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Ben Strang/AFP via Getty Images Earlier this month, Wellington declared a local state of emergency, including evacuation orders, when forecast powerful swells threatened to inundate coastal properties. Hundreds of people evacuated, but when the damage and inundation remained limited, mainstream and...

Scientists at UCLA have linked long-term exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos with a sharply increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. People exposed to the chemical near their homes were more than twice as likely to develop the condition. Laboratory studies showed that chlorpyrifos damages dopamine...

The aircraft belonged to state oil giant Aramco and the cause of the crash is being investigated.

Some 680,000 children are among the 1.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance following the earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June, the UN child rights agency UNICEF reported on Sunday as rescue efforts continue.

NTV and Daily Monitor say their offices in the capital are under "military siege".

Rescue teams are racing against time after twin earthquakes killed more than 1,400 people and left tens of thousands unaccounted for.

Southern red wood ants are considered a keystone species, benefiting the ecosystems around them.

Pride and a party as the Puerto Rican becomes the first Latin artist to headline a UK stadium.