French & Belgian farmers are angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies & cheap food imports. They have blocked highways & access roads to a major container port as the protests spread across Europe. Watch this video for all details.

Why are farmer protests spreading in Europe ahead of EU summit?

New research suggests that our climate some nearly 13,000 years ago might have been severely changed due to a cosmic intervention. A global team of researchers has presented its case in four peer-reviewed papers to study the substantially disputed Younger Dryas (YD) impact hypothesis.

Nearly 13,000 years ago a comet impact may have sparked major change in climate

Europe has been experiencing extreme temperatures, and weeks of rain have devastated sections of Germany. German farmers' harvests are being hampered by the constant rain.

Heavy rainfall ravages North and Western areas of Germany

The UK government's strong stance on the immigration policy has come under fire again, this time its over the country's farmers with many having gone out of business allegedly because of the government's conservative approach to the issue.

UK: Farmers, MPs urge government to increase number of temporary visas

The cattle farmers in India are in distress. A viral disease known as lumpy skin disease has killed nearly 100,000 cows and buffalos in the country and sickened more than 2 million more. The outbreak of the disease has triggered devastating income losses for farmers.

WION Climate Tracker | India: Lumpy skin disease kills over 100,000 livestock

What do you do when a house you've built with utmost love and hard work lies in the middle of a government infrastructure project? Accept the order and the compensation and move away?

WATCH: A farmer in India moves his $188,000 house to make way for an expressway

A farmer in Gaza Strip has found a Bronze Age stone statue dating back 4,500 years, depicting the face of an ancient goddess of beauty, love and war, local media reports.

Gaza farmer stumbles upon rare Bronze Age statue of goddess of love and war

A farmer in Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was in for a huge shock when he rescued some leopard cubs while assuming them to be ‘kittens’. As a good samaritan and doing his bit for society and animals, the farmer at Bajrikheda village of Dhar in Madhya Pradesh brought the cubs to his home to take care of them, a report by Live Hindustan said.

Under presumption of ‘kittens’, Indian farmer rescues leopard cubs

Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday said the alleged killing of a man near the Singhu border was "unfortunate", but it will not affect the farmers' protest against the Centre's three farm laws.

Singhu border killing 'unfortunate', would not affect protest, says India's farmer leader Rakesh Tikait

A day after a man's body with a hand chopped off was found at the farmers protest site at the Singhu border, a plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an urgent hearing of a pending petition which has sought removal of protestors.

Plea seeks early hearing of PIL in India's Supreme Court on removing protesting farmers from Delhi borders

Rasool Rezaie gently picks oyster mushrooms at his farm in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, placing them into a basket - just a handful of the approximately 30 kilograms he supplies to markets every day. Rezaie set up his farm about two years ago, after unsuccessfully attempting to claim asylum, but his current profession remains rooted in his journey and time abroad.

Afghan farmer cultivates second chance at life with mushrooms after failed asylum attempt

However, thousands of protestors and hundreds of vehicles stormed the streets in the demonstration in support of the farmers.

Pro-Khalistan flags at UK protest outside Indian High Commission | WION Dispatch

China has allocated a 330 million yuan ($47 million) disaster relief fund to help farmers and agricultural production in southern provinces, as large parts of the country suffer the worst flooding in decades.

China allocates flood relief fund to farmers, agriculture production

Before volcano Taal started spewing ash and lava, farmer Jack Imperial was about to harvest pineapples at his one-hectare plantation and sell them to tourists who usually drop by at his small store at a local market in Tagaytay city.

Ash-covered pineapples a woe for Filipino farmer struggling to make a living

It is not a new practice for Tamilians to show their love and respect for their icons by building temples in their honour. After temples were built for former Chief Ministers MGR, Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi and a host of popular actors, a Narendra Modi temple have now been built in the Eragudi village in Tamil Nadu’s Trichy district.

“Wish to meet him once and seek his blessings,” says Tamil Nadu farmer who built temple for PM Modi

The situation in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao has returned to normal on Sunday after hundreds of farmers and the Unnao police clashed at the site for the ambitious Trans-Ganga City on Saturday, with the former claiming that they had not been adequately compensated for the land acquired by the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA).

Uttar Pradesh: Situation eases up after police-farmer clashes

Chinese companies have stopped buying US agricultural products, China's Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday (August 06), a blow to US farmers who have already seen their exports slashed by the more than year-old trade war.

US farmers suffer 'body blow' as China slams door on farm purchases

A farmer, Ganapati Bhat, has invented the answer to the woes of traditional tree-climbers of southern India, who risk their lives to pluck nuts from areca trees.

A farmer invents tree climbing machine to pluck nuts from tall areca trees

The farmers' long march from Nashik to Mumbai will continue after their leaders' late night parleys with Maharashtra government to address their demands remained inconclusive, the march organisers said Thursday.

Farmers' march to Mumbai will continue as talks inconclusive

Farmers staged a protest and raised slogans against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in his parliamentary constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. The farmers protested in Gauriganj town in Amethi district on Wednesday demanding that either their land that was given to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation should be returned or else they are provided employment.

With Rahul in Amethi, farmers demand back land given to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation

Hindutva leader Pravin Togadia Saturday blamed "wrong policies" of Narendra Modi government for farmers' suicides in the country. Togadia, who has recently floated Antar-Rashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP), Saturday took part in a 20-km march from Dehgam to Gandhinagar in support of the farmers.

Modi govt responsible for suicides by farmers: Pravin Togadia

Son of a farmer who had died after consuming poison at Mantralaya seeking compensation for his land warned Friday that he too would commit suicide if three Maharashtra ministers who `broke' their promise to the family did not quit.

Deceased farmer's son demands sacking of ministers for`breaking promise', climbs mobile tower

With a large number of farmers marching to Bhubaneswar to stage a demonstration here Monday, the Odisha government stopped them Sunday midway at various places, triggering criticism from the opposition Congress and BJP.

Odisha government stops farmers marching to Bhubaneswar, draws flak

The soft toy was spotted by a farmer his cowshed

Scotland Police conduct 45-minute rescue operation for toy tiger

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