Malaysia’s economy grew 4.5% year-on-year in Q2 2025, supported by strong domestic consumption and a resilient services sector. Despite challenges from global trade tensions and weaker export demand, growth accelerated slightly from Q1. Agriculture and ma...

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Around the world, more and more people are developing Parkinson's disease. Many of those affected have chosen a supposedly healthy life among orchards or vineyards in the countryside. Is the disease related to the use of pesticides?

Mexican chili peppers used in Sriracha. Italian risotto rice. American corn that’s used in nearly everything: these crops are vulnerable to high heat, and ex...

China is suffering a severe water shortage after its hottest and driest summer since the government began recording rainfall 61 years ago. Authorities try to protect this year's harvest from intense drought by using chemicals to generate rain and people a...

In central Africa a giant slab of carbon-rich peat land, discovered by a team of British and Congolese scientists, is under threat from oil companies and farming. The carbon must be kept in the ground to avoid accelerating climate change, but some plots...