Tom Greatrex of the Nuclear Industry Association has been telling the BBC News Channel that nuclear power is “as green as wind and greener than solar” – and has a part to p... Read more
About one billion people face crippling heat from a 2C rise in global temperatures, the UK’s Met Office predicts. It says a 4C rise could see nearly half of the world’s population livi... Read more
UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo has said the risk of Ethiopia “descending into widening civil war is only too real”, adding that the political repercussions of “intensifying violence in... Read more
At least 26 schoolchildren have been killed when their classrooms made out of straw and wood were engulfed in a blaze in southern Niger a local governor told the AFP news agency. “Right now,... Read more
South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, in prison for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, may soon meet her parents as part of the process leading to parole being considered,... Read more
Army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has told al-Jazeera TV that he will not be part of any post-transition government. He also denied that the military killed citizens protesting against l... Read more
The United Nations food agency has said that the number of people on the edge of famine across 43 countries had risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world. The jump from 42... Read more
The Christchurch mosque attacker is considering appealing his whole-of-life jail term for the 2019 mass shootings, arguing his guilty pleas were made under duress, his lawyer said on Monday.... Read more
The carbon footprint of the world’s richest 1% is on track to be 30 times higher than what’s needed to limit global warming to 1.5C, a study says. But emissions of the poorest 50... Read more
































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