Issued on: 02/12/2019 – 12:13Modified: 02/12/2019 – 12:13 President Emmanuel Macron on Monday paid tribute to the “sacrifice” of 13 soldiers killed in a helicopter collision while battling jihadists in Mali, a disaster that has prompted fresh questioning of the costs of France’s six-year campaign in West Africa. Advertising Read more The soldiers died when […]
In a joint statement with NATO, Ukraine vowed to respect minority rights and implement a set of recommendations regarding an education law that Hungary opposes. The NATO-Ukraine Commission meeting in Kyiv released the statement on October 31, a day after NATO-member Hungary vetoed an earlier draft because it didn’t include a clause that mentioned the […]
Pictured: The ‘oldest tree in Europe’ that is STILL growing in Italy at the age of 1,230 as officials explore ways to protect the ancient pine Researchers nicknamed the ancient pine ‘Italus’ when it was discovered by chance in 2017 in Calabria, Italy Tree has been growing in Pollino National Park and was found to be […]
The Pentagon says it will bolster the U.S. military presence in a northeastern region of Syria to prevent potentially resurgent Islamic State (IS) extremists from seizing the oil fields. The decision on October 24 comes days after President Donald Trump announced a withdrawal of U.S. troops from along the Turkish border area to allow Turkish […]
By Michael Le Page When homes like these in California are threatened by fire, the normal way to fight back is to douse the flamesMediaNews Group/Getty A series of tests has confirmed that wrapping wooden structures like houses in huge fire blankets can protect them from fast-moving wildfires. In the final test, a wooden shed […]
By Jessica Hamzelou Grey whales can live to 70 or moreClaudio Contreras/Nature Picture Library Grey whales are one of the longest-lived mammals in existence. The secret to their long lives? A resilience to stress, according to the first genetic sequencing of the animals. The genes for stress resistance are also shared by other long-lived animals, […]
Rivers, lakes and forests around the world are being recognised as if they were legal persons. It sounds strange, but could it effectively protect the planet? Earth 25 September 2019 By Douglas Heaven The Whanganui river in New Zealand (above) has been declared a legal person. So too has the Yamuna in India (below), which […]
Water is essential for human life, but in many parts of the world water supplies are under threat from more extreme, less predictable weather conditions due to climate change. Nowhere is this clearer than in the Peruvian Andes, where rising temperatures and receding glaciers forewarn of imminent water scarcity for the communities that live there. […]
Water is essential for human life, but in many parts of the world water supplies are under threat from more extreme, less predictable weather conditions due to climate change. Nowhere is this clearer than in the Peruvian Andes, where rising temperatures and receding glaciers forewarn of imminent water scarcity for the communities that live there. […]
Britain says it is sending a third warship to the Persian Gulf to defend freedom of navigation in the tense region. “Wherever the red ensign flies around the world, the UK stands by to protect freedom of navigation whenever is it tested,” Defense Secretary Ben Wallace on August 24. The Foreign Ministry said the HMS […]