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Brussels has opened its first-ever cycling ”motorway”. A new track is running alongside one of Belgium’s busiest roads, which connects Brussels with the area to…

EU leaders went the distance to agree a historic coronavirus recovery fund for the bloc. But doling out €750 billion in grants and loans will…

Countries should focus on prosecuting human traffickers to stop a surge in exploitation as the economic fallout from coronavirus lockdowns makes more people vulnerable to…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to announce on Wednesday the first proposed U.S. emissions standards for commercial aircraft, officials briefed on the matter…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched the Hand-in-Hand geospatial platform with a large and rich set of data on…

European Union leaders had hoped the relief of seeing each other face-to-face after five months apart under coronavirus lockdown would ease their fraught debate. It…

The WHO said South Africa’s outbreak, which accounts for 61% of the continent’s pandemic burden, could be a ”precursor” for the region. Kenya, Zambia and…

A house with a white picket fence in the verdant suburbs has long been an American dream. It could also be a major hurdle for…

With the Americas still the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact on the region’s indigenous people is of deep concern, the World Health Organization…

An operation to free a sperm whale ensnared in a fishing net off the coast of Sicily entered its third day on Monday. Coastguards, volunteers…

EU leaders will resume their fractious summit on Monday to save an $860-billion coronavirus aid plan, hoping to offset some of the economic destruction unleashed…

It is better for European Union leaders to agree an ambitious financial aid package for the bloc rather than to have a quick deal at…

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many British companies more badly prepared to handle a no-deal Brexit than they were before the health crisis, a new…

A dream was born when Sarah al-Amiri saw an image of the Andromeda Galaxy at the age of 12. In a region defined by turmoil,…

EU leaders meet on Friday for the first face-to-face summit since the coronavirus crisis, with low expectations of a deal on a €750bn (£670bn) post-Covid…

From forced displacement to conflict over resources, the coronavirus pandemic has created a ”perfect storm” for land rights abuses – and the situation is likely…

A fifth of EU soy imports from Brazil may come from land illegally deforested, according to a study released on Thursday that offers a detailed…

Sweden, whose softer approach to fighting the novel coronavirus drew global attention, has one of the EU’s highest rates of new cases but authorities say…

A new Tax Package unveiled by the EU Commission Wednesday looks to intensify the fight against tax abuse and curb unfair tax competition in order…

In recent decades, Costa Rica has doubled its forest cover while tripling the size of its economy – an example of how better protecting nature…