Kylie Morris
Sanders time: why is America feeling the Bern?
Bernie Sanders, America’s answer to Jeremy Corbyn, is giving Hillary Clinton a scare in the campaign to get the Democratic nomination for next years US presidential election.
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‘Exploding human consumption’ responsible for wildlife loss, says WWF
Tropical forests being cleared at an unprecedented rate, overfishing and pollution in the oceans and wildlife populations on land plummeting. A new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature paints a bleak picture of the state of the planet.
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No, the Queen’s pay rise didn’t come from the magic money tree
The Queen got a £6 million pay rise this week, but it’s not the fruit of the magic money tree.
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Kylie Morris
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Jonathan Miller
Nepal earthquake: the village too dangerous to rebuild
Exactly one week on from the massive earthquake, villagers in Puranogau, were coming to terms with the fact that they had lost more than their loved ones and their homes.
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Chernobyl forest fire ‘under control’ – Ukraine PM
Ukraine’s prime minister says a major forest fire that threatened to spread to the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant zone is under control.
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Alex Thomson
Building a hospital in the jungle – in just six weeks?
Many query why the response has been so slow to Ebola from Europe and you can certainly argue not enough was done in the early months. But the work is getting underway – and it’s making a difference.
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Tom Clarke
What difference does a day make to climate change?
Today in New York the UN will sit down to talk about climate change. Again. But can one extra day of talking possibly make any difference to change the pace of action on global warming?
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Meet the Olinguito, star of the top 10 new species, 2014
A tree-dwelling carnivore from the cloud forests of South America heads this year’s top 10 list and shows that not all of the “big” species are already known or documented.
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Who is Sajid Javid, high-flying ‘Muslim heir to Maggie’?
There are few MPs who can claim to have benefited from the expenses scandal but the new Culture Secretary Sajid Javid is perhaps one of them.
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‘We live in an era of man-made climate change’ – IPCC
Much of the world remains unprepared for the mounting threats of the changing climate, a major international report warns.
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Venezuela in crisis: living in the shadow of Hugo Chavez
In any analysis of Venezuelan politics, it is prudent not to underestimate the vast shadow that former President Hugo Chavez casts over his country, writes Thom Walker.
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Bloody battle to save Congo elephants from ivory poachers
As a conference on wildlife trafficking opens in London, Congo conservationists claim Chinese in the country are boosting the supply of AK47 bullets to poor communities to encourage elephant poaching.
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Jon Snow
Amid Britain's own storm damage, spare a thought for a faraway island
Saint Vincent, a small Caribbean island state, suffered one of the most violent storms in living memory. Jon Snow was there to witness the aftermath.
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Gold standard for Northumberland’s starry skies
It is one of the best places in the UK to see the Milky Way. And now, part of Northumberland’s countryside is to be awarded dark sky park status, and will become the largest in Europe.
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The rise of the selfie: why we’re all celebrities now
Taking photos of yourself and posting them online is so widespread, that “selfie” is the word of 2013. But what does it say about us – and will the word stand the test of time?
