The year 2024 is set to be the warmest on record and the first with an average temperature above 1.5 degrees Celsius, European climate agency Copernicus said on Monday. Also, November 2024 became the second-warmest (after November 2023) with an average surface air temperature of 14.10 degrees Celsius — 0.73 degrees Celsius above the 1991–2020 […]
South Korea’s opposition on Monday accused the ruling party of staging a “second coup” by clinging to power and refusing to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law. Yoon plunged the country into political chaos with his attempt to scrap civilian rule, which lasted just six hours after lawmakers scuffled with […]
The Nobel committee spoke for the first time with Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 peace prize winner who is on temporary medical leave from Iranian prison, footage published late Sunday by the organisation showed. Mohammadi recalled how the women’s ward at Evin prison “erupted with chants” of the protest slogan “Woman Life Freedom” when they heard […]