From ashes to fly larvae, new ideas aim to revive farm soil
By Rod Nickel
As extreme weather and human activity degrade the world’s arable land, scientists and developers are looking at new and largely unproven methods to save soil for ...
Russia presses ahead with Donetsk campaign; Ukraine wants fighter jets
Russian forces are making incremental gains in their push to take territory in Ukraine’s eastern province of Donetsk, focusing on the town of Bakhmut north of the regional capital.
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UK set for biggest strike action for years as teachers, civil servants walk out
Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, train drivers and university lecturers will strike on Wednesday in the largest coordinated action in a generation which the government says ...
Russian court fines Amazon’s Twitch $57,000 over Ukraine content
A Russian court on Tuesday fined streaming service Twitch 4 million roubles ($57,000) for failing to remove what it said were “fakes” about Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, the Interfax news ...
‘Hands off Africa,’ Pope Francis tells rich world
Pope Francis denounced the “poison of greed” driving conflicts in Africa as he began a visit to Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, saying the rich world had to realise ...
Peru police disperse protesters who were approaching Lima airport
Peru‘s police said on Tuesday it had dispersed protesters who were approaching Jorge Chavez International Airport near the capital city of Lima, as protests in the capital spark fear ...
Huge crowds march across France, raising pressure against Macron’s pension reform
Huge crowds marched across France on Tuesday to say “Non” to President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to make people work longer before retirement, with pressure in the streets intensifying against ...
Slovakia will hold early election in Sept, pro-Ukraine stance at stake
The Slovak parliament approved on Tuesday plans to shorten its four-year term by five months and to hold an early election on Sept. 30 after the centre-right cabinet lost a no-confidence ...
Blinken takes support for two-state solution to disillusioned Palestinians
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken moves to the West Bank on Tuesday, a day after calling for a halt to escalating violence and reaffirming Washington’s backing for ...
Environmentalists protest airport project near Albanian bird sanctuary
By Florion Goga
Environmentalists protested over the weekend at the building site of a new airport in Albania’s south meant to boost tourism but which they say will endanger ...
Brazil miner lobby seeks end to illegal mining that caused Yanomami tragedy
By Anthony Boadle
The Brazilian government must act to stamp out illegal gold mining that has caused a humanitarian crisis of hunger and disease in the Yanomami indigenous population, mining ...
Major new Russian assault in Ukraine unlikely to achieve breakthough, UK says
A large Russian force has advanced hundreds of metres in a major new assault on a Ukrainian-held bastion in southeastern Ukraine this week, though it is unlikely to force a ...
Oil falls on rate hike worries, Russian export flows
Oil prices fell on Tuesday as the prospect of further interest rate increases and ample Russian crude flows outweighed demand recovery expectations from China.
March Brent crude futures fell by $1.01, ...
Turkey’s tourism gains in war-hit 2022 but trade deficit widens
Turkey’s tourism revenue hit a record $46.3 billion in 2022 even as its trade deficit swelled to more than $109 billion, as a fallout from war in nearby Ukraine brought a surge ...
Iran, Russia link banking systems amid Western sanction
Iran and Russia have connected their interbank communication and transfer systems to help boost trade and financial transactions, a senior Iranian official said on Monday, as both Tehran and Moscow ...
Three years on, Britain still waits for Brexit dividend
Three years after its departure from the European Union, Britain is yet to benefit from the Brexit dividend that was promised for its economy as it lags its peers on ...
Cyprus Airways announces weekly flights to Dubai
Cyprus Airways announced on Tuesday that it has secured a license and landing slots to operate up to three weekly flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
According to its ...
Western allies differ over jets for Ukraine as Russia claims gains
Ukraine’s defence minister is expected in Paris on Tuesday to meet President Emmanuel Macron amid a debate among Kyiv’s allies over whether to provide fighter jets for its ...
France hit by second nationwide strike against pension reform (Update)
A second nationwide strike disrupted French electricity production, public transport and schools on Tuesday, in a backlash against the government’s plans to make people work longer before retirement.
Unions, ...
Facebook seeks to block $3.7 billion UK mass action over market dominance
Facebook on Monday asked a London tribunal to block a collective lawsuit valued at up to 3 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) over allegations the social media giant abused its dominant position to ...
Pakistan mosque bombing death toll rises to 87
The death toll in the suicide bombing that tore through a mosque in Pakistan rose to 87 on Tuesday, a hospital official said, a day after the one of the biggest ...
Moscow’s ‘big revenge’ has begun, Zelenskiy says, as Russia claims Ukraine gains (Updated)
Russia has begun its “big revenge” for Ukraine’s resistance to its invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, as Russian forces claimed a series of incremental gains in ...
Britain unlawfully issued surveillance warrants for nearly five years – tribunal
British spies unlawfully retained people’s intercepted data over almost five years, a tribunal said on Monday in a ruling that blamed “widespread corporate failure” at the domestic intelligence agency ...
Pilot dies in Greek F-4 jet crash in Ionian Sea, second pilot missing
One pilot died in an F-4 fighter jet crash in the Ionian Sea off western Greece on Monday and rescuers were searching for the jet’s second pilot, the Greek ...