Four years after launching her "School Strike for the Climate", Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is ready to pass the baton to those on the front lines of climate change, she…

When you log into your bank account, how do your savings look? Probably not as good as you’d like. It always seems like an uphill battle to build (and keep)…

A billionaire emits a million times more greenhouse gases than the average person, a study has found.  The report published by the British-founded charity Oxfam Monday based its findings on detailed analysis of the…

Around 57,000 premature deaths in Brazil in 2019 were associated with consumption of ultra-processed food, according to new research. A growing body of evidence suggests that consuming too much highly…

Tangled coils of waterlogged clothes roll like carcasses in the waves along the coast of Ghana, one of the world’s biggest importers of used clothing. The castoffs arriving by the…

Drought, flooding and rising sea levels are creating havoc across our continent – we need support from richer nations to adapt Amina J Mohammed is the deputy secretary-general of the…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran on Monday urged countries not to attend a U.S.-organized meeting at the United Nations on protests in Iran sparked by the death of a young…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A train crossed from North Korea into Russia on Friday, two days after the United States said it had information indicating Pyongyang is covertly supplying Russia with…

Palestinian representatives to the UN pushed a resolution that argues the continuing nature of the “Israeli occupation” is de facto annexation. A United Nations committee is set to hold a…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away.  Scientists reported Friday that this black hole is 10 times more…