Bill passed by parliament means more than 300m shares in coal, oil, peat and gas will be sold as soon as practicable The Republic of Ireland will become the worlds first country to sell off its investments in fossil fuel …
Indian city to fine or jail residents caught using single-use plastics Mumbai has the become the largest Indian city to ban single-use plastics, with residents caught using plastic bags, cups or bottles to face penalties of up to 25,000 rupees …
(CNN)Pardon bourbon lovers for crying in their beer after half of the barrels being aged at a Kentucky distillery building fell to the ground when part of the structure collapsed. About 9,000 stacked bourbon barrels plummeted to the ground Friday …
What a model of international cooperation and coordinated selflessness, says Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore Sometimes all other news seems irrelevant. The Thai boys and their coach are out. They are rescued. Its been heart-in-mouth stuff for days, but finally the …
A Philadelphia legislator stirred controversy for a social media post of him flipping off Vice President Mike Pence. (Facebook) A Pennsylvania state lawmaker posted a mocking “welcome” to Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday, accompanied by a stiff middle-finger salute. …
(CNN)Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language and showed the world what great apes can do, has died. “Koko touched the lives of millions as an ambassador for all gorillas and an icon for interspecies communication and empathy,” the release …
Senior Conservative becomes third minister to walk out over common rulebook proposal Boris Johnson has quit as foreign secretary, claiming in his resignation letter that the UK was headed for the status of a colony if Theresa Mays soft Brexit …
In this Nov. 6, 1998, file photo, North Korean soldiers carry an aluminum casket containing remains of a U.S. serviceman killed during the Korean War toward U.N. Command soldiers, foreground, at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. (Associated Press) …
Monitoring group says work shows why a denuclearisation deal rather than a statement of lofty goals is needed North Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program, satellite imagery has shown, despite …
(CNN)Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has resigned after months of ethics controversies, citing “the unrelenting attacks” on himself and his family, which “have taken a sizable toll on all of us.” “I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt …
