Only two-thirds of UK bathing waters rated excellent in EU survey

Swimmers itching to take advantage of the easing of lockdown to have their first sea bathes…

‘It was hell’: Spanish cocaine raid adds to shipboard misery for 4,000 cows

When the Neameh sailed out of Colombia on 4 May, it should have been a routine…

The Senate’s record-breaking gridlock under Trump

President Donald Trump is facing more delays to his nominees than any previous president. And if…

What lies beneath: our love affair with living underwater

In November 1966, the Gemini 12 spacecraft, carrying two astronauts, splashed down in the Pacific. The…

Commonwealth nations to protect coral reefs with satellite technology

Commonwealth countries are to gain free access to satellite technology that will help them monitor and…

Top aide: Senate chairman drops effort to secure Pompeo testimony

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo The chairman of the…

Blue-sky thinking: how cities can keep air clean after coronavirus

For those not directly affected, the ability to breathe more easily and see further has perhaps…

Omission of air pollution from report on Covid-19 and race ‘astonishing’

The failure to consider air pollution as a factor in the higher rates of coronavirus deaths…

The Fed deserves the praise for America’s jobs turnaround. But Trump benefits

The political obituaries of Donald Trump were all prepared. At the end of a week that…

Renewable energy stimulus can create three times as many Australian jobs as fossil fuels

Stimulus programs backing clean energy as a path out of recession would create nearly three times…