Brazil has been the Latin American country hardest-hit so far by the coronavirus pandemic, with many fearing that deaths from Covid-19 are rocketing well beyond the 2,588 officially recorded so far.
The situation is particularly dire for the millions of Brazilians...
The first beavers to live wild in England for centuries are to be allowed to remain in their new home on the River Otter in east Devon after a five-year reintroduction trial.
The government gave permission on Thursday for the reestablished colony...
Dear clients,Please note that due to Independence Day celebrated in the USA on 4 July 2020 you may experience the following changes in trading hours on July 3rd:Commodity Spot Prices:
Gold and Silver trading ends at 20:00 GMT 3;
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Raw sewage was discharged for more than 1,000 hours from a Thames Water overflow pipe into an environmental wetland at the Olympic Park last year, the Guardian can reveal.
The combined sewer overflow (CSO) at Mulberry Court pumped untreated waste 91 times...
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Swimmers itching to take advantage of the easing of lockdown to have their first sea bathes or wild swims of the summer should pick their spot wisely: only two-thirds of the UK's bathing waters are of excellent quality, according to the...
Dramatic new images have shown fires raging over wide areas of the Brazilian Amazon nearly a year after blazes across the region sparked an international crisis for the far-right government of President Jair Bolsonaro.
The video images and photographs were filmed during...
Deep in the Maquipucuna cloud forest, two hours drive from Ecuador's capital, Quito, rare Andean bears come together for a few weeks each year to feast...
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Due to corporate events (split of shares) in the Telus Corporation, CFD trading on shares #CA-T will be suspended from 16.03.2020. All open...
Suspected Hutu militiamen have killed 16 people, including 12 rangers, in the Virunga national park, a Democratic Republic of the Congo government official has...
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Twenty thousand tonnes of diesel fuel spilled into a river inside the Arctic Circle forcing Vladimir Putin to order a state of emergency.
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August is the feather month, when the sky is brought down to earth. Birds have worn out the summer: quills that beat the air are battered beyond repair; frayed coats cannot cover the winter to...
The sound was both primeval yet utterly fresh and new: a time-travelling throwback to the middle ages; yet, at the same time, a portent of a brighter future for our rural landscape.Like a rapid burst...
The humble house brick has been turned into a battery that can store electricity, raising the possibility that buildings could one day become literal powerhouses.The new technology exploits the porous nature of fired red bricks...
Never before have we sprayed so much of a chemical on our food, on our yards, on our children's playgrounds. So it's no surprise that Roundup - the world's most widely used weedkiller - shows...
When you stand facing an exposed edge of permafrost, you can feel it from a distance.It emanates a cold that tugs on every one of your senses. Permanently bound by ice year after year, the...
A stranded dolphin has been saved after a five-hour rescue operation in Cornwall.The mammal was stuck in shallow water at Mawgan Creek in the Helford estuary, near Helston, an area well known for being a...
Today seems to be the day of the gatekeepers. Dozens of the bright, coppery-brown butterflies are fluttering around, rising above the lush green grasses and bushes, buffeted by the breeze in the afternoon sunshine. There's...
European shares have followed on from Asia's positive session overnight as markets seem to shrug off the latest US-China tensions. An initial review of the Phase one trade deal will begin on Saturday and investors...
Tobacco plants have been modified with a protein found in algae to improve their photosynthesis and increase growth, while using less water, in a new advance that could point the way to higher-yielding crops in...
Reports that China is planning to implement new security laws for Hong Kong in response to massive pro-democracy protests that have gripped the city...