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Just four countries plus the European Union are responsible for most of the world’s emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the most common greenhouse...

“I’ve seen more images of dead people in the past three weeks than I’ve seen in my entire life,” a Facebook researcher in India wrote...

National plans to cut carbon fall far short of what’s needed to avert dangerous climate change, according to the UN Environment Programme. Their Emissions Gap report says...

The “mountains of garbage” dotting India’s cities will soon be replaced with waste treatment plants, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised earlier this month. Author Saumya...

Police in India’s Mumbai city have put out a message on road safety drawing inspiration from Netflix’s smash hit, Squid Game. The Korean drama tells...

Yeo Zheng Ye grew up in Singapore knowing he would have to go to jail. A member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses church, his beliefs prevent...

Cities across the world have had to rethink security in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic – here are the ones doing it well. Nothing...

You’ve likely heard this wild (and wildly misinformed) idea in one form or another: we humans only use 10 percent of our brain. Like a...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise...

North Korea has fired a short-range missile towards the sea off its east coast early on Tuesday, said South Korea’s military. The test happened as...