For the first time in 10 years, a baby pygmy hippo has been born at Attica Zoological Park. Zoo staff said they were thrilled to…
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‘Enough is enough’: US looted treasures unit faces accusations over credit
Since 2017, when the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced the formation of its first antiquities trafficking unit, it has recovered nearly 4,500 artefacts stolen from…
View More ‘Enough is enough’: US looted treasures unit faces accusations over creditGlobal heating made Greece and Libya floods more likely, study says
Carbon pollution led to heavier rains and stronger floods in Greece and Libya this month but other human factors were responsible for “turning the extreme…
View More Global heating made Greece and Libya floods more likely, study saysZero-degree line at record height above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe
A Swiss weather balloon had to climb to an unprecedented 5,300 metres (17,400ft) before the temperature fell to 0C (32F), meteorologists have said, as a…
View More Zero-degree line at record height above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean on fire as blazes spread across nine countries
Wildfires were burning in at least nine countries across the Mediterranean on Tuesday as blazes spread in Croatia, Italy and Portugal, with thousands of firefighters…
View More ‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean on fire as blazes spread across nine countriesHealth alerts issued as blistering heat scorches southern Europe
A ferocious heatwave inflamed by carbon pollution is baking southern Europe, posing severe health risks to older people and those with underlying health conditions. Scorching…
View More Health alerts issued as blistering heat scorches southern Europe‘Ancient’ vase repatriated from UK to Greece faces fresh forgery claim
Days after Greece announced the recovery of hundreds of antiquities from a disgraced British dealer, its ministry of culture faces the accusation that one of…
View More ‘Ancient’ vase repatriated from UK to Greece faces fresh forgery claimTerrawatch: Santorini braces as explosive volcano stirs
It has been quiet for nearly 400 years, but Kolumbo, an underwater volcano just off the Greek island of Santorini, is not asleep. A previously…
View More Terrawatch: Santorini braces as explosive volcano stirsAthens ranked cheapest location in Europe for city break
Athens has been ranked the cheapest location for a city break on the continent, ahead of traditional budget-friendly eastern European destinations. Analysis of a dozen…
View More Athens ranked cheapest location in Europe for city breakIt’s now or never: Scientists warn time of reckoning has come for the planet
At the end of the 60s sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, the camera pans across the Daily Express case room to a…
View More It’s now or never: Scientists warn time of reckoning has come for the planet