Despite criticisms during his first term, the South Korean was unanimously voted in for a second time.
We take a look at Angelina Jolie, Michelle Obama, and Shakira, and their humanitarian efforts.
They are the 10 best companies in the world harnessing alternative energies. This year’s winners of the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy feature companies from UK, India, Pakistan and Africa.
South Pacific island country once had 2nd highest per-capita GDP in the world; today, 90% are unemployed and most live on less than 100 dollars a week
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer defended the Obama administration's record today to a gathering of progressive bloggers that charged the president has reneged on his campaign promises.
The sun may be heading for a rest period as the sunspot cycle seems to be fading and entering towards its maximum, and there are indications of weakening magnetic activity near the poles.
The sun is most likely going into hibernation as the latest unusual solar readings, including fading sunspots and weakening magnetic activity near the poles suggest that we are headed towards a solar event that hasn't happened in hundreds of years, according to new data released Tuesday at the annual meeting of the solar physics division of the American Astronomical Society in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
New data released Tuesday at the annual meeting of the solar physics division of the American Astronomical Society in Las Cruces, New Mexico, may suggest that we are headed towards a solar event that hasn’t happened in hundreds of years.
Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah who until recently served as U.S. ambassador to China, is preparing to officially declare he is running for president on June 21, sources told the Associated Press.
Rick Santorum said global warming is a “patently absurd” idea. Santorum is a former Senator from Pennsylvania and a 2012 presidential hopeful.
Some prominent American universities and pension funds, among other wealthy foreign investors, are allegedly purchasing huge tracts of land in Africa -- acts that may lead to the eviction of thousands of local farmers, according to a study by the Oakland Institute (Oakland Institute), a California-based think tank.
Former South Korean Ban Ki-moon has asked for the support of UN Security Council for his candidacy for a second five-year term as U.N. secretary-general.
Global airlines will spell out the cost of a whirlwind of disasters, political unrest and high oil prices on Monday while mounting an all-out offensive against European plans to make them pay extra for carbon emissions.
Twisters have swept across the U.S., killing 314 in Alabama, 134 in Missouri, and 4 so far in Massachusetts in the last couple of months. Why so many tornadoes?
Carbon output skyrocketed to its highest recorded level thanks to a five percent increase from 2009 to 2010, the International Energy Agency said.
Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Food prices will double by 2030 worldwide with poor nations already struggling to feed their citizens, international charity group Oxfam said on Tuesday.
Fishermen in Batangas province, Philippines, are struggling with massive number of dead fish allegedly killed by climate change over the weekend.
People base their thoughts on global warming based on the current temperature.
Hundreds and thousands of milk fish washed up dead at Taal Lake in Talisay, Batangas, south of Manila on Sunday, baffling environmentalists and raising concerns over climate change issues.
Check out the photos of Relate to the Matter as I Drop the Bomb exhibition in Dubai featuring Obama, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Osama bin Laden as The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost.
Perceived earlier as a warning sign for climate change, the floating icebergs in Antarctic Southern Ocean are found to be helping the sea take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a new study has revealed.
