Up to 57 dead after migrant boat sinks off Mauritanian coast – U.N. agency
Up to 57 people have died after a ship from Gambia carrying around 150 migrants sank off the coast of Mauritania on Wednesday, the U.N. migration agency said, according to…
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Millions lost in chaos and brutality of WWII honored throughout the world
Solemn ceremonies and religious services have been held across the world to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives during WWII, and whose ultimate fate was never established. The USSR…
Without urgent action, yearly extreme heat waves await Europeans
Europe faces the prospect of severe heat waves every year and a halving of some of its harvests in the future unless rapid action is taken against climate change, a…
Greta Thunberg: People underestimate ‘angry kids’
Climate activist Greta Thunberg said that adults should stop making young people “angry” over global warming. Ms Thunberg was speaking after her arrival in Lisbon, Portugal, after a two-weeks-plus journey…
NATO will respond to any attack on Poland or Baltics: Stoltenberg
The NATO alliance will respond to any attack on Poland or the Baltic countries, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview published on Tuesday. “Through the presence of NATO…
Facial deformity in European royals caused by inbreeding, study finds
Centuries of inbreeding are to blame for a facial deformity prevalent among European royals, known as “Habsburg jaw”, scientists have said. The condition, medically known as mandibular prognathism, causes the…
US pilot reportedly injured during F-16 landing in South Korea
A US Air force pilot from the 8th Fighter Wing was injured while landing an F-16 fighter jet at the American air base in the South Korean city of Kunsan,…
World leaders urged not to COP out of climate action in Madrid
The latest round of global climate talks has opened in Spain with the head of the UN warning the world risks sleepwalking past a point of no return. Political leaders,…
Climate change: Critical year for climate change starts in Madrid
A critical 12 months in the battle against rising temperatures begins in Madrid this week, as UN delegates gather for key talks. The 25th Conference of the Parties, or COP,…
Climate crisis forcing 20 million people a year from their homes, Oxfam says
Climate-fueled disasters have forced about 20 million people a year to leave their homes in the past decade — equivalent to one every two seconds — according to a new…