A few stories I found striking, saddening, and an appeal to popular awareness.Lawyers for four of six men who almost died after medical trials went wrong have crictised the US research company for awarding its boss £920,000
The steady rise in atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gases blamed for climate change shows no signs of abating, a UN agency has announced.
Militias backing Sudan's government have killed at least 63 people in attacks in Darfur in the past week, African peacekeepers say. At least 27 of the victims are thought to be children under the age of 12.
A week after the Stern Review warned of the costs of delaying action on climate change, delegates are gathering in Nairobi for the next round of UN climate negotiations. The new executive secretary of the UN Climate Convention (UNFCCC), Yvo de Boer, argues in the Green Room that the talks can bring benefits for the environment and for the world's poorest societies.
