Countries around the world have committed to take action to bring their emissions in line with the globally agreed Paris Agreement aim of keeping global warming well below 2C - and seeking to limit...
Squid Game Halloween costumes have prompted a boom for the South Korean garment industry. The "Made in Korea" green tracksuits and pink jumpsuits worn by characters in Netflix's global hit have seen a surge...
Melbourne residents are celebrating the end of a sixth round of restrictions that has dubbed it the "world's most locked-down city". People flocked to the city's pubs, restaurants and hair salons in the early...
Russia's leaders believe they are "at war" with the UK and its allies but Britain is failing to deter the threat, a former spy who wrote an infamous dossier on Donald Trump has said.Christopher...
The emissions from an overseas fossil fuel project the UK is funding to the tune of $1.15bn was assessed against 2?C of warming, not the 1.5?C limit broadly accepted as a safer threshold to...
China has removed broadcasts of NBA games after a player called for Tibetan independence.Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter posted a video that started: "Brutal dictator of China, Xi Jinping, I have a message for...
A woman has died and a man has been injured after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of new Western movie Rust.The woman has been named as Halyna Hutchins, a...
A Haitian gang leader has threatened to kill 17 kidnapped American and Canadian missionaries if he is not given millions in ransom money.In a video posted on YouTube, the leader of the 400 Mawozo...