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  • Associated Press

    UN official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deaths despite worsening climate

    As climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and striking more places, fewer people are dying from those catastrophes globally because of better warning, planning and resilience, a top United Nations official said. The world hasn't really noticed how the type of storms that once killed tens or hundreds of thousands of people now only claim handfuls of lives, new United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Kamal Kishore, who heads the UN's office for disaster risk reduction told The Associated Press.

  • NBC Sports Chicago

    WATCH: Corey Julks' 2-RBI double gives White Sox 3-1 lead

    White Sox' Corey Julks hits a two-run double vs. the Brewers on FridayWATCH: Corey Julks' 2-RBI double gives White Sox 3-1 lead originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

  • BBC

    Football falling foul of climate change - groundsman

    Cambridge United's groundsman says the worst weather he has known in 45 years is proving stressful.