Britain now averages three times as many days breaching 30°C than it did 60 years ago. This summer is likely to be the warmest since records began in 1884. The country is on a sweltering trajectory.

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Specifically, an organiser says, they came because of Zack Polanski, whose election as the Greens’ leader last year ignited an “explosion of enthusiasm”. Polanski has put the party into British ...

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V ladimir Putin will not end his war on Ukraine until he believes the costs of fighting on exceed the costs of stopping. The ...

C ould Moldova disappear? It has happened before: in 1918, just after separating from the collapsing Russian Empire, Moldova’s parliament voted to join neighbouring Romania. Tod ...

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There is no evidence that vaccines cause autism. Nor is there evidence that spreading out vaccines is beneficial. In fact, doing so increases the window in which kids are vulnerable to infection.

I t’s summer, in the northern hemisphere at least, which means emptier offices and fuller airports. In theory, a holiday is a time to properly relax. In practice, there are several stages to pass ...

W estern Europe is facing its fifth heatwave this year, and the waters of the Rhine and Danube rivers are the lowest since official records began in 1880. The gauge in Kaub, a med ...