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![Want to save carbon and land? Study suggests wooden cities](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/51/0a/bc/Want-to-save-carbon-and-land--Study-911691_small.jpg)
Want to save carbon and land? Study suggests woode...
Housing people in homes made from wood instead of steel and concrete could save more than 100 billion tonnes of carbon emissions w...
![Japan business leader and monk Inamori dies at 90](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/e0/2e/31/Japan-business-leader-and-monk-Inam-664866_small.jpg)
Japan business leader and monk Inamori dies at 90
Kazuo Inamori, a business guru and ordained Buddhist monk who reversed the fortunes of debt-ridden Japan Airlines, has died aged 9...
![Relief and desperation in Pakistan's makeshift flood camps](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/59/33/37/Relief-and-desperation-in-Pakistan--113361_small.jpg)
Relief and desperation in Pakistan's makeshift flo...
Makeshift camps have sprung up all over Pakistan -- in schools, along motorways and at military bases -- to give shelter to millio...
![African nations call out climate injustice ahead of COP27](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/21/b2/d6/African-nations-call-out-climate-in-373161_small.jpg)
African nations call out climate injustice ahead o...
African countries on Monday called for an end to a "climate injustice" saying the continent causes less than four percent of globa...
![Greenland already locked in to major sea level rise: study](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/d2/73/35/Greenland-already-locked-in-to-majo-391918_small.jpg)
Greenland already locked in to major sea level ris...
Even without any future global warming, Greenland's melting ice sheet will cause major sea level rise with potentially "ominous" i...
!['Crying all the time': Monkeypox patients reveal psychological scars](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/52/e8/eb/-Crying-all-the-time---Monkeypox-pa-152166_small.jpg)
'Crying all the time': Monkeypox patients reveal p...
The monkeypox virus may cause intense pain but the psychological scars of the illness can be just as devastating, say sufferers an...
![Tens of millions battle Pakistan floods as death toll rises](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/b4/93/af/Tens-of-millions-battle-Pakistan-fl-371666_small.jpg)
Tens of millions battle Pakistan floods as death t...
Tens of millions of people across swathes of Pakistan were Monday battling the worst monsoon floods in a decade, with countless ho...
![NASA shoots for the Moon, on its way to Mars](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/14/e8/14/NASA-shoots-for-the-Moon--on-its-wa-661816_small.jpg)
NASA shoots for the Moon, on its way to Mars
NASA's most powerful rocket yet is set to blast off Monday on the maiden voyage of a mission to take humans back to the Moon, and...
![Flood fate of thousands lies with colonial-era Pakistan barrage](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/95/fa/9e/Flood-fate-of-thousands-lies-with-c-619661_small.jpg)
Flood fate of thousands lies with colonial-era Pak...
The fate of hundreds of thousands of people in Pakistan's southern Sindh province lies with a 90-year-old barrage that directs the...
![To the Moon and beyond: NASA's Artemis program](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/73/10/4b/To-the-Moon-and-beyond--NASA-s-Arte-664981_small.jpg)
To the Moon and beyond: NASA's Artemis program
The Artemis program is NASA's plan to return humans to the Moon as a stepping stone for an eventual voyage to Mars.
![UN session on high seas biodiversity ends without agreement](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/62/7e/c0/UN-session-on-high-seas-biodiversit-869699_small.jpg)
UN session on high seas biodiversity ends without...
UN member states ended two weeks of negotiations Friday without a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, an agreement th...
![Dust to downpour: US weather whiplash shows climate change](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/c8/13/1b/Dust-to-downpour--US-weather-whipla-653656_small.jpg)
Dust to downpour: US weather whiplash shows climat...
A series of "once-in-a-millennium" rainstorms have lashed the United States in recent weeks, flooding areas baked dry by long-term...
![US creates Arctic ambassador as Russia, China competition rises](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/0f/7e/4f/US-creates-Arctic-ambassador-as-Rus-050166_small.jpg)
US creates Arctic ambassador as Russia, China comp...
The United States said Friday it will create a position of Arctic ambassador to step up diplomacy as Russia and China increase the...
!['All dead': a devastated farmer in southern China longs for rain](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/fe/c0/5f/-All-dead---a-devastated-farmer-in--165336_small.jpg)
'All dead': a devastated farmer in southern China...
For almost a decade, farmer Qin Bin, 50, has toiled his plot, growing peaches and dragon fruits for sale to visiting tourists at h...
![Webb telescope finds CO2 for first time in exoplanet atmosphere](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/39/c5/ea/Webb-telescope-finds-CO2-for-first--466166_small.jpg)
Webb telescope finds CO2 for first time in exoplan...
The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: detecting for the firs...
France's Macron announces 'new page' in Algeria ti...
French President Emmanuel Macron announced a "new page" in ties with Algeria on Thursday, the first day of a three-day visit aimed...
