Yields of key crops in Europe will be sharply down this year owing to heatwaves and droughts, exacerbating the impacts of the Ukraine war on…
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Russia says it will quit International Space Station by 2024
Russia will pull out of the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s space chief has…
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He is the man charged with keeping the lights on this winter. A seasoned civil servant, Jonathan Mills was last month named director general for…
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Boris Johnson has issued an open invitation for disaffected Russian scientists to defect to the UK, as he used the G7 summit to argue that…
View More Johnson issues open invitation to Russian scientists ‘dismayed by Putin’s violence’Electric car cost advantage over petrol grows amid energy market turmoil
Driving an electric car for a year costs almost £600 less than its petrol equivalent after fuel prices surged more than electricity costs, research by…
View More Electric car cost advantage over petrol grows amid energy market turmoilCountry diary: To Ukrainians, the storks’ return is a glimmer of hope
My name is Oleksandr Ruchko and I am a birdwatcher. Because I am 59 years old, I still have another few months when I can…
View More Country diary: To Ukrainians, the storks’ return is a glimmer of hopePutin’s war shows autocracies and fossil fuels go hand in hand. Here’s how to tackle both
At first glance, last autumn’s Glasgow climate summit looked a lot like its 25 predecessors. It had: A conference hall the size of an aircraft…
View More Putin’s war shows autocracies and fossil fuels go hand in hand. Here’s how to tackle bothPM to put nuclear power at heart of UK’s energy strategy
Boris Johnson is to put nuclear energy at the heart of the UK’s new energy strategy, but ministers have refused to set targets for onshore…
View More PM to put nuclear power at heart of UK’s energy strategyRussia to halt cooperation over International Space Station
Russia says it will end cooperation with western countries over the International Space Station until sanctions are lifted. Russia’s space director said on Saturday that…
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