Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened the Amazon summit in Belem, in northern Brazil, in a "context of severe worsening of the climate crisis" as the South American leaders will seek a roadmap to...
Hundreds of firefighters on Tuesday battled a wildfire that has burned for four days in southern Portugal, which like neighbouring Spain is sweltering in a heatwave that has triggered widespread weather alerts...
Eight South American countries agreed Tuesday to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the Amazon, vowing at a summit in Brazil to stop the world's biggest rainforest from reaching "a point of no return...
More patients in Singapore are getting hospital-type care at home with the expansion of a pilot programme that covers all public acute hospitals. The hospital's home care programme is among the four added to...
The European Union's Josep Borrell said both he and China's Wang Yi want to strengthen EU-China relations, after the bloc's foreign policy chief shared a call with the Chinese foreign minister. Beijing...
England defeated Nigeria 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out after scoreless regular time and extra time in the Round of 16 game at the FIFA Women's World Cup at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday....
A breakthrough has been successfully conducted in the construction of rescue tunnel of the Nagdhunga-Sisnekhola tunnel, in Nepal on Monday. This project is to be built at the cost of 22.5 billion rupees of...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Baghdad on Sunday for four-day visit to Iraq upon the invitation of the federal government. He met with Iraq’s Prime Minister...
The blue whale washed up on a beach in southern Chile, on August 5. An enormous blue whale, considered the largest animal on Earth, has washed up onto a beach in southern Chile, probably after dying at sea, local...
Brazilian President holds a bilateral meeting with his Peruvian counterpart, on the eve of a summit of the eight-nation Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization in Brazil. Brazilian President will host a regional...