![Australia's 'Black Summer' fires affected ozone layer: study](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/92/df/7d/Australia-s--Black-Summer--fires-af-919629_small.jpg)
Australia's 'Black Summer' fires affected ozone la...
Australia's catastrophic "Black Summer" bushfires significantly affected the hole in the Earth's ozone layer, according to a new r...
![Gimme shelter: older Chinese take refuge from heatwave in subways](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/be/62/d9/Gimme-shelter--older-Chinese-take-r-666714_small.jpg)
Gimme shelter: older Chinese take refuge from heat...
In chaotic and crowded subways, middle-aged and older residents of Chinese megacity Chongqing are taking shelter from the country'...
![Half of China hit by drought in worst heatwave on record](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/21/8f/77/Half-of-China-hit-by-drought-in-wor-616656_small.jpg)
Half of China hit by drought in worst heatwave on...
Half of China's vast territory is now experiencing drought, including parts of the frigid Tibetan Plateau, official data showed --...
![British Museum showcases ancient vessels smashed in Beirut blast](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/2f/10/6f/British-Museum-showcases-ancient-ve-199113_small.jpg)
British Museum showcases ancient vessels smashed i...
Eight ancient glass vessels shattered in the 2020 Beirut explosion go on display at the British Museum from Thursday, walking visi...
![Oldest human relative walked upright 7 mn years ago: study](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/64/50/82/Oldest-human-relative-walked-uprigh-546413_small.jpg)
Oldest human relative walked upright 7 mn years ag...
The earliest known human ancestor walked on two feet as well as climbing through trees around seven million years ago, scientists...
![Power cuts and sleepless nights in China's record heatwave](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a5/90/bd/Power-cuts-and-sleepless-nights-in--565653_small.jpg)
Power cuts and sleepless nights in China's record...
The lights are out along a once-bustling boulevard in a tourist spot at the epicentre of China's hottest summer on record, as peop...
![Flood toll tops 800 in Pakistan's 'catastrophe of epic scale'](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/7e/5d/2f/Flood-toll-tops-800-in-Pakistan-s---633312_small.jpg)
Flood toll tops 800 in Pakistan's 'catastrophe of...
Record monsoon rains were causing a "catastrophe of epic scale", Pakistan's climate change minister said Wednesday, announcing an...
![For Russian re-enactors, battle with West is more than history](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/4b/9b/65/For-Russian-re-enactors--battle-wit-306661_small.jpg)
For Russian re-enactors, battle with West is more...
Surrounded by dozens of men in chainmail and helmets playing dead in a field, an impersonator of mediaeval Russian prince Alexande...
![An overview of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moon](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/19/15/a5/An-overview-of-NASA-s-Artemis-1-mis-153334_small.jpg)
An overview of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moo...
NASA's Artemis 1 mission, scheduled to take off on Monday, is a 42-day voyage beyond the far side of the Moon and back.
![All systems go for Artemis 1 mission to Moon](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/26/61/46/All-systems-go-for-Artemis-1-missio-161133_small.jpg)
All systems go for Artemis 1 mission to Moon
Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, the Artemis program is poised to take up the baton of lunar exploration with a test lau...
![Elon Musk's Twitter friendship with Indian superfan](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/86/ef/f9/Elon-Musk-s-Twitter-friendship-with-631361_small.jpg)
Elon Musk's Twitter friendship with Indian superfa...
Not many people can boast of having candid conversations about planetary conquest with Elon Musk, but for Indian software engineer...
![Germany, Canada partner on transatlantic hydrogen trade](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/33/f1/34/Germany--Canada-partner-on-transatl-266193_small.jpg)
Germany, Canada partner on transatlantic hydrogen...
The leaders of Canada and Germany signed a green hydrogen deal on Tuesday, laying a path for a transatlantic supply chain as Europ...
![Drought uncovers dinosaur tracks in US park](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/6b/bb/76/Drought-uncovers-dinosaur-tracks-in-228287_small.jpg)
Drought uncovers dinosaur tracks in US park
A drought in Texas dried up a river flowing through Dinosaur Valley State Park, exposing tracks from giant reptiles that lived som...
![Kenyans taking UK to EU court over colonial-era abuses](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/93/4b/02/Kenyans-taking-UK-to-EU-court-over--816166_small.jpg)
Kenyans taking UK to EU court over colonial-era ab...
Kenyans forced off their land by British settlers during colonial rule are taking their case against the UK to the European Court...
![James Webb telescope captures stunning images of Jupiter](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/4d/2f/64/James-Webb-telescope-captures-stunn-313652_small.jpg)
James Webb telescope captures stunning images of J...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning images of the planet Jupiter showing two tiny moons, faint rings and auror...
!['Close shave!' How De Gaulle escaped assassin's bullets 60 years ago](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/aa/c7/b3/-Close-shave---How-De-Gaulle-escape-641466_small.jpg)
'Close shave!' How De Gaulle escaped assassin's bu...
August 22, 1962: French President Charles de Gaulle and his wife are being whisked by car through the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamar...