Pandemic jumbles House agenda

The House was already facing a deadline crunch this summer, with a slew of must-pass bills…

What else happened as coronavirus swept the globe

What if it had just fizzled out? What if leading Chinese scientist Zhong Nanshan had gone…

Hazelwood power station chimneys demolished – video

Play Video 1:05 Eight chimneys at Victoria’s defunct, coal-fired Hazelwood power station have been demolished. Built…

Hazelwood power station’s eight chimneys demolished in live stream viewed by thousands

Eight chimneys at Victoria’s defunct, coal-fired Hazelwood power station have been demolished. The chimneys, which soared…

Country diary: the wonder of May’s mossy, messy alchemy | Country diary

Above the thick canopy of oak, hazel and sycamore, the spring sun burns brightly, but by…

‘Many will starve’: locusts devour crops and livelihoods in Pakistan

Mir Gul Muhammad, a farmer in Balochistan province, was blunt. “The worst that we have ever…

Film-maker captures dust storm enveloping Western Australia beach – video

Play Video 1:04 Film-maker Chris Lewis has captured a blaze of red dust covering a beach…

Surfers brave monster waves as 10-metre swells lash Sydney’s coastline – in pictures

Surfers ride out the southerly swell as huge waves pound Bronte Beach in Sydney’s east. Photograph:…

Rick Scott says the Bill of Rights trumps all

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) | Alex Brandon/AP Photo By ELEANOR MUELLER 05/24/2020 11:12 AM EDT Updated:…

Britain’s largest solar farm poised to begin development in Kent

Britain’s largest solar farm, capable of generating enough clean electricity to power 91,000 homes, is poised…