The US will commit to halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, Joe Biden is set to announce. It comes as the US president will speak to other world...
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US President Joe Biden will aim to kick-start a crucial year of action on climate change today as he hosts 40 world leaders at an Earth Day summit. The virtual...
Indonesia’s navy is searching for a submarine with 53 people on board which has gone missing in waters north of the island of Bali. The vessel was...
The European Medicines Agency says it has found a possible link between the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine and very rare cases of unusual blood clots...
The Turkish doctors treating her are calling her the “miracle baby”. The survival of just one Syrian child refugee against tremendous odds has...
New Delhi is entering a week-long lockdown to prevent the collapse of the capital’s health system amid India’s nationwide surge in coronavirus...
Thousands of people are being evacuated from Table Mountain in Cape Town where winds are continuing to fan forest fires towards neighbourhoods. Around 250...
The world’s largest iceberg has virtually melted away, according to satellite data. The 5,800sq km (2,239sq miles) ice block known as A68a broke off from...
Honduras has become one of the world’s most dangerous places for environmental land rights activists after a series of murders in the Central American...
Alexei Navalny’s doctor has said the Russian opposition leader is on the verge of death as he continues his hunger strike in prison. Yaroslav Ashikhmin...
The global death toll from coronavirus has topped three million people amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in...
Raul Castro, Fidel’s brother, is resigning his leadership of Cuba’s Communist party. The 89-year-old made the announcement at the opening of the...
Billionaire Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been imprisoned over his role in pro-democracy protests. Mr Lai, founder of opposition newspaper Apple Daily...
Uighur people from Xinjiang working in other parts of China are subject to “political” checks and work under strict “half-military”...
India has recorded more than 200,000 new coronavirus infections in a single day as hospitals report severe shortages of beds and oxygen and extra space is...
The Tokyo Olympics mascots were unveiled today to celebrate the 100 days-to-go milestone amid mounting public opposition to the Games taking place this summer...
