Researchers have never found so many carcasses in Svalbard in 40 years of monitoring animal’s population   More than 200 reindeer have died of starvation on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with scientists blaming their deaths on climate change. The wild deer carcasses were found on the Arctic islands this ...

Brussels rallies amid elevation of Brexiteer Boris Johnson to UK’s highest office, says it will stick to Brexit deal. The European Union’s elect for the bloc’s top job has warned incoming British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of “challenging times ahead” over his plan to renegotiate Brexit. Ursula von der Leyen, ...

An emergency meeting with parties to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal was constructive but there are unresolved issues and Tehran will continue to reduce its nuclear commitments if Europeans fail to salvage the pact, Iranian official Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday. “The atmosphere was constructive. Discussions were good. I cannot say ...

Highs in Germany, Netherlands and Belgium exceeded for second time in 24 hours   Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium have recorded all-time national temperature highs for the second day running and Paris has had its hottest day ever as the second dangerous heatwave of the summer sears western Europe. The ...

  The European Central Bank announced on Thursday it had “no objection” to the nomination of Christine Lagarde as its new president, noting that Lagarde has the experience and competence required for the job. “The Governing Council has no objection to the proposed candidate, Christine Lagarde, who is a person ...

Lebanese Energy Minister, Nada Boustani promised on Tuesday that the oil and gas sector will develop and operate with total transparency. During the opening of a workshop with international petroleum countries, the minister said “the government and the Energy and Water Ministry is committed to following up on the development ...

British Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan has announced his resignation, being the first minister to walk out of government because they are unwilling to serve under Boris Johnson. Many other resignations are still expected. The pro EU minister said in his resignation letter to Theresa May that “the dark cloud of Brexit” was getting in ...

Japan is considering taking a dispute with South Korea over its compensation for wartime forced laborers to the International Court of Justice as the deadline for seeking third-country arbitration passes on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK reported. The question of compensation for South Koreans for labor during Japan’s 1910-45 occupation of ...

The United States said on Wednesday that it was removing Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet program, a move long threatened and expected after Ankara began accepting delivery of an advanced Russian missile defense system last week. The first parts of the S-400 air defense system were flown to the ...

Seawater could be turned to ice and pumped on glacier generating trillions of tonnes of snowfall   Vast snow cannons could be used to repair the West Antarctic ice sheet and prevent catastrophic sea level rise, leading climate scientists have suggested. Seawater could be turned into ice and then pumped onto the glacier, generating ...