Bilawal Bhutto for addressing urgency of addressing climate change on a “war footing”
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has once again emphasized the urgency of addressing climate...
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UK: Heathrow cancels flights as wind hits festive travel
London: Strong winds are continuing to cause some travel disruption in parts of the UK as millions of people travel...
China, Pakistan share latest non-wood forestry findings
Beijing: Chinese and Pakistani academic achievements in resistant rootstocks for economic forests and grafted and fodder plants were exchanged at...
UK to ban bee-killing pesticides but highly toxic type could still be allowed
London: Bee-killing pesticides are to be banned by the UK government, as ministers set out plans to outlaw the use...
Portugal tree of the year announced
Lisbon: The Australian Fig Tree, which is part of the living heritage of the Quinta das Lágrimas Gardens, in Santa...
French President Emmanuel Macron met with anger from Mayotte residents, days after devastating cyclone
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron has met with residents of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, days after the French...
Italy: Erg secures 243-million-euro EIB loan for renewable energy projects
Milan: Italy's Erg (ERG.MI), opens new tab has secured a 243-million-euro ($254.91 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB)...
Dartmoor’s rare curlews tracked to Portugal
Lisbon: Britain's largest wading bird the Curlew. A brown bird in full flight with tracking tags on each leg with...
Cyclone Chido hits France’s Mayotte archipelago, killing at least 11
Paris: At least 11 people were killed after a cyclone slammed into Mayotte, the most intense storm to hit the...
Elon Musk’s Tesla lobbied UK to charge petrol drivers more
London: Elon Musk's electric car firm Tesla pushed the government to make petrol car drivers "pay more" in the days...
International media delegation explores high quality development in Qianhai District, Shenzhen
People’s Daily Beijing: An international media delegation visited to explore high quality development of Qianhai District in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province...
Inside the UK’s ‘secret’ £10m medicinal cannabis factory
London: Since it was legalised in the UK, the number of medicinal cannabis prescriptions has surged. With demand showing no...
Cold snap bites Italy
Rome: Acold snap is biting Italy with temperatures falling from recent unseasonable highs to about average for the time of...
Thousands without power after Storm Darragh batters UK
London: Tens of thousands of homes across the UK are without electricity after Storm Darragh brought strong winds and heavy...
Portugal’s bold step toward a carbon-neutral economy
Lisbon: Portugal has unveiled a transformative incentive system to promote investment in sectors critical to achieving a carbon-neutral future. This...
Portugal records hottest-ever November
Lisbon: Portugal has experienced its hottest-ever November, the country’s meteorological agency said on Thursday, the average air temperature 2.69C higher...
Wolves in EU lose safeguards, allowing culls as numbers soar
Brussels: The first snow of winter has fallen in Sanmartin, a village in Romania’s eastern Carpathian mountains. Shepherd József Rácz...
Pakistan draws valuable lessons from coastal cities in China: Saleem Mandviwalla
Beijing: Pakistan has drawn valuable lessons from several coastal cities in China, particularly Shenzhen, Wenzhou, and Hangzhou, Chairman of the...
EU regrets lack of conclusion on global plastics agreement
Brussels: The EU regrets that the 5th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the Global Plastics Treaty (INC-5) finished...
Italy’s nature-rich Po Delta saved from offshore drilling by ‘crucial’ court case win
Rome: Offshoring drilling threatened to submerge parts of the delta, which is already bracing against a barrage of problematic, climate...
The mortality impacts of greening Italy
Rome: Green spaces have been shown to be beneficial to humans, but quantifying these benefits is a challenge for epidemiology....
Italy: Cactus pear is a crop with potential in parched south and beyond
Rome: Global warming, drought and plant disease pose a growing threat to agriculture in Italy's arid south, but a startup...
Chinese water-saving facilities play a vital role in Pakistan
China Economic Net Beijing: The panoramic solutions for the whole industrial chain of agricultural water-saving irrigation could systematically meet the...
South-west France swelters in ‘staggering’ 26.9C November night heat
Paris: Towns in south-west France roasted in “completely extreme” heat in the early hours of Tuesday, with overnight temperatures hitting...
The EU wants to lower protection for wolves. Why has the species rebound become a problem?
Wolves have made an impressive comeback in Europe in recent decades, but their presence has angered some farmers and led...
More rain forecast after Storm Bert hits UK
More rain is due to fall on Tuesday and Wednesday in southern England and south Wales, where flooding and high...
Man dies after tree falls on car as Storm Bert sweeps UK
London: A man has died after a tree fell on his car as Storm Bert brought strong winds, rain, and...
Italy: Supervolcano shows signs of waking up, which would plunge the world into chaos
Rome: The Phlegraean Fields, now considered one massive supervolcano, are beginning to stir, making the scientific community uneasy. These volcanic...
Pakistan’s exports at risk from EU carbon tax amid coal reliance, experts warn
Brussels: Experts have cautioned that Pakistan’s reliance on fossil fuel-based electricity generation, particularly coal, could endanger its exports to the...
Snow and freezing weather to disrupt UK travel plans
London: Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have continued to cause significant disruptions across the UK, with travel delays, school closures,...
