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The savage heatwave that has scorched India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely by climate change and is a harbinger of the region's future, scientists have said in a new study.

Dutch airline KLM is being hauled up in court over accusations its "misleading" advertising amounts to greenwashing, in what is believed to be the world's first such case for the aviation industry.

A 90-year-old Catholic leader has appeared in a Hong Kong court accused of breaking China's national security law.

President Joe Biden has said that the US would intervene militarily if China attacks Taiwan.

A woman is being hunted by police on suspicion of shooting dead a professional cyclist who had an affair with her boyfriend.

A man has died after an accident involving a steamroller in Ireland.

Russia's blockade of Ukraine will lead to worsening starvation, famine and instability around the world if it cannot be lifted, the World Food Programme has said.

People were told to stay at home and flights have been disrupted in parts of the Middle East after the latest in a series of unprecedented sandstorms swept across the region.

China's foreign minister is visiting the Solomon Islands this week amid Western fears that Beijing is seeking greater influence in the Pacific.

A veteran Russian diplomat has said he is concerned about his safety after he resigned over what he called the "disaster" of his nation's invasion of Ukraine.