Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE Bryant Purvis, 17, walks outside the LaSalle Parish Courthouse

According to a report from the Natural History Museum, Britain has just 53 percent of its biodiversity left. This places the UK in the bottom 10 percent of nations and last among members of the G7.In comparison, the global average is significantly higher at 75 percent. Despite the world's higher average, experts argue both figures fall well short of the 90 percent" safe limit" needed to prevent the world from tipping into an" ecological recession".An ecological recession could lead to crop failu

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend the world premiere of No Time To Die with Prince Charles and Camilla.... However, there was no mention of whether William and Kate's eldest son was invited or if he would go. The premiere is taking place at the Royal Albert Hall in London next Tuesday. Kate, William, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will meet 007 star Daniel Craig as well as other cast members. The film is rated a 12A meaning it is suitable for children aged 12 and ov

Hospitals in the US have confirmed two cases of simultaneous flu and COVID-19 infections, which has been dubbed “ flurona ”.... The first case was found this week in a child at the？... The world is no longer locked down.” The first case of Flurona in the world？...

Thousands of needy families will receive goods ranging from toiletries to clothing in a project involving Amazon and charities including one supported by former prime minister, Gordon Brown Amazon has so far donated about 10, 000 items to the Cottage Family Centre forthe Big House Fife Project which is being run in association with other Fife charities. Donated items range from toilet roll, nappies, wipes and toiletries to clothing, backpacks, home furnishings, lightings and electrical products.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and other royals celebrated Kate’s 40th birthday this weekend.... To mark the occasion, Kensington Palace released new photographs taken at Kew Gardens in November last year.... The snaps include a dazzling image of Kate in a fiery red dress, as well as two black and white photographs....

Heavy smoke fills the air shrouding the view to the northeast to One Vanderbilt and the Chrysler Building from the Empire State Building, June 7, 2023, in New York.... A cyclist rides near flowers in Central Park as temperatures reach above 60 degrees during the first weekend of spring, March 26, 2023, in New York.... Alexi Rosenfeld/ Getty Images In addition, those who are concerned about traveling when air quality is poor should limit their time outside to what is absolutely necessary and we

Open this photo in gallery UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks at the SDG Moment event as part of the UN General Assembly 76th session General Debate in UN General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York on Sept.... Now those two nations are key again.... That shoots way past even the weaker Paris goal of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius( 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).“ That is catastrophic, ” Guterres said in the interview....

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton made the stark comparison as he claimed the UK Government seemed to come up with ” innovative ways to drive people into the arms of the Nationalists ” every week. The Scottish First Minister said she wants a second independence referendum to take place before the end of 2023, subject to the state of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson would still have to grant permission for a legal vote and has so far signalled a no to gran