Thousands of landfills across the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe sit in floodplains, posing a potential threat to drinking water and conservation areas if toxic waste is released into rivers, soils and ecosystems. Across the European Union (EU) there are…

The death toll from flooding and landslides across Indonesia’s Sumatra island has risen to 631, the country’s disaster agency says, as one million people were evacuated from high-risk areas. Heavy monsoon rains and tropical cyclones have devastated parts of Asia…

Dick Cheney, the former White House chief of staff, member of Congress, secretary of defence and US vice president, has died, his family has said. He was 84. Cheney was one of the United States’ most powerful vice presidents, widely…