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The Rolling Stones will release their first album of new music in 18 years next month, lead singer Mick Jagger announced on Wednesday.

As heatwaves become increasingly common, sales of air conditioning units are going up in France and around the world. But while these cooling systems offer… Read More »Air conditioning: Welcome relief from climate change, but part of the problem

Spain player Jenni Hermoso has filed a criminal complaint over suspended football chief Luis Rubiales’s kiss on her lips at the Women’s World Cup final,… Read More »Spain’s Hermoso files criminal complaint over Rubiales kiss

Hospital worker Fred Leparan attempted to sell a baby boy to an undercover BBC reporter.

More than 40 people were killed after troops opened fire on protesters in Goma last week.

The first African Climate Summit ended with a call Wednesday for world leaders to rally behind a global carbon tax on fossil fuels, aviation and… Read More »African Climate Summit adopts ‘Nairobi declaration’ calling for global tax on fossil fuels

Exactly six weeks after the coup in Niger, FRANCE 24 interviewed Abdel-Fatau Musah, the West African bloc ECOWAS’s Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security.… Read More »ECOWAS commissioner says ‘not discussing’ transition with Niger junta

The European Union on Wednesday unveiled the list of digital giants — including Apple, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok parent ByteDance — that will face… Read More »EU hits Apple, Meta and other tech ‘gatekeepers’ with new regulations

2023 is likely to be the hottest year in human history, and global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere summer were the warmest on record, the… Read More »‘Climate breakdown’: 2023 likely to be hottest year humanity has experienced

Japan aims to become the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface with the launch of a low-cost “moon sniper” on Thursday that will… Read More »Japan to launch ‘moon sniper’ in hope of becoming fifth country to land on lunar surface