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U.N. climate change report sounds ‘code red for humanity’
By Nina Chestney and Andrea Januta (Reuters) -Global warming is dangerously close to spiralling out of control, a U.N. climate...
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Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade -U.N. climate report
By Jake Spring (Reuters) -Extreme heat waves that previously only struck once every 50 years are now expected to happen...
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 200 million as Delta variant spreads
By Roshan Abraham and Kavya B (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 200 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters...
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Pandemics & protests: Unrest grips developing countries
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) - From Tunisia and South Africa to Colombia, social unrest is sweeping through developing countries,...
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Rumbling meteor lights up Norway; part of it may have landed near Oslo
By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) -An "unusually large meteor" briefly lit up southern Norway on Sunday, creating a spectacular sound...
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Devoured: How sand mining devastated China’s largest freshwater lake
By Manas Sharma and Simon Scarr (Reuters) - Over two decades, dredging ships have sucked massive amounts of sand from...
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Floodwaters still rising in western Europe with death toll over 120
By Martin Schlicht and David Sahl SCHULD/ERFTSTADT, Germany (Reuters) - German officials feared more deaths on Friday after "catastrophic" floods...
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Total death toll in Germany due to floods rises above 100 – authorities
DUSSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - The number of people who have died in floods in western Germany rose to 103 from...
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At least 44 dead, dozens missing as floods sweep through western Europe
By Wolfgang Rattay and David Sahl SCHULD, Germany (Reuters) - At least 42 people have died in Germany and dozens...
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Further flooding feared in western Germany with death toll above 80
By Martin Schlicht and David Sahl SCHULD/ERFTSTADT, Germany (Reuters) - Further flooding was feared in western Germany on Friday as...
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‘We’re drowning’: Argentines struggle under COVID-19 as death toll hits 100,000
By Agustin Marcarian and Miguel Lo Bianco CORDOBA/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -In the San Vicente cemetery in the central Argentine city...
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After vaccination burnout, Delta variant spurs countries to speed up shots
By Matthias Blamont, Michael Erman and Maayan Lubell (Reuters) - The daily pace of COVID vaccinations has increased in about...
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Heat wave in Pacific Northwest could soon repeat due to climate change – research
By Andrea Januta (Reuters) -The suffocating heat wave that killed hundreds of people across the Pacific Northwest last week would...
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Settlement agreed to release ship that blocked Suez Canal
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) -The owners and insurers of the Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March...
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South Africa hits a new record with 26,000 daily COVID-19 cases
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa hit a record of 26,000 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, its second record-breaking tally in...
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In one year, Hong Kong arrests 117 people under new security law
By Pak Yiu and Anand Katakam HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities have arrested 117 people under a national...
Read moreTigray forces will pursue ‘enemy’ forces into Eritrea and Amhara region, spokesman says
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tigrayan forces battling Ethiopia's government will enter neighbouring Eritrea and Ethiopia's Amhara region to pursue "enemy" forces...
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Tanzania to spend $470 million on vaccines, coronavirus-damaged economy
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania will spend $470 million buying vaccines and supporting economic sectors hit hard by the...
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