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👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website Gurgaon: Citizens campaigning for the protection of Aravali hills on Sunday urged Centre to push for Unesco Biosphere Reserve status for it to “ensure long-term protection”.Aravalli Bachao Citizens Movement (ABCM) also called for a comprehensive plan to restore the entire 76,000 sq km landscape, instead of what they described…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New historical research is challenging centuries of assumptions about why the Bayeux Tapestry — one of the most iconic pieces of medieval art — was created. The tapestry vividly depicts the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings — and is widely believed to date to the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Amid the cold and chill of winter, more people are opting out of traveling to packed seasonal venues and instead turning to cozier, easier and more restorative ways to spend their time. They’re turning their backs on busy holiday markets, long lines and jammed events to choose…

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva set the tone at the opening session, declaring that the battle for truth has become just as critical as the fight to cut emissions. COP30 must mark “a new defeat for climate denialists,” he said.  On Wednesday, 12 nations – including Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and Spain – signed…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A special and rare deer hunt is being held in Cranbrook, B.C., starting on Monday in an effort to reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease spreading among the province’s deer populations. To date, there have been six confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease in B.C. after…

Ethiopian mountain vipers, Galapagos iguanas and Brazil’s Pernambuco tree – prized by violin bow-makers – and are just three of the more than 30 species that could be listed for special protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). “Because the trade in wild animals and plants…

At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) is pressing negotiators to make climate mobility a core part of adaptation plans. “People and communities who choose to stay must be safe, and those who decide to move must have the option to do so with dignity,” Ugochi Daniels, IOM’s Deputy Director…

In 2025, there were more than 500 wildfires in Saskatchewan and 2.9 million hectares burned. More than 10,000 people were evacuated at the height of the fires and 400 structures in the province were destroyed, half of those in Denare Beach. Saskatchewan Volunteer Fire Fighter Association president Aaron Buckingham says the conditions last year allowed…

After slamming into the island nation on 9 November with winds of around 185 kilometres per hour (or 115 miles per hour) leaving at least six dead, Super Typhoon Fung-wong hit homes, schools and access to health services across 16 regions, UNICEF reported on Thursday. The archipelago has already been exhausted by multiple climate-related and geophysical shocks this…

As climate negotiations continue in the Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, governments, UN agencies and partners have adopted the Belém Health Action Plan, placing an emphasis on addressing healthcare inequalities. For updates on all the action and UN News coverage so far, head to our dedicated page here. A planet heading to ‘intensive care’ The adoption…