Russia's state nuclear agency Rosatom said early on Saturday that five of its staff members had been killed in an accident during tests on a military site in northern Russia, the RIA news agency reported.

Russia says five killed in mysterious rocket test accident: Report

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro vowed Saturday to combat "illegal deforestation," a day after the head of the agency that measures deforestation said he was being sacked after a row over the scale of the problem in the Amazon rainforest.

President Jair Bolsonaro vows to fight 'illegal deforestation' in Brazil

Deforestation in Brazil's portion of the Amazon rainforest soared more than 88% in June compared with the same month a year ago, the second consecutive month of rising forest destruction under new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.

Tropical rainforest destruction accelerating under Brazilian government

Tens of thousands of people marched through the heavy rain in Amsterdam Sunday, calling on the Dutch government to act to counter the effects of climate change. The organisers, including Greenpeace and a number of Dutch groups, said around 40,000 turned out for the demonstration, the first of its kind in the Netherlands.

40,000 join first national climate march in Amsterdam

Dismayed by the German government's failure to meet climate protection targets, dairy farmer Heiner Luetke Schwienhorst has filed a lawsuit against Berlin to force it into action.

German farmer sues government over failure to meet climate protection targets

Drink companies Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestle were found to be the world's biggest producers of plastic trash, a report by environmental group Greenpeace said on Tuesday.

Coke, Pepsi, Nestle top makers of plastic waste: Greenpeace

"The Indian government has pledged to eradicate single- use plastic by 2022. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, we need to wait and how well the government is implementing it," Greenpeace India said.

Hold big corporations accountable for plastic waste they produce: Greenpeace to government

Le Pen faces off against centrist Emmanuel Macron in the May 7 ballot

Greenpeace unfurls anti-Le Pen 'resist' banner on Eiffel Tower

Greenpeace called the declaration a publicity stunt, stressing that GMOs contaminate the environment

Nobel laureates urge Greenpeace to stop opposing genetically modified crops

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