More than 50 countries commit to protection of 30% of Earth’s land and oceans

Coalition says promise is key to preventing mass extinctions and ensuring clean air and water A…

Duckworth demands Pentagon investigate if troops participated in Capitol ‘coup attempt’

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat and Iraq War veteran, on Monday demanded the Pentagon investigate…

House has the votes to impeach Trump for inciting Capitol riots

UPDATE: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats have secured enough votes to impeach President Donald Trump…

Macron tells Idris Elba he will invite young Africans to summit, not leaders

French president vows to overhaul France-Africa event to help mobilise Africa’s young people The French president,…

Prince Charles urges businesses to sign Terra Carta pledge to put planet first

Magna Carta-style project aims to ‘bring prosperity into harmony with nature’ Prince Charles is urging businesses…

All at sea: half a million seafarers stranded by the pandemic – in pictures

Up to 400,000 seafarers have been trapped on board cargo ships during the Covid pandemic, some…

Nigeria cattle crisis: how drought and urbanisation led to deadly land grabs

The death toll of animals and humans is mounting as herders seeking dwindling reserves of pasture…

Hardy coltsfoot adorns barren waste grounds: Country diary, 11 January 1921

11 January 1921 The changing face of nature gives a soothing, mental rest when we are…

Country diary: going with the flow through the Debatable Lands

Warksburn, Northumberland: The river twists and loops through a landscape steeped in history Perched on a…

Baby shark! Newborn megalodons larger than humans, scientists say

Creatures that patrolled the oceans 3m years ago were about two metres long at birth, researchers…