The Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, have led to severe environmental degradation, with financial losses exceeding USD 1 billion, highlighting the urgent need for ecosystem restoration.

The Pathibhara cable car project, which would add cable car infrastructure at a holy site in Nepal, has highlighted the ongoing tension between “development” advocates and local Indigenous groups.

In the government’s latest initiative on energy prices, Anthony Albanese on Sunday will promise that if re-elected, Labor will reduce the cost of installing a typical home battery by 30% from July 1.

Click to expand Image Protestors gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court as oral arguments are delivered in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic in Washington D.C., April 2, 2025. © ...

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) race needs to slow down and IT firms should instead be focusing on the bigger picture to ensure that the technology is not misused on the battlefield, UN disarmament ...

In some cases, long Senate speeches don’t produce clear results. In other cases, they can help pass or prevent new legislation.

The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labelled “passage tombs” by archaeologists because they typically feature a narrow passage leading to an internal chamber, covered by a large ...

If these findings are confirmed in humans, it could have implications for treating many diseases where the immune system becomes overactive.

The conundrum of when classified information is not deemed top secret is at the heart of the recent “Signalgate” controversy in which the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, shared plans for a ...

New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in the 1700s and 1800s.

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don’t often think to look beyond the city walls. And ...