Firefighters have managed to halt the spread of a "monster" blaze in southwest France, allowing authorities to reopen a stretch of highway to traffic ahead of a busy travel weekend. Reinf...
Fears of a global recession are growing, as supply chain disruptions cause soaring inflation and a cost-of-living crisis.
Wildfires raging through Europe this summer have burned the second-largest area on record – twice the size of Luxembourg – and it's still only halfway through the fire season. Just over 6...
Rich nations failed to meet a pledge to deliver billions of dollars to help poorer countries cope with climate change, the OECD said on 29 July. In 2009, developed countries promised that...
Some 100 million Americans from New York City to Las Vegas were under heat warnings this week as temperatures rose well above 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius), part of a trend of extreme weath...
As summer sizzles in the northern hemisphere, you might be looking for a good book to take on holiday, or to help you travel in your imagination.
Utah's Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded level this month amid a two-decade drought, a grim milestone as researchers and politicians point to grave threats to wildlife and pe...
Only around 1 in 4 of the world’s young people are on track to learn the skills they need to get a job - either through education, employment or training.
Islandia ha sido nombrada una vez más el país más igualitario en materia de género, encabezando el Informe Global de la Brecha de Género 2022 del Foro Económico Mundial.
“I’m a great believer that when you get it right for women, the whole of the rest of society benefits.”
Iceland has once again been named the most gender equal country, topping the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022.
A wildfire threatening some of the world's oldest giant sequoia trees in California's Yosemite National Park expanded five-fold over the weekend as smoke prompted air quality alerts throu...
The US Supreme Court on 30 June constrained the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal- and gas-fired power plants under...
Las Vegas is ripping up millions of square feet of grass – including along its famous strip – as the city struggles with a decades-long drought made worse by climate change.
The Arctic is heating up seven times faster than the global average - at between 2.7C and 4C a decade - according to a new study reported in The Guardian, which found the islands in the N...
