Category : International

Australia argues against Great Barrier Reef's recommended endangered status

Australia's environment minister has said her government will lobby against a recommendation by a UN panel that the Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is "in danger".

Seeing Father Christmas is going to be different this year... in a good way

For the past couple of years, visiting Father Christmas has been a little different.

Trump urged to apologise for dining with Kanye West - and Holocaust-denying white nationalist

Former US vice president Mike Pence has criticised Donald Trump for dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.

Shocking picture shows three stowaways rescued after spending 11 days on rudder of oil tanker

The Spanish coastguard says it has rescued three migrants who stowed away on the rudder of a tanker that arrived in the Canary Islands this week.

Protester carrying rainbow flag invades pitch during World Cup game

A pitch invader carrying a rainbow flag ran on to the pitch during Monday's World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay.

The protesters on streets across China know what will follow for them

The pictures we have been seeing from China have been astonishing.

Elon Musk hits out at Apple - and claims tech giant threatened to block Twitter from App Store

New Twitter owner Elon Musk has hit out at Apple - claiming it has threatened to block his social network from its app store without explanation.

World's largest active volcano starts to erupt for first time in nearly 40 years

Lava is shooting into the air and flowing downhill as Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano erupts for the first time in 40 years.

'Super cartel' that controlled a third of Europe's cocaine trade taken down after raids

Police in six countries have taken down a "super cartel" of drugs traffickers who controlled around one third of Europe's cocaine trade, the European Union crime agency has said.

I lived through China's COVID lockdowns for the best part of three years - it's a miserable existence

I was part of a Sky News team on the ground in Wuhan when the world's first COVID-19 lockdown was announced, in January 2020.