Science & Environment
Obama determina envio ao Iraque de até 450 militares dos EUA
O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, ordenou nesta quarta-feira o envio de até mais 450 militares norte-americanos e a criação de ...G7 leaders agree to strive for low-carbon economy
Group of Seven leaders agreed on Monday to wean their economies off carbon fuels and supported a global goal for reducing greenhouse ...Hurricane Blanca forms, heads toward Mexico resorts
Hurricane Blanca formed off Mexico\'s Pacific coast on Tuesday and was on track to strike the Los Cabos resorts during weekend elections, ...Bad weather casts doubt on solar Pacific flight
Solar Impulse 2 was in a holding pattern near Japan on Monday as organisers warned that bad weather in the days ahead ...Solar plane heads across Pacific on historic journey
The revolutionary Solar Impulse 2 aircraft took off early Sunday for a six-day, six-night flight over the Pacific Ocean, the most ambitious ...Powerful earthquake shakes Japan
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast Saturday, geologists said, shaking buildings in Tokyo and setting off car alarms.Volcano erupts on southern Japanese island
A volcano erupted in spectacular fashion on a small island in southern Japan on Friday, spewing out rocks and sending black clouds ...Nepal may extend Mount Everest climbing permits after quake
Nepal may allow hundreds of foreign mountaineers to climb Mount Everest on the same permit next year after they were forced to ...India heat wave death toll passes 1,400
A heat wave in India has killed at least 1,371 people this week as temperatures soar above 47 Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit), and ...Mexico and Texas struck by deadly storms
At least 13 people died and dozens more were injured after a freak tornado ripped through the northern Mexican city of Ciudad ...