Green groups denounce Brazil’s ‘sham’ Amazon tour for foreign diplomats

Campaigners say visit was ‘media propaganda’ as officials failed to stop at any devastated rainforest areas…

Country diary: a magnificent pear tree ripe with mystery

Axminster, Devon: It is not known who planted this tree and why, but its beauty is…

GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw to Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Start acting’ like a member of Congress

Marjorie Taylor Greene hasn’t even made it to Capitol Hill yet, and she’s already being told…

Rick Scott to run for leadership of Senate GOP campaign arm

Sen. Rick Scott will run for leadership of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, according to a…

Week in Wildlife – in pictures

The best of the week’s wildlife pictures from around the world, including walruses in Russia and…

Is Gold & Silver a Better Investment Than Cryptocurrencies?

Gold, silver, and cryptocurrencies are all valuable assets to have in an investor’s portfolio. However, even…

Pelosi confident Biden will win presidency

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that Vice President Joe Biden would win the White House, repeatedly…

Fur is out of favour but stays in fashion through stealth and wealth

Fur has never been less fashionable. In recent years a raft of designer labels – Gucci,…

Raw sewage dumped into English and Welsh beaches ‘2,900 times this year’

Water companies discharged raw sewage into bathing water beaches almost 3,000 times in the past year,…

Danish Covid mink cull and future disease fears will kill fur trade, say farmers

John Papso is devastated. You can hear it in his voice over the phone from Jutland.…