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Paris smog

Motorists in Paris face an unusual day of restrictions as the government tries to reduce high levels of pollution in the city. Today only cars with odd-numbered registration plates are allowed to drive. Tomorrow, if the restrictions remain in place, it'll be even-numbered cars that can be driven. ..
Jul 13,2015

Elephant exchange

The Sri Lankan government has changed its mind about sending a baby elephant to South Korea as a gift, after realising it was born on what it considers to be an important day. The elephant was originally going to be sent as part of an exchange of wild animals...
Jul 13,2015

Drought and snow: Extreme US weather

It has been a week of extreme weather in the United States. The East Coast was hit by a huge snowstorm which affected 100 million Americans in more than 20 states. Meanwhile, on the West Coast, California continues to experience its worst drought in living memory...
Jul 13,2015

UN: No bullfighting for kids

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has called on Portugal to impose restrictions on children taking part in or watching bullfights. It is concerned about their impact on minors' mental and physical health...
Jul 13,2015

Vodka link to Russian early death

The high number of early deaths in Russia is mainly due to people drinking too much alcohol, particularly vodka, according to new research. The study in The Lancet, thought to be the largest of its kind in the country, says a quarter of Russian men die before they are 55, and most of the deaths are c..
Jul 13,2015

Grand Canyon 'formed recently'

The world-famous Grand Canyon in the American state of Arizona may be a lot younger than we thought. New research suggests it might be only five to six million years old. Earlier studies had claimed the canyon was perhaps 70 million years old...
Jul 13,2015

Huge increase in obesity

There are new calls for governments around the world to create laws which prevent people eating too much unhealthy food. Researchers at Britain's Overseas Development Institute, say the number of overweight and obese adults in developing countries went up almost four times between 1980 and 2008...
Jul 13,2015

Monkey business!

A row has been going on about just who owns the copyright on a rather unusual selfie. It's of a crested black macaque who took a snap of herself with a British photographer's camera in Indonesia. The photographer wants Wikipedia to remove the picture from its website - but the Wikimedia Foundation wh..
Jul 12,2015

Illegal trade in elephants threatens their survival

A new report says that wild Asian elephants are being held in horrific conditions in Myanmar, also known as Burma, as smugglers try to resume a money-making trade to the tourist camps of Thailand. The study, from Traffic, the wildlife trade monitoring network, says that young elephants are being brut..
Jul 12,2015

Cocaine in supermarket bananas

In Portugal, around 200 bags of cocaine have been found in boxes of bananas on sale in supermarkets around the country. Police say they're hoping that the discovery will help them find those involved in bringing drugs from Colombia to Europe. ..
Jul 12,2015