Energy efficiency is so important in the world's journey to net zero, to keep global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, that it's nicknamed "the first fuel" by the International Energy Agenc...
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 355 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths has now passed 5.6 million. More than 9.93 billion vacc...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to business leaders on Monday to support developing countries "in their hour of need" with access to COVID-19 vaccines, help to combat the c...
岸田文雄首相は、「民主主義の価値観を守りながら、経済社会を大きく変換する」というミッションを掲げ、人と地球、持続可能性と包摂性を第一に考えた経済政策を掲げています。
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has set out his mission to achieve "the great transformation of liberal democratic society", putting people and planet first in his economic policies.
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are the most trusted members of society – by three-quarters of people – while government leaders are the least trusted.
Inequalities have been deepened in the midst of the pandemic, as a result of violent economic policies contributing to thousands of deaths a day, according to a new report by Oxfam Intern...
Australian authorities warned people to stay indoors on Friday as a severe heatwave along the northwestern coast pushed temperatures to a blistering 50.7 degrees Celsius (123 degrees Fahr...
After the calorie overload of the holiday season, January is the time when many – particularly in the Western world – rethink diets.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 310.5 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths has now passed 5.49 million. More than 9.46 billion v...
Two years on from the first COVID-19 cases, countries are reporting record infections due to the Omicron variant, but the pandemic pales compared to the long-term risks the world faces fr...
This article was first published 3 February 2022 and updated 12 December 2022.
"Just like previous variants, Omicron is hospitalizing people and it is killing people."
US President Joe Biden is due to visit Colorado on Friday to view the devastation left by a rare, winter wildfire that ravaged two Denver-area towns last week, displacing thousands of res...
Health topped the news agenda once more in 2021, with ‘Covid vaccine’ the number one Google News search in the UK.
