Drinking is as harmful as smoking, and more than five drinks a week lowers life expectancy, say researchers Drinking will shorten your life, according to a study that suggests every glass of wine or pint of beer over the daily …
(CNN)When a young sperm whale washed up on a beach in southern Spain, scientists wanted to know what killed it. They now know: waste — 64 pounds of it. Most of it plastic, but also ropes, pieces of net and …
Hungarys president, Viktor Orbn. Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images Such countries were generally condemned to remain what one influential commentator has called quasi-states. Formally equivalent to the older nations with which they now shared the stage, they were in reality very …
National ombudsman criticises ruling at all military installations as country is constitutionally a secular state A constitutional row has broken out after Spains ministry of defence ordered all military installations to fly the flag at half mast over Easter to …
Figures show a majority of young adults in 12 countries have no faith, with Czechs least religious Europes march towards a post-Christian society has been starkly illustrated by research showing a majority of young people in a dozen countries do …
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull wants Australia to be one of the worlds biggest weapons exporters, saying it will support high-end manufacturing jobs and support the capability of the Australian defence force. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP Australia is set to become one …
The typical British sausage does not fall into the processed meat category. Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP This caution has kept us as consumers unnecessarily in the dark. Consider sausages. For years, I believed that the unhealthiest part in a cooked English …
Explorer and conservationist Philippe Cousteau is the grandson of ocean-mapping legend Jacques. Co-founder of EarthEcho International, an environmental nonprofit aimed at inspiring young people to work on sustainability, he travels the world filming documentaries from Sumatra to South Africa. In Cousteau’s …
The internal combustion engine’s days may be numbered in California, where officials are mulling whether a ban on sales of polluting autos is needed to achieve long-term targets for cleaner air. Governor Jerry Brown has expressed an interest in barring …
(CNN)Spain saw one of its most violent times in recent memory for a spate of incidents around the country seemed to be connected to a terror attack Thursday in Barcelona that left 13 people dead and more than 100 injured. …