In a high emissions future, the world’s strongest ocean current could slow down by 20% by 2050, further accelerating Antarctic ice sheet melting and sea level rise, an Australian-led study has found. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current – a clockwise current more than four times stronger than the Gulf Stream that links the Atlantic, Pacific and…
China is preparing countermeasures against fresh US import tariffs that are set to take effect on Tuesday, China’s state-backed Global Times reported, with American agricultural exports likely to be targeted. Donald Trump last week threatened China with an extra 10% duty, resulting in a cumulative 20% tariff, while accusing Beijing of not having done enough…
More than 1 million of the lowest-paid UK workers are to be guaranteed sick pay worth up to 80% of their weekly salary from the first day of sickness, under changes intended to boost living standards. The UK has one of the stingiest rates of statutory sick pay in the developed world, according to the…
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood James Harrison with his grandson, Trey, in an earlier picture One of the world’s most prolific blood donors – whose plasma saved the lives of more than 2 million babies – has died. James Harrison died in his sleep at a nursing home in New South Wales, Australia on 17 February,…
King Charles III (then Prince Charles) visits Honeydale Farm in the Cotswolds region of England on June 22, 2021. The King is known to be a supporter of sustainable agriculture. Toby Melville | Getty Images When King Charles III visited Honeydale Farm in England’s Cotswolds region, one of his first remarks was: “Monoculture. That’s our…
Police have shut down the alleged medicinal cannabis operation of one of New Zealand’s most renowned “green fairies”, prompting an outpouring of support from a prominent politician and the hundreds of people who rely on such products to ease their pain. Police raided the rural Northland property of 66-year-old Paul Smith – more widely known…
Workers weld acid batteries at the Leoch International Technology Ltd. factory in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. Mauricio Palos | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s factory activity expanded at its fastest pace in three months to 50.8 in February, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, as millions of migrant workers returned to…
Reuters “Bruised but motivated,” was how one of Volodymyr Zelensky’s entourage described how they had been feeling, as a small group of journalists crammed into what felt like an even smaller room at Stansted Airport. The British state had done its best to give the Ukrainian president “all bells and whistles” when he arrived in…
The West Bank-based film No Other Land has won this year’s best documentary feature Oscar. The film, which is made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective, won out against competition from Black Box Diaries, Porcelain War and Sugarcane. No Other Land premiered at the Berlin film festival last year where it won the Berlinale documentary award. The…
The Snow King mascot on a cup at a Mixue store in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of China’s largest bubble tea chain Mixue jumped as much as 30% on its market debut on Monday after a heavily oversubscribed initial public offering. Shares were last seen…
