Catalonia is set to become the first region in mainland Spain to ban bullfighting following a campaign by animal rights activists. The area's regional parliament today took a major step towards outlawing the tradition. It voted by 67 votes to 59

The Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin has been given a warm welcome by the French Research base at Dumont d' Urville. On Friday, December 18, Sea Shepherd helicopter pilot Chris Aultman and Steve Irwin's First Officer Locky MacLean visited the French base

At least 51 people are missing and nearly 40 000 sheep and cattle have drowned after the Panamanian-flagged livestock carrier Danny F II rolled over and sank 11 miles off the coast of Lebanon on Thursday night. The ship was en route from Montevideo,

Animal rights activists are celebrating as the final curtain is drawn on India's ancient dancing bear industry, a practice in which sloth bears are beaten and tortured into dancing to earn money for handlers and entertain crowds.

The Dutch government on Monday began culling the first of thousands of pregnant goats and sheep targeted for destruction because they carry a disease that killed six people earlier this year. Humans rarely contract the bacterial sickness known as

In November 2009, Germans--and people the world over--celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which had risen on an August night in 1961 and been steadily reinforced ever since. The wall was a small component of the elaborately

As the PM prepared to sip champagne over dinner with Robert Mugabe and more than 100 other world leaders, he told reporters that 'the conditions for an agreement are now there'.

We know there are plenty of people who like to take care of their own home improvement needs. And for some projects, it makes sense to do it yourself, provided you know what you're doing.

Beginning with the first publication of a newspaper in the Colonies in 1690, and continuing to this day with journalists appearing in broadcast format and on the Internet, journalism has been a huge part of America's development.

We at Oxfam see it every day: climate change is increasing hunger and poverty around the world. And this week at the climate summit in Copenhagen, President Obama and other leaders are making decisions that will affect the world's poor for decades to