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Humans collectively produce more than 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually just by turning food into energy, a 74% increase over three decades largely driven by population growth. Unlike fossil fuel emissions, however, the CO2 we exhale is part of the natural carbon cycle, and scientists say measuring it more accurately could improve climate models.
Modified mice with human brain cells ignite debates over neurohybrids and the future of cross-species medical research.
Human activities are causing the world to heat up, posing serious threats to people and nature.
Two thousand tonnes of waste are dumped every day at the Dandora landfill site in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. An army of workers then rush in to recover recyclable materials, putting their own health at risk in the process. But however hard these unsung environmental heroes work, only 7 percent of the plastic can be recycled. Our correspondents report.
What is life like for a newly born, premature or sick baby? These are the questions tackled by a French journalist in her first ever book. Clémentine Goldszal asks what it means to be rushed from the delivery room to the neonatal intensive care unit, and what is means to enter the world before you are ready. Goldszal's book is entitled "Newborn: Inside the World of Neonatal Care". She spoke to us in Perspective.
Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha were charged over an incident in 2024, when England's cricket team was touring Pakistan.
Dozens of West Africans lured to Guinea-Bissau with promises of jobs and migration to Europe say they were exploited by a suspected trafficking network. Now many cannot afford to return home.
Human rights groups on Tuesday urged countries to reject UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh’s bid to become United Nations secretary general citing allegations that Abu Dhabi funds Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The UAE denies the accusations. Nusseibeh, 48, is seeking to become the first woman to lead the UN.
A groundbreaking study challenges 70 years of assumptions about how human language works. By analyzing billions of word uses, scientists discovered that meaning is organized around power, danger, and order rather than emotion alone. Even more surprisingly, human language shows a powerful hidden preference for safety, suggesting that our words may reflect ancient survival instincts.
Human rights defenders are sounding the alarm over the United Arab Emirates’ nomination of its former envoy Lana Nusseibeh to be the next UN Secretary General. They say electing a diplomat from the UAE, a country with a questionable human rights record that is accused of backing forces behind a massacre in Sudan, could spell “catastrophe” for the UN.
The EU and Vietnam are deepening economic and diplomatic ties, but closer cooperation raises concerns about whether Brussels is doing enough to address Hanoi's human rights record, labor standards and trade imbalances.
The EU has awarded the International Criminal Court its top human rights award.
Europe and Vietnam are deepening economic and diplomatic ties, but closer cooperation raises concerns about whether Brussels is doing enough to address Hanoi's human rights record, labor standards and trade imbalances.
France has reported the first-ever recorded case of a human contracting the Shamonda livestock virus, which is most commonly found in cattle. Public health authorities stressed that there did not appear to be any health risk to the public, adding that the infection had been "an exceptional case" involving a person with a severely compromised immune system.
Until now, the virus was considered non-transferable to humans, making the patient the first documented human case.
The disease, which usually affects cattle, has been identified in a patient who died in early October.
Human activities have become intertwined with how water is distributed across the continents. A new study brings their effects into sharper focus.
Raagverse, a new Indian music label that pairs human songwriting with AI production tools, will release its first album, “Janaa Hai Toh Jao,” on Oct. 20. The label is the latest venture from Amita Madhvani, CEO of Equinox Virtual, which she co-founded with Ram Madhvani. Equinox Virtual is the arm of Equinox Films and Ram […]
Families recount deaths, injuries and displacement as Trump accelerates US strikes against armed groups in Somalia.
Human activity is driving plants and animals to extinction at an unprecedented rate. As countries meet in Armenia to discuss ways to reverse nature loss, DW reveals how declining biodiversity is already harming people.
