The Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency has warned.
The World Meteorological Organization says that our planet is gaining much more heat energy than it can release, driven by emissions of warming gases such as carbon dioxide.
This record "energy imbalance" heated the ocean to new heights last year and continued to melt our planet's ice caps.
And scientists fear that a natural warming phase called El Niñ
Major stock markets in Asia slumped on Monday after Washington and Tehran threatened to escalate hostilities, as the Iran war enters its fourth week.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index was almost 3.6% lower, while South Korea's Kospi fell by almost 6%.
US President Donald Trump warned on Saturday that he would "obliterate" Iranian power plants if Iran did not open the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route. Iran said it would
A controversial secularism law in Quebec is heading to Canada's Supreme Court - but the outcome will impact much more than religious expression in Canada, legal experts say.
The case has the potential to test national unity and the balance between courts and elected officials.
"This case is probably going to be the most important constitutional case in a generation," said Christine Van Geyn, executive director at the Canadian Constitution Foundation.
Tim Mansel Business reporter, Weil am Rhein, southwest Germany
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Handirk von Ungern-Sternberg received an email from India out of the blue
Germany is continuing to struggle with a shortage of skilled workers, as elderly staff retire, and there are not enough young candidates to fill their roles. To try to alleviate the problem the country is increasingly turning to workers from India.
For Handirk von Ungern-Sternberg, it started with an email that dropped into his inbox in February 2021. It had come from India
Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire became the new mayor of Paris
Socialists and allies held on to power France's big four cities - Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Lille - on a local election night that offered hopes for mainstream parties in next year's presidential elections.
The new aspirants of the far-left and far-right also made gains – notably in Nice for an ally of Marine Le Pen and Roubaix in the north for the France Unbowed (LFI)
Two teenagers surf next to a disabled vehicle in flood water in Waialua, Hawaii on Friday
Hawaii's storm has already cost some $1bn (£752m) in damages, officials say, after two consecutive storms dropped as much as 50in (127cm) of rain on parts of the state and murky brown flood waters submerged some sections of the island of Oahu.
An Israeli artillery gun fires towards southern Lebanon, from northern Israel, on 20 March
The Israeli military says plans for the expansion of ground and air attacks against the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have been approved, amid fears in Lebanon that Israel is preparing a large-scale ground invasion of the country.
Israel has intensified its campaign against Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia and political party, after the group fired rockets into Israel earlier this month
Relatives of the those who say they were duped to fight for Russia have been calling for the Kenyan government to intervene
Kenyans enlisted to fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine will be granted amnesty on their return home, the East African nation's foreign minister has said.
Under Kenya's laws it is illegal for the country's citizens to be conscripted into foreign armies - an offence that can carry up to a 10-year prison sentence.
Extremist Jewish settlers have carried out a spate of attacks on Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to homes, vehicles and agricultural fields.
The violence began after a teenage settler - 18-year-old Yehuda Sherman - was killed on Saturday, after reportedly being hit by a vehicle driven by a Palestinian while on his quad bike. Police said they were investigating whether the hit was deliberate or
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