"Heat stress is an invisible killer,” the ILO said in a report last year on how heat hurts workers. It called for countries ...

The cruel heat is back as southern Europe slips deeper into summer. In homes and offices, air conditioning is sweet relief.

Javier Martin-Vide warns that most victims are elderly people living alone and urges stronger social support as extreme heat increases across Spain.

While mitigation remains vital, adaptation building resilience now is a matter of survival. The UN’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023 estimates that developing countries need $194–366 billion annually by ...

A new heat wave alert has been sounded worldwide as Europe and the Middle East are battling an extremely scorching heat wave ...

Rising summer temperatures have softened Europe’s resistance to airconditioning and touched off a new political fight about ...

With 11 public holidays each year, France falls slightly below the European average. Prime Minister François Bayrou has ...

An Albanian court has begun the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Sali Berisha. The trial, which started Monday, also ...

Heatwave death sparks protests among European workers - ...

Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past seven days.