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Sweden sees coldest weather in 25 years
Sweden on Wednesday recorded its coldest January night in 25 years, with a reading of minus 43.6 degrees Celsius in the far north...
2023 set to be UK's second-hottest year: Met Offic...
Last year is set to be the UK's second warmest on record, according to provisional figures released on Tuesday by the country's na...
Frederik, Denmark's 'woke' and popular future king
A rebellious teen turned "woke" family man, Denmark's future king Crown Prince Frederik is the embodiment of the country's relaxed...
Eurostar to resume normal services Sunday after ca...
Eurostar trains will run as normal Sunday, the company said, hours after an entire day's services had to be cancelled, causing mis...
Surf's up: Big waves pound US West Coast
Huge surf is battering the US West Coast, with rogue waves already sweeping away pedestrians and vehicles and inundating a hotel,...
Shrinking Caspian Sea worries secretive Turkmenist...
On the Caspian Sea coast in Turkmenistan -- one of the world's most secretive states -- Batyr Yusupov can no longer ferry his pass...
Ski prices rise but skiers keep coming, for now
In the heart of the Austrian Alps, workers at the world's leading ski maker churn out pair after pair for international clients wh...
On yer bike: London firms turn to cargo bikes
On a busy north London street, plumber Ben Hume-Wright zipped through the heavy rush-hour traffic to his next job by bike.
Migration, mega-fines and Barbie: 2023 in records
Sizzling temperatures, millions fleeing their homes, multitudes flocking to a movie about a doll -- 2023 was another year of extre...
Drones help solve forest carbon capture riddle
On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a drone's rotors begin to whir, lifting it...
Japan, ASEAN to boost security ties with eye on Ch...
Southeast Asian and Japanese leaders will agree to boost "maritime security cooperation", according to a draft statement seen by A...
UK's iconic King's College Chapel gets controversi...
High above the historic streets of Cambridge in eastern England, the installation of solar panels atop King's College Chapel, the...
Coal use hits record in 2023, Earth's hottest year
Global consumption of coal reached an all-time high in 2023, the IEA energy watchdog said Friday, as Earth experienced its hottest...
Countries risk 'paying polluters' billions to regu...
An "explosion" of multibillion-dollar claims by fossil fuel and extractive firms through shadowy investment tribunals is blocking...
Climate deal won't have immediate impact on Gulf o...
An agreement to "transition away" from fossil fuels may be a landmark moment but don't expect quick changes among the major produc...
'Where is the money?' COP28 deal throws spotlight...
After COP28's landmark call for the world to move away from fossil fuels, experts say the pressure is on to fast-track -- and fund...
Dubai summit adopts world-first 'transition' from...
Nearly 200 nations meeting in Dubai on Wednesday approved a first-ever call for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, th...
Cyclone Jasper makes landfall in Australia
Tropical Cyclone Jasper hit northeast Australia Wednesday, leaving thousands of people in coastal communities without power and pr...
UN draft deal calls for 'transitioning away' from...
A draft UN climate deal called Wednesday for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, in a last-ditch bid to break a deadlo...
Climate negotiators eye fossil fuel compromise in...
UN climate talks went deep into overtime Wednesday with another night of negotiations aimed at breaking a deadlock between nations...
Warmest Arctic summer caused by accelerating clima...
Summer surface air temperatures in 2023 were the warmest ever observed in the Arctic as a result of accelerating human-caused clim...
UAE to try again for climate deal after fury on fo...
The United Arab Emirates promised Tuesday to try again to strike a deal as the Dubai climate summit passed their deadline, with at...
UN climate summit runs overtime as fury mounts on...
The world's climate negotiators on Tuesday haggled beyond a host-imposed deadline for a deal as at-risk nations voiced fury over a...
Climate summit narrows ambition on fossil fuels, a...
The Emirati head of COP28 climate talks on Monday proposed a compromise on the future of fossil fuels, endorsing a major reduction...
'Race against time': Climate talks in last push to...
UN leaders on Monday urged an end to obstruction hours before a deadline for a deal at a climate summit in Dubai, as oil producers...
'Not a minute to lose': Clock ticks on fossil fuel...
The UN climate chief on Monday urged an end to obstruction a day before the deadline for a deal at a summit in Dubai, with oil pro...
UN climate talks home in on fossil fuel deal
UN climate talks enter their endgame on Monday as negotiators seek to convince an increasingly isolated Saudi Arabia and other hol...
Saudis, Iraq stand firm as COP28 targets fossil fu...
Saudi Arabia and Iraq stood their ground at UN climate talks on Sunday as pressure mounted for nations to agree on a phase-out of...
'Time to deliver': pressure grows for climate deal...
The president of the UN's COP28 climate talks urged negotiators to compromise on Sunday, warning "failure is not an option" as eff...
'Urgency of action': pressure grows for COP28 clim...
UN climate talks negotiators were under growing pressure on Sunday as the deadline nears to strike a new global deal aimed at keep...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 75
On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the hope of creating a better world...
Deforestation hits record low in Brazilian Amazon...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a record low for the month of November, according to figures released Friday, as Preside...