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Brazil's Amazon rainforests burn at record rate

Fires are raging at a record rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and scientists warn that it could strike a devastating blow to the fight against climate change. Although more than 72,000 fires......

Have Climate Summits Lost The Mojo?

How the UN's flagship climate summit lost its direction and what's at stake. IMAGE: An aerial view of an area submerged in water amid heavy rainfall caused by cyclone Montha in Warangal, October......

Sneak peek into Amazon's Spheres: $4 billion 'mini-rainforest' in Seattle

It’s the most anticipated debut of a Seattle building since the first visitors rode elevators to the top of the Space Needle 56 years ago. Welcome to the Seattle Spheres -- Amazon’s......

World Press Photo 2022 Winners!

Discover some of the winners of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest. The World Press Photo of the Year 2022 is by Amber Bracken. WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR Please click on the images for a better......

Ayodhya mosque kicks off on R-Day with tricolour, tree plantation

The Dhannipur mosque project, which includes a hospital, a museum, a library, a community kitchen, the Indo-Islamic Cultural Research Centre, a publication house, besides a mosque, will formally......

Rumblings on Coffee Day Group's Amazon safari

It was an ambitious foray by V G Siddhartha, reticent owner of the Coffee Day group, as he embarked on an Amazon safari to build a global-scale furniture business. Now, nearly two years later,......

Tribal culture tourism a growing market,but abroad

The Sentinelese tribe in the Andamans is known for its fierce attempts to avoid contact with the outside world, while the Amazon rainforest still has 44 isolated tribes. But not all tribes are......

A relentless fight to protect Amazonia from oil extraction

Latha Jishnu discovers how indigenous communities in Ecuador are fighting to protect Amazonia from oil extraction We are slicing through the brown, swirling waters of the Napo at a fast clip.......

Want to print the internet? You need 136 billion sheets of paper

UK scientists have calculated that the entire Internet can be printed on 136 billion sheets of standard 8-by-11 paper. George Harwood and Evangeline Walker, students at the University of Leicester......

How China's currency devaluation impacts global markets

China's devaluation creates new risk in global financial markets and could prolong the West's slowdown, notes Abheek Barua. As we look back at the carnage in the global financial markets over......

Navrasa, Mr Corman, Vivo: BEST of OTT

Blood sucking locusts on the loose, a honeymoon gone awry, a disenchanted school teacher and a singing tropical rainforest mammal, Sukanya Verma lets you take your pick from the OTT spread this......

Rio opening ceremony will represent a slice of life in Brazil

Opening Ceremony also features Gisele Bündchen getting mugged Ceremony to break with opulent traditions IMAGE: Gisele Bundchen attends a book launch. Photograph: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for......