Armenia has unveiled the official logo for the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, placing a small but symbolically powerful species at the heart of a major global environmental gathering. The emblem features Polyommatus eriwanensis, commonly known as the Erivan Anomalous Blue, a butterfly found only in and around.
New research is raising concerns that the rapid global expansion of protected areas is creating a misleading sense of progress, with biodiversity continuing to decline inside many sites that are officially designated for protection. Scientists and policy analysts warn that headline gains in protected area coverage are masking deeper structural weaknesses in how conservation is.
1. The Bharatiya Janata Party has once again surprised everyone by deciding to hand over the party’s reins to a 45-year-old leader as its National President. Five-time MLA and three-time minister from Bihar, Nitin Nabin, has been appointed as the party’s Executive National President with immediate effect. 2. This is not an ordinary appointment; rather,.
Over the past decade, a growing number of wealthy Chinese individuals, including billionaires, have turned to surrogacy in the United States to build unusually large families, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. In some cases, the pursuit has gone far beyond conventional parenthood, revealing ambitions that resemble the creation of personal dynasties.
The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), held in Nairobi from December 8 to December 12, 2025, has quietly dropped a draft resolution aimed at strengthening the role of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Kenya, triggering concern among several delegations and civil society groups. Draft Resolution 14, initially listed.
Kolkata has introduced its first-ever tree ambulance, becoming one of the few Indian cities—and the first major city in eastern India—to offer emergency medical care for trees under distress. The initiative, launched last week, has been widely welcomed by environmental experts who see it as a timely intervention for a city struggling with declining green.
The deadly shooting at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach has sent shockwaves across Australia and the world, leaving a nation in mourning and reigniting debate over gun safety and targeted violence. At least 15 people, ranging in age from 10 to 87, were killed when gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah gathering attended largely by members.
Every winter, a familiar shift takes place in the dating world. As temperatures drop and days grow shorter, single people often find themselves craving companionship more intensely than usual. This seasonal pattern is commonly known as “cuffing season,” a period during which people actively seek romantic relationships meant to last through the colder months. While.
More than 30,000 live animals, along with protected plants and illegally harvested timber, were seized worldwide during a month-long crackdown on illegal wildlife and forestry trade, Interpol said, highlighting the growing scale and complexity of environmental crime. The seizures were carried out during a coordinated global operation between September 15 and October 15, 2025, involving.
The world has already crossed into “uncharted territory” as the climate and environmental crisis accelerates, with future global warming likely to exceed earlier United Nations projections, according to a major UN report released on December 9, 2025. The warning comes amid a series of scientific assessments published around the 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) to.
Hamas’s senior official in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya, said on Sunday that the group’s chief of weapons production, Raed Saad, was killed in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip a day earlier, marking another escalation amid an already fragile ceasefire. Speaking in a televised address broadcast on Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV, al-Hayya said the Palestinian people.
