The World Meteorological Organisation says a rise of 2°C would wipe out more than 99% of coral reefs and melt most of the sea ice in the Arctic
Highly intelligent, self-aware and helpful around the house — the robots of the future could look and act just like humans, says Hiroshi Ishiguro
‘We are now roughly at 1920. The rest has already been lost — everything from 1920 until now’
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has zero tolerance for protests, but the poverty rate is climbing as the government slashes fuel and electricity subsidies
Constrained by a lack of fuel and funding amid the country’s worst economic crisis in a decade, the government is struggling to keep its cities clean
70th anniversary celebrations of China’s founding have already been canceled for October 1, as total arrests now at more than 1,500
Indonesian authorities also cite pilot error and maintenance issues for the crash that killed 157 people
The US president and Indian prime minister meet in Texas and find much common ground in anti-Islamic rhetoric
Donald Trump denies asking Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden’s son’s work in Ukraine, but the whistle-blower has yet to come forward
Statement comes as the US announces it will send a ‘moderate’ number of troops to the region and missile defence capabilities to the Saudis
Much doubt over anyone’s ability to form a coalition government
A disparate group in the Balkan country is making a go of marijuana, but getting past government hurdles and funding issues is proving problematic
Banks in Lebanon still sell dollars at the official exchange rate but some business-people say they are not able to get the quantities they need
Queueing hours for fuel, extended power cuts — Cuba is starting to feel like the ‘special period’ when it collapsed in the 1990s
Emission trading will discourage fossil fuel use and cities will test €365 annual tickets for public transport as the country ‘unites behind science’
Saud al- Qahtani was a close confidant of the Saudi Crown Prince; the platform also removed 267 pro-Saudi accounts in the UAE and Egypt
Natural disasters, the country’s economic collapse and a shortage of white corn is likely to see it need foreign aid, says the UN World Food Programme
The Canadian prime minister has apologised profusely, but the scandal could sink his chances of re-election in the October 21 national vote
Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party rebuffs unity government call so the president is to start consultations with parties at the weekend
The queues at the Shanghai and Beijing stores, which combined totalled a few dozen customers, were in sharp contrast to previous years
