US signals return to climate leadership after ‘unfortunate’ Trump years

The US is signalling a return to the world stage in a leadership role on climate, after President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement.The Americans are at COP26 - a show of...

Icelandic glacier melting faster than it can recover, experts warn

An Icelandic glacier is melting faster than it can recover due to climate change, experts have warned, as footage has captured the startling rate of melting ice.During the summer, a team of filmmakers, glaciologists...

COP26 pledges ‘will cut warming by just a few tenths of a degree’

Pledges to cut methane, coal and protect forests made at COP26 will reduce global warming by just a few tenths of a degree - with temperatures on course to be at least 2.4C higher...

Brothel offers customers 30 minutes with ‘lady of their choice’ in exchange for COVID jab

A brothel in Vienna is providing COVID-19 vaccinations and giving those who take up the offer vouchers for a free visit.Fun Palast is hoping to increase vaccination rates, as well as client numbers which...

‘Gangster-style’ Lukashenko turns to Putin in tense stand-off with EU as migrant border crisis escalates

Belarus has turned to the Kremlin in its tense stand-off with the EU over the escalating crisis that has left around 2,000 migrants gathered at the country's border with Poland.The EU has vowed to...

SpaceX capsule splashes down returning astronauts to Earth

Four astronauts have landed safely back on Earth as their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of Florida.They were recovered from the ocean by a ship after spending more than six...

Peru: ‘The glaciers are melting before our eyes – and there is no plan’

My guide tells me it's only 260m to 270m to go. At the end of the trek he assures me I will see first-hand the magnificent Yanapaccha glacier high in Peru's Cordillera Blanca mountains. The...

‘Cold Bone’ dinosaur that lived 214 million years ago discovered on Greenland

Scientists have discovered the first species of dinosaur that lived on Greenland 214 million years ago, and named it "Cold Bone".The animal, known as Issi Saaneq in the native Inuit language, is a medium-sized...