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Violent weather events have been top of the news agenda for weeks, with scientists and fact-based news organisations attributing their increased severity to climate breakdown. The scientists consulted have all emphasised the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

At the same time there are predictions about artificial intelligence and datacentres …

On a crisp December morning, office workers and tourists stroll along a tree-lined stream in central Seoul, pausing on stepping stones that cross its flowing waters. It’s difficult to imagine that just over 20 years ago, this was a vast elevated highway carrying 168,000 cars daily through the heart of …

• Ukraine is to receive a new, rapidly developed bespoke air defence system called Gravehawk as part of the support

  announced by Keir Starmer as he visited Kyiv on Thursday

  .

  The system, roughly the size of a shipping container, has been developed by Britain and Denmark to allow …

Elianne Andam was known, above all, for her caring nature. During her memorial service, her father recounted an evening when she found six snails flushed out on the pavement due to the rain. She picked up the “slimy creatures” and moved them out of harm’s way so they would not …

Keir Starmer has announced a “historic” 100-year partnership with Ukraine, saying the UK would support the country “beyond this terrible war” and into a future where it is “free and thriving again”.

Speaking during his first trip to Kyiv as prime minister, Starmer said the unprecedented agreement reflected the “huge …

If ever there was an athlete who could be a spokesperson for middle-child syndrome, it’s LiAngelo Ball – basketball’s black sheep. Nearly a decade ago the 6ft 5in forward was touted as an NBA inevitable with his brothers, Lonzo and LaMelo; most of that promotion came loud and direct from …

The moon has been placed on a list of threatened heritage sites, owing to fears of potential looting and destruction caused by planned commercial trips.

The watchlist of the

World Monuments Fund

Walking in steady procession, mittened hand in mittened hand, we descend in our swimsuits into the icy cold North Atlantic Ocean, singing. Usually the women sing an Icelandic song as they enter the waves, but this Saturday, for my benefit, they have chosen to sing You Are My Sunshine first. …

In 1907, Tom Longstaff made the first known summit of a 7,000-plus-meter peak,

Trisul in the Himalayas

Longstaff believed that “the most important quality of a mountaineer” was “knowing when to …

Good morning. After more than 460 days of conflict since Israel’s invasion of Gaza began in response to the October 7 attacks, a new ceasefire deal

has finally been agreed

Announcing the agreement last night, the Qatari prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, said he hoped …