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Nations agree push to get nature goals on track
Nearly 200 nations on Friday adopted hard-fought agreements at a UN biodiversity summit aimed at getting the world on course to halt the destruction of nature by 2030.
UN nature summit in extra time as nations grapple for deal
The UN biodiversity summit spilled into overtime Friday, pushing negotiations into the night as nations wrangled over how to get a landmark deal to halt nature's destruction back on track.
Nations struggle for deal as UN nature talks go down to the wire
The UN biodiversity summit entered its final hours Friday with talks headed for overtime as nations disagreed over how to rescue a landmark deal to restore nature to health.
Researchers on island encounter giant spider legs emerging from a burrow
A Mauritian Tidal Trapdoor Spider holding its ‘door’ (Picture: Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust) We all know how hard it is these days to find a decent place to rent, let alone buy a house. So who can exactly blame this newly-discovered species of spider for making one out of sand and algae in ancient tunnels carved out by worms?
India's animal megacentre vows reset after criticism
Behind guarded gates resembling an Indian maharajah's palace are hundreds of elephants and big cats, giraffes grazing in a mock savannah, and chimpanzees and orangutans swinging from ropes.
Deal still eludes nations on final day of UN nature talks
The UN biodiversity summit enters a final day Friday with nations still far from reaching a deal to revive a faltering pledge to stop destroying nature.
Charity crowdfunds millions to buy historic English estate
A leading UK conservation charity announced Friday it had raised some £30 million ($40 million) via crowdfunding to buy a huge swathe of rolling moorlands and forests to transform into a sanctuary for biodiversity.
Rains bring relief to Indonesian city weary of fire haze
Residents and firefighters in an Indonesian city long shrouded in a toxic haze brought on by months of wildfires rushed outside dancing and chanting as rain this week brought a welcome respite.
COPs 'bunch of baloney' says Panama as it vies to host nature summit
Despite campaigning to host the next COP nature summit, Panama's Environment Minister Juan Carlos Navarro has a blunt view of the UN-led negotiations he says are little more than "hypocrisy contests".
Cyclone Arnab lashes India coast, no deaths reported
Ferocious winds and torrential rain lashed India's southeastern coast after a cyclone made landfall on Wednesday, but there were no initial reports of deaths, a top official said.
India evacuates tens of thousands as Cyclone Arnab makes landfall
Ferocious winds and torrential rain lashed India's southeastern coast as Cyclone Arnab made landfall on Wednesday, forcing nearly 100,000 people to evacuate their homes in two states, authorities said.
Trump drastically loosens oil and gas methane rules
US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a sweeping rollback of rules that stop oil and gas producers from emitting methane, a greenhouse gas super pollutant.
Trump set to drastically loosen oil and gas sector's methane rules
President Donald Trump is set to announce Tuesday a sweeping rollback of rules that stop oil and gas producers from emitting methane, a greenhouse gas super pollutant.
EU pushes for more nations to pay to protect nature
The European Union vowed Tuesday to maintain its push for more countries to fund global conservation, as a dispute over who should pay divides nations at key UN nature talks.
Greenhouse gas levels hit new record highs in 2025: UN
Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere rose to new record highs in 2025, locking in climate impacts that will persist for centuries to come, the United Nations said Tuesday.
India orders evacuations as Cyclone Arnab looms
Indian authorities ordered nearly 100,000 people to evacuate homes in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, ahead of a severe cyclone the national weather office expects to make landfall by Wednesday.
Kuwait receives invitation to 2026 UN Water Conference in Abu Dhabi
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah received a joint written letter from UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Senegalese Minister of African Integration, Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad Cheikh Niang, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated Monday. in a statement, the ministry said the letter included an invitation for Kuwa
Gasping for air: Borneo residents struggle as island burns
Sudarsono shuddered as he inhaled from an oxygen tank while being evacuated from his small house in Palangkaraya on Indonesian Borneo, yellow, acrid wildfire smoke billowing all around.
Botanists comb Gabon's rich rainforests with nature on the line
Each year, Gabon's lush rainforests yield the discovery of previously unknown plant species to botanists like Archange Boupoya -- who believes that this exceptional yet largely mysterious natural wealth needs cataloguing to save.
Malaysia's Johor reopens schools as haze eases
Schools reopened in southern Malaysia on Monday as air quality improved after weeks of toxic haze from wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia.
Ladakh declared India’s first fully organic union territory
Ladakh has completed its transition to organic agriculture, following a ban on chemical fertilisers and a certification drive covering the Himalayan region’s villages.
Clashes break out in Paris, other cities amid fresh protests
Clashes broke out Saturday in Paris and other French cities amid demonstrations held a week after others that had degenerated into street violence and prompted a robust security backlash as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to restore order.
Police fire tear gas as new French protests kick off
French police started firing tear gas at protesters Saturday as they stepped up security in major cities aiming to prevent a repeat of rioting a week ago, on a day of fresh nationwide demonstrations over the high cost of living.
Security high as France braces for new protests
France was erecting a ring of steel in major cities ahead of new protests Saturday, with police, helicopters and armoured vehicles seeking to prevent a repeat of the violence and looting which erupted during nationwide demonstrations last weekend.
Singapore widens haze probe to local firms linked to Indonesian fires
Singapore expanded on Friday its probe into companies linked to fires in Indonesia, asking 10 locally-based firms for information about their efforts to contain blazes blamed for toxic haze covering the region.
Latin America's right-wing swing looms large over nature summit
Brazil's presidential election is looming large over the UN's COP17 nature summit in Armenia as a wave of right-wing victories in Latin America has raised concerns over the fate of environmental progress in the biodiverse region.
New York votes to ban Central Park horse carriages after decades of debate
New York's city council on Thursday voted to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park, signaling the end of a tourist ritual that's been subject to years of heated debate.
'Solution from the heavens': Indonesians pray for rain as fires burn
Indonesian schoolchildren prayed for rain on Thursday as another firefighter lost his life battling drought-fuelled blazes consuming forests and peatlands and blanketing parts of Southeast Asia in a sickening haze.
Champagne puts cork in project to expand production area
Champagne winegrowers said Thursday they were dropping a 23-year-old study into expanding the area that can produce France's most famous fizz due to climate change, declining consumption and economic uncertainty.
Low Rhine weighed on German growth: central bank
The German economy likely contracted in the third quarter as record low levels on the Rhine river caused by heatwaves and drought hampered goods shipments, the central bank said Wednesday.
'The fishing's terrible': Deforestation devastates C.Africa river
Sitting in his narrow dugout canoe, Jean-Romeo Senguemboli frowned at the meagre catch in his nets on the Central African Republic's Mbali River, where experts say deforestation is devastating the fish population.
UK approves drilling in controversial Jackdaw gas field
Britain's Labour government announced plans Wednesday to start drilling in a controversial gas field in the North Sea, claiming it would boost energy security amid price shocks from the Iran war.