Science & Environment
Global climate talks open to cries of betrayal, blame
A U.N. conference seen critical to averting the most disastrous effects of climate change launches amid acrimony on Monday after major industrialised ...G20 leaders struggle to secure climate breakthrough at Rome summit
Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies holding their first face-to-face summit in two years, struggled on Sunday to bridge differences ...Climate, COVID and corporate tax on the G-20 agenda in Rome
The leaders of the world’s economic powerhouses gathered Saturday for the first in-person summit since the coronavirus pandemic, with climate change, COVID-19 ...Pope Francis: COP26 must offer concrete hope to future generations
– Political leaders must give “concrete hope” to future generations that they are taking the radical steps neededto tackle climate change when ...Iran agrees to restart nuclear talks as pressure grows
Iran said Wednesday it will resume talks with world powers in November on reviving a nuclear deal after a five-month gap in ...U.N. warns world set for 2.7C rise on today’s emissions pledges
Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century, ...Greenhouse gas levels hit record; world struggles to curb damage
Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is “way off track” in capping rising temperatures, the United Nations ...Hurricane Rick edges closer to Mexican coast north of Acapulco
Hurricane Rick edged slowly closer to Mexico’s Pacific coast on Sunday, expected to unleash heavy rains north of the beach resort of ...South Korea prepares to launch first domestically produced space rocket
South Korea is scheduled to conduct its first test launch into space of a domestically built rocket on Thursday in a major ...Japanese volcano spews plumes of ash, people warned away
A volcano erupted in Japan on Wednesday, blasting ash several miles into the sky and prompting officials to warn against the threat ...














