Glaciologist Claude Lorius, seen here in Paris in 2011, once said: "I did not choose science, I chose adventure" Claude Lorius, a leading glaciologist whose expeditions helped prove that humans were responsible for global warming, has died at the age of ... Read More

Antony Blinken - US Secretary of State China is very carefully watching how Washington and the world respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine but has not yet crossed the line of providing lethal aid to Moscow, U.S. Secretary of State Antony ... Read More

Canada's population grew by over a million people for the first time ever last year, the government has said. The country's population increased from 38,516,138 to 39,566,248 people, Statistics Canada said. It also marked Canada's highest annual population growth rate - 2.7% - ... Read More

There's an old adage in politics, coined by the former American President Ronald Reagan: "If you're explaining, you're losing." Boris Johnson has had to do one heck of a lot of explaining. Explaining his record in government. Explaining why, in his view, he ... Read More

Donald Trump Donald Trump's prediction that he will be arrested this week has yet to come true - but as the waiting game for criminal charges goes on, the former president is plotting a strategy designed to both keep him out ... Read More

Vladimir Putin has said he will discuss Xi Jinping's 12-point plan to "settle the acute crisis in Ukraine", during a highly anticipated visit to Moscow by the Chinese president. "We're always open for a negotiation process," Mr Putin said, as the ... Read More

More than a dozen European Union member states have agreed to supply Ukraine with at least one million artillery shells over the next year. The plan, worth €2bn in total, was agreed in Brussels on Monday. Ukraine had told the EU it ... Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron The French government has narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence, which was triggered when it forced through an increase in the pension age to 64. The vote, tabled by centrist MPs, had 278 votes in favour, falling short ... Read More

Chinese President Xi Jinping Monday begins a three-day state visit to Moscow Monday, where he will meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The meeting between the two leaders was announced Friday. Last month, China floated a 12-point plan designed to end the ... Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin at a newly built neighborhood during their visit to Mariupol in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, Ukraine, March 19, 2023. The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited ... Read More