Global food prices hit a record high in March, and the number of people facing acute food insecurity has more than doubled since 2019, according to the World Food Programme, as COVID-19, ...
The COVID-19 pandemic did not spell the end of globalization. That’s the view of the inaugural DHL Trade Growth Atlas, which draws on more than a million data points on the flow of goods ...
The cost of meeting global targets to fight issues such as hunger, poverty and climate change rose 25% to $176 trillion over the last year, with performance on several measures reversing,...
Beside a pool. In a log cabin. In your pyjamas. Working wherever and whenever you like can seem like a very attractive option.
Extreme heat in China played havoc on 24 August despite lower temperatures in some regions, with authorities across the Yangtze river basin scrambling to limit the damage from climate cha...
This article was first published in August 2022 and updated in October 2022 and December 2022.
Torrential rain hit parts of New Zealand for a fourth day on 19 August, forcing hundreds of people from their homes as rivers overflowed their banks and waterlogged ground becomes unstable.
Drought has been declared across the globe, from the Horn of Africa, to China and England, as climate change continues unabated.
Firefighters have managed to halt the spread of a "monster" blaze in southwest France, allowing authorities to reopen a stretch of highway to traffic ahead of a busy travel weekend. Reinf...
Fears of a global recession are growing, as supply chain disruptions cause soaring inflation and a cost-of-living crisis.
Wildfires raging through Europe this summer have burned the second-largest area on record – twice the size of Luxembourg – and it's still only halfway through the fire season. Just over 6...
Rich nations failed to meet a pledge to deliver billions of dollars to help poorer countries cope with climate change, the OECD said on 29 July. In 2009, developed countries promised that...
Some 100 million Americans from New York City to Las Vegas were under heat warnings this week as temperatures rose well above 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius), part of a trend of extreme weath...
As summer sizzles in the northern hemisphere, you might be looking for a good book to take on holiday, or to help you travel in your imagination.
Utah's Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded level this month amid a two-decade drought, a grim milestone as researchers and politicians point to grave threats to wildlife and pe...
