Wiping out animals could mean 7 per cent more carbon released but conserving them would be worth £34bn in CO2 storage, study finds Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7 per cent more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But ... Read More »
Growth falls to 6.2 per cent in second quarter – the lowest on record – hit by sharp rise in US tariffs on Chinese goods in May China’s economy has slowed to its lowest growth rate in almost three decades, suggesting the trade war with Donald Trump is taking its toll. ... Read More »
The European Union’s foreign policy chief has said that none of the signatory parties to the Iran nuclear deal believe that the country’s breach of the agreement are “significant.” On July 7, the Iranian government announced it started to increase uranium enrichment beyond the purity threshold it had agreed to in the ... Read More »
The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a new rule to bar almost all immigrants from applying for asylum at the southern border, requiring them to first pursue safe haven in a third country through which they had traveled on the way to the United States. The Department of Homeland Security, ... Read More »
UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt tries to reinforce nuclear deal abandoned by US Tensions in the Middle East could pose an existential threat to mankind unless the Iran nuclear deal is maintained, Jeremy Hunt will say on Monday in his starkest warning since the regional crisis escalated two months ... Read More »
Guatemala said on Sunday it would postpone President Jimmy Morales’ visit to Washington to discuss Guatemala’s potential designation as a ‘safe third country’ for asylum seekers, stressing it had no plans to sign such an agreement. In a statement, Guatemala said the planned meeting between Morales and U.S. President Donald ... Read More »
Mr Erdogan said Turkey is “trying to guarantee peace and national security” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the country will finish receiving parts for a new Russian air-defence system by April. Mr Erdogan said Turkey is buying the S-400 system as “we are trying to guarantee peace and ... Read More »
Iran welcomes France’s efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday as French President Emmanuel Macron’s top diplomatic adviser visited Tehran for talks to help ease the crisis. Iran threatened on Monday to restart deactivated centrifuges and ramp up enrichment of uranium to ... Read More »
The United States would hope to see a freeze in the North Korean nuclear program as the start of a process of denuclearization, the State Department said on Tuesday, ahead of fresh talks with Pyongyang supposed to take place this month. U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim ... Read More »
Exclusive: Thousands of years of history being unlocked in the Aegean isles which could provide groundbreaking knowledge of ancient civilisations Archaeologists are, for the first time, discovering the probable origins of ancient Greece. Excavations on a tiny island in the Aegean Sea – 125 miles south-east of Athens – are revealing ... Read More »
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