A powerful storm has hit the western and southern coasts of England and Wales over the weekend, with forecasters warning of more to come. There has been widespread disruption to roads, rail and air travel, while almost 12,000 homes are without power.
Climate change could lead Europe into a conflict with Russia, according to a report from Europe's foreign policy leaders. The report won't be officially presented to the European Council until Friday, but it's already all over the media.
Polls have opened in Spain as the country's 35 million eligible voters decide whether to return the ruling Socialists to power.
Gibraltar will benefit from over 9 million Euros in EU funding over the next six years to invest in projects aimed at fostering sustainable and diversified economic growth reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
The head of the UN World Food Programme has warned that the rise in basic food costs could continue until 2010. Josette Sheeran blamed soaring energy and grain prices, the effects of climate change and demand for bio-fuels.
After thirteen years on top, Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world. That honor now belongs to his friend and sometimes bridge partner Warren Buffett, according to a report from Forbes magazine.
The United Nations food agency has asked wheat-producing nations in Asia, including India and Pakistan to be on high alert following a report that a new virulent wheat fungus has moved to major wheat-growing areas in Iran.
World fertilizer production is expected to outstrip demand over the next five years and will support higher levels of food and bio-fuel production, FAO said in a new report entitled Current world fertilizer trends and outlook to 2011/12, published this week.
A Green Passport' campaign was launched Friday at a world tourism fair aims at shrinking the environmental footprint of vacation travelers, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).
Almost every country in the world still has laws that discriminate against women, and promises to remedy this have not been kept, the top United Nations human rights official said on Friday, speaking on the eve of International Women's Day.