Too hot to work: What does the law say in your country about working in a heatwave?Britain experienced the hottest temperatures ever recorded in July as most of Europe melted in soaring temperatures; the heat has made a return this week. As the initial widespread enthusiasm for the unusual summer heat has given way to concerns over the impact it could have on a country almost completely unprepared for such hot weather.
Follow the troubled path of the first voyage around the worldOn the 500th anniversary of the first circling of the globe, the journey remains murky. Only one of five ships completed the expedition—and Ferdinand Magellan wasn’t on it.
‘It’s a human rights issue’: young adults take Portugal climate crisis to courtCláudia Agostinho, her siblings and cousins will have case heard at European court of human rights
Billionaires are funding a massive treasure hunt in Greenland as ice vanishesA band of billionaires, including Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates, among others, is betting that below the surface of the hills and valleys on Greenland's Disko Island and Nuussuaq Peninsula there are enough critical minerals to power hundreds of millions of electric vehicles.
Drought threatens 60% of EU and U.K. as Europe facesFrance, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands are facing water shortages and riverbeds are drying out across Europe. Dry conditions are severely affecting energy production, agriculture and river transportation.
Ryanair boss O'Leary says the era of €10 flights is overRyanair won't be offering flights at rock bottom prices any more thanks to the soaring cost of fuel, the budget airline's boss has admitted. Chief executive Michael O'Leary says the era of the €10 ticket is over.
Thousands evacuated near Bordeaux as wildfires ravage French countrysideThousands of people were evacuated from their homes in southwest France on Wednesday, in a region known for its pine forests that was ravaged by flames only last month.
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