House Democrats probing $250M coronavirus messaging contract

Rep. Carolyn Maloney. | Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images Senior House Democrats have launched an investigation into the…

Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?

A few minutes before Boris Johnson’s convoy swept past on his way to prime minister’s questions…

Comedy Wildlife Photography awards 2020 finalists – in pictures

Surprise smiles, Lake Bogoria, Kenya While walking on trail at the southern side of Lake Bogoria,…

Country diary: the swifts are long gone, and the swallows too

Across the sands of Traeth Bach, rearing above the Aber Ia peninsula, Yr Wyddfa – the…

A new squeeze? Snake mystery after lone, elderly python lays clutch of eggs

Experts at a US zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid…

Vulnerable Dems anxious over stalled Covid talks

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected the idea of lowering her party’s demands, reiterating that Democrats needed…

The NSW Nationals’ threat to blow up the Coalition over koalas is as bizarre as it is misguided

The New South Wales National party’s decision to make koalas casualties of a political feud to…

German farmers face possible pig culls as African swine fever discovered

German farmers have been ordered to enact a series of crisis measures after the discovery of…

Senate Democrats block Republican Covid relief proposal

Senate Democrats blocked a scaled-down, $500 billion Republican coronavirus relief measure Thursday, weakening the chances that…

Toxic pesticides banned for EU use exported from UK

Toxic pesticides banned for use in the UK are being exported to countries with less stringent…