Science & Environment
US spacecraft survives close encounter with Pluto
An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto, beaming to scientists a message that it survived its historic encounter before sending back the ...US spacecraft whizzes by Pluto in historic flyby
An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto on Tuesday, making its closest approach in the climax of a decade-long journey to explore ...China braces as typhoon Chan-hom nears eastern coast
Typhoon Chan-hom barrelled towards China\'s heavily populated eastern coast on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of almost a million people, shutting transport links ...Thousands stranded as Indonesian volcano closes airports
Ash drifting from an Indonesian volcano closed five airports on Friday, including the one on the holiday island of Bali, causing about ...Hundreds of Canadian troops deployed to fight Saskatchewan wildfires
Canadian authorities are sending troops to help shore up firefighters\' efforts to battle numerous wildfires in the country, after the blazes prompted ...Peru declares emergency in 14 regions on El Nino worries
Peru has declared a 60-day state of emergency in towns in 14 regions to brace for possible damage from the climate pattern ...Wildfire in northern Spain amid European heatwave
A wildfire in northern Spain\'s Aragon region has ravaged around 8,000 hectares (19,700 acres) of pine and brush and forced some 1,500 ...Scientists convinced European heat waves boosted by climate change
As Germany and Spain sweated and London sweltered through its hottest July day on record this week, scientists said it is "virtually ...Exército sírio bombardeia rebeldes em Aleppo, dizem monitores
Forças governamentais sírias iniciaram pesados ataques aéreos nesta sexta-feira contra posições rebeldes, dentro e próximo à cidade de Aleppo, foco de uma ...Nepal tells U.N. to destroy low quality food meant for quake survivors
The United Nations must destroy hundreds of tonnes of substandard food it imported for distribution to survivors of the recent earthquakes in ...