Environment minister pledges laws to cut dumping of sewage in English rivers
The environment minister, Rebecca Pow, has promised to bring in legislation to reduce discharge of raw…
Starwatch: don’t miss gossamer beauty of the zodiacal light
Starwatch table Now is the best time of the year to see the zodiacal light in…
Country diary: the last farm in Britain to be worked by horses
A large grey cat squats in the cobbled yard. Around him is a range of stone-built…
Sandstorms turn sun blue and sky yellow in Beijing
The second sandstorm to hit China in less than a fortnight has reversed the colours of…
Glow-worms: as soon as you think you’ve seen them, they blink off | Helen Sullivan
“Thou aeronautical boll weevil / Illuminate yon woods primeval,” the Mills Brothers sang in 1952, imploring…
Warnock: ‘We have to pass voting rights no matter what’
The Georgia Democrat argued that the passage of the American Rescue Plan would not have been…
N.Y. congressman: Border crisis due to decades of bad U.S. behavior
Rep. Jamaal Bowman said periodic waves of migrants are a side effect of decades of political…
Graham blasts Biden for response to Georgia election law: He ‘played the race card’
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday accused President Joe Biden of playing the “race card” by slamming…
Nigel Farage appointed to advisory board of green finance firm
He has criticised Greta Thunberg for “alarmism” and wind power as “economic insanity” – but Nigel…
Senate faces a new post-tragedy quagmire as anti-Asian hate crimes rise
Senate Democrats are vowing quick action to stem the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans.…