Economy

The world’s forests are under threat. As well as being logged for timber and cleared to make way for agriculture,...

The searing heat from wildfires can transform metals found naturally in the soil into cancer-causing airborne particles, according to a...

Apes can recognize old friends they haven’t seen for decades, according to new research, and it’s the longest-lasting social memory...

A volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula is erupting, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said in a statement on Monday. The eruption...

At least 86 people have died and 96 others were injured after an earthquake in northwest China, state broadcaster CCTV...

The first launch in more than a year of Blue Origin’s New Shepard tourism rocket, designed to vault paying customers...

Pope Francis formally permitted Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples on Monday, in a significant shift in the church’s...

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has swept to a third, six-year term as Egypt’s president, winning 89.6% of votes in an election...

Blue Origin’s tourism rocket — which is designed to vault paying customers on brief trips to the edge of space...

The British royal family can be a litigious bunch, but perhaps no member is more so than the Duke of...