CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan health officials say the number of confirmed swine flu cases in the country has risen
The European Union has planned to ban all petrol and diesel cars by 2050, and replace them with alternatives
SENDAI, Japan (AFP) – Japan said Tuesday it was on "maximum alert" over a crippled nuclear plant where radioactive
The Japanese government says it has no choice but to keep pouring water into reactors at the Fukushima nuclear
Highly radioactive water and plutonium has been found for the first time outside Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Fukushima's operator

Vast torrents of volcanic mud washing down the slopes of Mount Merapi have destroyed or damaged more than 600
JAPAN'S health ministry has asked water purification plants nationwide to stop taking in rainwater and cover pools with tarpaulins

More than one billion urban residents will face serious water shortages by 2050 as climate change worsens effects of
Trace amounts of radioactive iodine linked to Japan's crippled nuclear power station have turned up in rainwater samples as
Japan's meteorological agency says it has cancelled an earlier tsunami warning for the country's devastated north-east coast. The agency earlier