System to discover whether Jupiter’s icy...
Environmental campaigners have been blocked from bringing a legal challenge to a UK government approval for a new coal mine in northwest England, they...