European, US diplomats to discuss reviving 2015 Iran deal
Diplomats to hold talks aimed at saving the imperilled landmark 2015 nuclear agreement amid Iranian threats of non-compliance.
Top diplomats from European powers and the United States will hold talks to see how to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, days ahead of a deadline set by Tehran that could hinder these efforts.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will host his German and British counterparts in Paris on Thursday, with new US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joining via videoconference, the French foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Human destruction of nature is 'senseless and suicidal', warns UN chief
UN report offers bedrock for hope for broken planet, says António Guterres
Humanity is waging a “senseless and suicidal” war on nature that is causing human suffering and enormous economic losses while accelerating the destruction of life on Earth, the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, has said.
Guterres’s starkest warning to date came at the launch of a UN report setting out the triple emergency the world is in: the climate crisis, the devastation of wildlife and nature, and the pollution that causes many millions of early deaths every year.
Why is Facebook blocking news in Australia? How a fight over the future of news led to it disappearing
Andrew Griffin@_andrew_griffin
Facebook users in Australia are opening up the website to find that news has largely disappeared from the site.
The company has blocked the sharing and viewing of news articles and pages in the country, in a shock decision that stems from an ongoing fight between tech companies, news organisations and the government.
Facebook’s move means that international users will not be able to see news published by Australian outlets, and that people in Australia will not be able to share or view any news.
Mass shooting in Hanau: Grief and rage persist one year on
On February 19, 2020, a racist far-right extremist killed nine people in the city of Hanau. The relatives of the dead are still looking for answers. Could the attack have been prevented?
Cetin Gültekin knows exactly where his brother was killed. He knows the route that the attacker took and where he got out of his car, shot the driver of a parking vehicle, and then, with a few short steps, reached the convenience store where he killed Gökhan Gültekin and four other people.
A year after the crime, the store is empty and slips of paper with the names of those killed are plastered on the windows. Cetin Gültekin points to a spot through the window pane.
As the WHO investigated coronavirus origins in China, Beijing pushed a conspiracy about the US
Updated 1226 GMT (2026 HKT) February 18, 2021
When World Health Organization investigators wrapped up their work examining the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan this month, Chinese officials were clear where they felt the WHO should look next.
Texas weather: Residents told to boil tap water amid power blackouts
Nearly seven million people in the US state of Texas have been told to boil tap water before consuming it after a deadly winter storm caused power blackouts at treatment facilities.
The huge storm sweeping across the southern US has killed at least 24 people and left millions without power.
Texas has seen widespread blackouts.
Freezing temperatures have also caused water pipes to burst, despite attempts by some homeowners to insulate them from the cold using blankets.
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