New Climate Goal: To Quadruple Sustainable Fuels
Brazil has become a major producer of ethanol, a biofuel that competes with gasoline. Monocultures of sugar cane form a monotonous landscape in the southern state of São Paulo and…
Horror moment children rush from nursery after deadly Putin drone strike on school
Dozens of crying children were carried away from the burning building in Kharkiv after a flurry of Russian drone strikes destroyed a nursery in the northeastern Ukrainian city 08:47, 23…
‘I was kidnapped, tortured, raped and had 6 children by my stepdad over 28 years’
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTEN Lydia Gouardo escaped from her abuser as a child, but the police just delivered her back to him every time 08:43, 23 Oct 2025Updated 08:44, 23 Oct…
Kidnapped teen’s chilling strategy to survive nine months of torture
Abby Hernandez was 14 years old when she was kidnapped while walking home from her school in North Conway, New Hampshire, and held captive for nine months 08:10, 23 Oct…
Trump levies new sanctions on Russian oil giants in a push to end Ukraine war
President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption…
International Day for Climate Action, 2025
by External Source Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Inter Press Service We are in a climate emergency. The Earth is already over 1.3 °C warmer than pre-industrial times. 2024 was the…
Man, 82, and woman, 60 ‘kidnapped and tortured a woman for five years’
The alleged victim banged on a neighbour’s window while ‘mostly naked’ and claimed to have been held captive by her roommate and her partner – the couple has been charged…
Trump to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles after Putin talks collapse
Donald Trump has cleared the way for Ukraine to use certain long-range missiles supplied by Western allies after a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin collapsed. A key restriction on their…
Inside La Santé prison where Nicolas Sarkozy faces years in isolation
French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy began his five-year prison sentence on Tuesday, locked up in a nine-square-metre cell at Paris’ infamous La Santé prison 19:00, 22 Oct 2025Updated 23:05, 22 Oct…
Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes for the first time, as climate warms
Mosquitoes appear in Iceland for the first time The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed this week by the Natural Science Institute of Iceland, which said the mosquitoes…