UK to extend Blue plaque scheme outside London
The official blue plaque system could be extended outside the borders of London to recognize notable persons and their connections to structures located all...
Venice to start €5 ticket for day tourists from next year
To control the number of tourists who visit the historic district of the city of Venice, Italy, beginning in the spring of the following...
New Vanuatu PM to review security pact with Australia
According to Vanuatu's newly elected prime minister, the island nation in the Pacific will likely have to review a security arrangement it recently signed...
Among G20 countries, per capita CO2 emissions from coal highest in Australia
Despite a significant increase in solar and wind energy usage, Australia continues to have the highest levels of greenhouse gas emissions per capita among...
Energy prices continue to soar in Pakistan
Over the past week, Pakistan has been shaken by demonstrations against rising energy and gasoline prices. Thousands of people have taken to the streets...
France to ban use of ‘meaty language’ for vegetarian foods
It has been revealed by the government of France that it is working on a new law that will outlaw the use of "meaty"...
Australia braces for hot, dry spring
According to the predictions of the Bureau of Meteorology, this spring will bring abnormally high temperatures across almost the whole continent of Australia, along...
UN removes document referring Tasmanian Aboriginal people ‘extinct’
After publicly asserting that Tasmanian Aboriginal people were extinct for more than 40 years, a UN agency was pressured to erase a document that...
Australia: Live worm detected in woman’s brain
Dr. Sanjaya Senanayake, who is an infectious diseases physician at the Canberra hospital, was having a fairly normal day on the ward when a...