Rescuers search for the victims of a landslide in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, 17 February 2013 Search-and-rescue teams are in the areas affected by the landslide

Smoking in Russia will be banned from restaurants, long-distance trains and housing block entrance halls under a tough new bill passed by parliament.

The European Commission is fighting a rearguard action to force farmers to work in a way that benefits the environment.

One of the most important space launches of the year has just occurred in California.

An outbreak of swine flu in India has killed at least 94 people in just over five weeks, reports say.

The cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear waste site has reached £67.5bn with no sign of when the cost will stop rising, according to a report.

Researchers say that the natural ability of sea urchins to absorb CO2 could be a model for an effective carbon capture and storage system.

Forest and nature protection officials from Nepal and India have started their first ever joint survey of tigers.

Two-thirds of Britain's 337 species of common larger moths have experienced a substantial decline over the past four decades, a survey has shown.

A 2.4 magnitude earthquake has been recorded at Durness, the largest village in the remote north-western corner of Scotland.