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Explainer: How temperature rise will affect our planet

Climate talks in Spain have shown many countries will miss their target for greenhouse emissions.

July was world’s ‘warmest month on record’

EU scientists say rising temperature continues upward trend in 2019, and is accompanied by major ice melt in Greenland.

Global fight against Aids stalling, warns United Nations

Death toll in Eastern Europe and Central Asia rises by 5 percent in the past nine years, and 9 percent in the Middle East and North Africa.

Does Japan still have a taste for whale meat?

Japan is set to resume commercial whaling, but its people may have lost their taste for the meat.

WHO discusses Ebola outbreak

The World Health Organization confirms more than 2,000 infections since the most recent Ebola outbreak in August 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Killer robots: Scientists concerned over ethics of military AI

Google employees rebelled last year, signing a petition saying Google should not be in the business of war.

Scientists campaign to ban lethal robots production

28 countries sign up to ban on developing robots that could kill humans but some states are choosing to opt out.

China gene editing case triggers calls for regulation

Gene editing is a breakthrough technology that may be able to help fix faulty DNA.

New Zealand mosque attacks: Social media comes under attack

Why was it so difficult for social media giants to contain the spread of videos of New Zealand mosque attacks?

Global outrage over Facebook service outage

More than two billion people, around a quarter of the world’s population, use Facebook.