New Delhi to shut schools and construction sites due to dangerous air pollution

New Delhi schools will shut for a week and construction sites for four days to try to protect people from air pollution.Air quality in India's capital has worsened due to factors such as transport...

Scorpion stings kill three and injure hundreds more after storms hit southern Egypt

Three people have died and 450 others were injured after being stung by scorpions in the city of Aswan, according to officials.The attacks happened after rainfall, thunder, dust storms, and snow hit the region...

‘Magnetic bomb’ blast targets minority Shia area of Afghan capital

A "magnetic bomb" attached to a minivan exploded on Saturday in a predominantly Shia area of Afghanistan's capital Kabul, reports have said.According to a Taliban official who spoke to Reuters but declined to be...

Daughter of Philippines leader runs for vice president – and could compete against her father

The daughter of the leader of the Philippines is running for vice president - and looks set to compete against her father for the job.Sara Duterte-Carpio, 43, will run alongside presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos...

Why an appetite for emissions data shows China is taking climate change seriously

The world was hoping for a lot from China at COP26. Or, at least, something.But there were no major new pledges from the world's biggest polluter. That shouldn't be a surprise: you only have to...

Body of young migrant found at Belarus-Polish border as Britain sends troops to help with crisis

The body of a young Syrian man has been found on the Poland-Belarus border, bringing the death toll from the migrant crisis there to at least nine.Polish police said on Saturday that the body...

Refugees warn of ‘human catastrophe’ in Afghanistan as relatives left behind face crisis

Afghan refugees in the UK are warning of a "human catastrophe" in their former homeland as relatives left behind face possible starvation. Chaman Rasuli, a former British Embassy worker, who has settled in Coventry,...

Sparks fly over irreparable loss and damage from climate change and carbon offsets

Sparks flew at the Glasgow talks today over how to pay for the loss and damage that climate change inflicts on developing nations and on how high polluting countries could pay other countries to...