China, world’s largest carbon polluting nation, announces new climate goal
China will cut emissions by 7-10 percent in the next 10 years, President Xi Jinping tells a UN climate summit. China will cut emissions by 7-10 percent by 2035, President…
World’s oldest person dies in Japan aged 116
Tomiko Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, in central Japan. Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to…
‘World’s longest’ purpose-built cycling tunnel opens in Norway
There are many ways to explore the seven mountains that surround the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage city of Bergen on Norway's fjord-studded west coast. The newest, however, might well be…