Argentina has passed a ‘millionaire’s tax’ to help pay for Covid-19 measures
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has surged to its highest level since 2008
Tesla co-founder Elon Musk has overtaken Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person
Joburgers are buzzing over the opening of a new inner-city art setup, the Botho Project Space, located in industrial Selby
Global renewable electricity installations will hit a record level in 2020, according to the International Energy Agency
A man successfully sued one of Australia’s biggest pension funds over its handling of climate change, forcing it to commit to zero emissions for its ...
Ethiopia’s prime minister says his country "will not cave in to aggressions of any kind" after US President Donald Trump suggested Egypt could destroy the ...
World Health Organisation says infected coronavirus patients in Europe and the US are not placing themselves in quarantine, which is one of the contributors to ...
Officials in California have sent cease-and-desist orders to Republican leaders in the state demanding the removal of ‘unofficial, unauthorised’ ballot ...
Ghana, the continent’s largest gold producer, plans to sell the rights to most of its gold royalties
Two years ago, scientists discovered a saltwater lake beneath the south pole of Mars, leading to excitement and some scepticism
Toxins made by microscopic algae caused the previously unexplained deaths of elephants in Botswana, the country’s officials say
Reindeer herders in Russia’s Lyakhovsky Islands in the Arctic have found the complete carcass of an Ice Age cave bear in melting permafrost
A Barcelona hospital is letting its Covid-19 patients out into the sun, partly in a bid to increase their vitamin D intake, after a Spanish study suggested it ...
Foreign white farmers in Zimbabwe whose land was seized under Robert Mugabe can apply to get it back and will be offered land elsewhere if restitution proves ...
Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques has lost $5m in bonuses over the destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site in Western Australia
Namibian President Hage Geingob has turned down Germany’s offer of $11.7m in reparations for the genocide committed by the German empire
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The US is enacting policies to reverse course on curbing the carbon emissions