French fishermen temporarily barred from waters off Normandy coast as Brexit takes hold

French fishermen were among the first to feel the direct effects of Britain’s exit from the European Union, after discovering that they are temporarily barred from waters that were governed by a now-defunct More...

From microbes to man: Muck-dwelling organism found off Japanese coast could help explain how complex life arose on Earth

A strange microbe found buried deep in the mud off of Japan’s southern coast may finally unravel one of evolution’s most pressing mysteries, helping scientists understand how complex life forms emerged from More...

Men from Morocco and Bangladesh react on an overcrowded wooden boat, as aid workers of the Spanish NGO Open Arms approach them in the Mediterranean Sea, international waters, off the Libyan coast, Friday

Men from Morocco and Bangladesh on an overcrowded wooden boat as aid workers from the Spanish NGO Open Arms approach them in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, last Friday Morning Star  More...

Ski resorts tackle bushfires with SNOW GUNS as large blazes merge into devastating ‘mega-fire’ on Australia’s eastern coast

Alpine resorts are using snow guns to contain creeping fires, while thousands of firefighters were deployed against the massive “erratic” blazes raging across Australia’s New South Wales states. Instead More...