The European Union approved a plan to end the sale of vehicles with combustion engines by 2035 in Europe, the 27-member bloc announced early yesterday, in a bid to reduce CO2 emissions to zero. 

Scotland’s government on Tuesday drew the battle lines for a historic tussle with London as it announced plans to hold a second independence referendum on October 19, 2023. 

G7 leaders will create a “climate club” by the end of the year to allow willing nations to coordinate and speed up efforts to tackle global warming, they said in a statement yesterday. 

Nasa blasted a nanosatellite barely bigger than a microwave oven into outer space yesterday, part of a landmark mission to return humans to the Moon.

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies and developing countries invited to their summit yesterday agreed to work together to accelerate the fight against climate change while ensuring their energy security, a statement said.

A long-delayed conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicked off in Lisbon yesterday, with the head of the UN saying the world’s seas are in crisis.

Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO Director-General

US President Joe Biden yesterday announced a G7 project to rival China’s formidable Belt and Road Initiative by raising some $600 billion for global infrastructure programmes in poor countries.

The Spanish prime minister on Saturday described a deadly migrant rush on the enclave of Melilla from Morocco as an attack on Spain’s “territorial integrity”, as human rights activists demanded an investigation.

One man was left dead and three people were sent to hospital early yesterday in Montreal after stabbings by a 26-year-old who suffered a breakdown, Canadian police said.

The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and the United States will hold four-way talks today on Iran’s nuclear programme, the French presidency said, with Tehran’s oil exports as one of the issues to be raised.

Germany will allow the entry of foreign workers to fill staff shortages at the German airports as a temporary solution, Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday, citing the interior, transport and labour ministers.

Britain’s railway system once again came to a virtual standstill yesterday and flights in Europe were disrupted as strikes in the travel sector hit the continent. 

At least 18 African migrants died when a huge crowd tried to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla in northern Morocco, according to an

The United Nations said yesterday that its findings showed that the shot that killed Al Jazeera TV journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 was fired by Israeli

France risked prolonged political deadlock yesterday after opposition parties gave a frosty reception to President Emmanuel Macron’s call for “compromises” to keep France governable after an indecisive parliamentary election.

Britain’s beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday he will not resign even if his ruling Conservatives lose two closely watched by-

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday criticised “the abuse” of international sanctions, while Russian President Vladimir Putin scolded the West for fomenting global crisis, with both leaders calling for greater BRICS cooperation.

The Austrian capital Vienna has made a comeback as the world’s most liveable city, according to an annual report from the Economist published yesterday.

France is facing a new wave of Covid-19 infections fuelled by new variants of the disease, French vaccination chief Alain Fischer said yesterday, as daily new cases reached an almost two-month peak the day before at more than 95,000.