By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization and about three-quarters of global health care workers on Monday called […]
Hearth site in Utah desert reveals human tobacco use 12,300 years ago
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have unearthed evidence of a milestone in human culture – the earliest-known use […]
U.S., EU line up over 20 more countries for global methane pact
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two dozen countries have joined a U.S.- and EU-led effort to slash methane emissions […]
Exclusive: Major coffee buyers face losses as Colombia farmers fail to deliver
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) – Coffee farmers in Colombia, the world’s No. 2 arabica producer, have failed to deliver […]
Madagascar prays for rain as U.N. warns of ‘climate change famine’
By Joel Kouam AMBOASARY SUD, Madagascar (Reuters) – Some days, all Tsimamorekm Aly eats is sugary water. He’s happy if […]
Qatar powerless to ease global energy crisis
By Andrew Mills and Guy Faulconbridge DOHA/LONDON (Reuters) -Qatar, the world’s largest seller of liquefied natural gas (LNG), told consumers […]
U.N. chief urges world leaders to clinch WTO fisheries deal, document shows
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has written to world leaders calling on them to clinch […]
More vaccines, climate help needed for poorer nations, say UN, Non-Aligned Movement
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Developing nations and the head of the United Nations on Monday demanded a fairer global distribution of […]
Corporate business travel ‘carbon budgets’ loom for airlines
By Jamie Freed and Rajesh Kumar Singh SYDNEY/BOSTON (Reuters) -As major companies look at drastic ways to cut carbon emissions […]
Lebanese firefighters put out fire at fuel facility
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Firefighters put out a blaze that raged for several hours at a gasoline storage tank in southern Lebanon […]