Gotabaya Rajapaksa has officially stepped down as president of Sri Lanka. This comes after months of anti-government protests over a worsening economic crisis.

Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday.

The judge overseeing Twitter Inc's $44 billion lawsuit against Elon Musk has a no-nonsense reputation as well as the distinction of being one of the few jurists who has ever ordered a reluctant buyer to close a U.S. corporate merger.

Christophe Gagnon considered quitting his avionics studies as COVID-19 crippled aviation, but the 21-year-old stayed in class and now the industry is desperate for more like him to keep planes flying.

Met Office forecasters say there is an 80% chance of temperatures surpassing the record 38.7C (101.7F) set at Cambridge University Botanic Garden on 25 July 2019.

Users in the UK are throwing away around two disposable vapes every second. The number of discarded disposable vapes accounts for around 10 tonnes of lithium being sent to landfill or waste incinerators each year - enough of the metal to make batteries for…

Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires continued to rage out of control in southwestern France, authorities said on Friday.

Mali will from Thursday suspend all new rotations of the United Nations’ MINUSMA peacekeeping mission, including those already scheduled, for “national security” reasons, the foreign ministry said.

Workers at Network Rail and 14 train operators will now strike on 18 and 20 August, as well as 27 July.

Australia is set to sign up to a joint statement from Pacific Islands Forum leaders that is expected to declare a "climate emergency" and says there is a need for rapid and deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming.

The French President warns his country to prepare for a total cut-off of Russian natural gas and says France needs to spend more on its military as the Ukraine war rages.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at what a prestigious medical journal says about climate change and children's health and examine what a tree is worth.

Lawmakers were to convene Saturday to choose a new leader who would serve out the remainder of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s term, which ends in 2024.

The Peter fire broke out Thursday afternoon near the city of Anderson, prompting evacuation orders, authorities said.

There really may be no helping the China economy.  A few years ago westerners touted the Chinese as the way to go and the example of world economic success.  Today the country’s economy is falling apart in large part due to its dependence on the real estate…