Volkswagen has said it expects its next generation of gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles to be the last comprised mostly of internal combustion-engine automobiles. Auto manufacturers are under pressure to reduce…
Maesk, the world’s largest container shipping company, announced plans to cut net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. “We will have to abandon fossil fuels. We will have to find…
Extreme hunger and disease in Yemen may have killed about 85,000 children younger than five, aid group Save the Children said in a study Wednesday. The analysis was posted Wednesday,…
– Pollution in China is reaching such critically high levels in places like Hebei Province the Air Quality Index can no longer be used to measure the impact of smog…
Cuba ended a program in which it sent thousands of doctors to treat millions of poor Brazilians over statements by newly elected Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that he plans changes,…
The taste of food cannot be copyrighted, the European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday — in the case of a Dutch cheese maker that sued a competitor for infringement. Levola,…
While air pollution continues to fall, its levels throughout Europe sit high enough to jeopardize to human health, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency. Air pollution…
A German nurse admitted Tuesday to killing dozens of patients years ago, saying he got a thrill out of taking people to the brink of death and bringing them back…
Mad cow disease has been diagnosed in a cow in Scotland, the first case in Britain in three years. The Scottish government said no infected meat has entered the food…
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could become worse due to a “perfect storm” of challenges that are allowing the disease to spread, a World Health…
