Chile-Bolivia river row set for UN court ruling
By Danny KEMP The International Court of Justice will give its judgement on Thursday on a climate change-fuelled row between Chile and Bolivia over the use of a crucial cross-border river. Chile took its South American neighbour to the UN's top court in 2016, asking...
How bringing back lost species revives ecosystems
By Issam AHMED Scientists often study the grim impacts of losing wildlife to hunting, habitat destruction and climate change. But what happens when endangered animals are brought back from the brink? Research has shown restoring so-called "keystone" species -- those...
Asian stocks extend global rally as dollar drops on Fed rate hope
Asian stocks extended a global rally Thursday and the dollar sank after Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell flagged a rate hike slowdown and China signalled a softer approach to fighting Covid. A growing sense of hope that months of sharp monetary tightening around the...
Alzheimer’s drug data shows results but also risks
By Sara HUSSEIN Experts hailed full data Wednesday showing a new drug can slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients, but warned improvements were comparatively small and the treatment can have serious side effects. Preliminary data from a trial of lecanemab was...
Climate’s toll on trees threatens the sound of music
By Agnès PEDRERO Stroking a tiny spruce sapling, Swiss forest ranger Francois Villard fears the tree will not withstand global warming and live to a ripe old age like its ancestors. The Risoud Forest, covering the border between France and Switzerland some 1,200...
Self-driving lorries hit the road in Sweden
By Johannes LEDEL Barrelling down a motorway south of Stockholm in a 40-tonne lorry and trailer, the driver keeps a careful eye on the road but, jarringly, no hands on the wheel. Instead, the truck drives itself, and veteran driver Roger Nordqvist is at the ready only...
Fresh clashes in south China as authorities warn of ‘crackdown’
Fresh clashes have broken out between police and protesters in a southern Chinese city, part of a wave of Covid lockdown-sparked demonstrations across the country that have morphed into demands for political freedoms. China's top security body warned late on Tuesday...
Cracking the covert app that exposed Europe’s drug gangs
By Matthieu DEMEESTERE From torture and murder in the Netherlands and Serbia to an unprecedented web of corruption in Belgium, the Sky ECC investigation has shone a light into some of Europe's darkest corners. Sky ECC was a secure messaging app once prized by...
The US dollar is getting stronger: African countries are feeling the pain and have few policy options
Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University The US dollar has been advancing rapidly in response to the Federal Reserve’s resolve to keep raising policy rates for longer to regain control of stubbornly high inflation. This has far reaching consequences. The US dollar is...
China police out in force after anti-lockdown protests
By Matthew WALSH with Ludovic EHRET in Beijing Security services were out in force across China's major cities Tuesday, which for the time being appeared to have quelled nationwide protests calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. The country's...