Nord Stream leaks likely single largest methane release ever: UN

The ruptures on the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline system under the Baltic Sea have led to what is likely the biggest single release of climate-damaging methane ever recorded, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has said.

Methanol poisoning death toll in Russia rises to 74

A medical examination has confirmed that 74 people who consumed a bathing lotion containing alcohol in the Siberian city of Irkutsk earlier this month have died as a result of methanol poisoning, local authorities said Wednesday.