Bloomberg Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA shares seesawed on Monday after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s decision to resign added to uncertainty about the bank’s plans to raise as much as 5 billion euros ($5.3 billion) in capital by the end of the year. The struggling lender was down 0.8 percent at 11:12 a.m in Milan as investors ...

  Manchar Lake / AFP For generations the Mohanna tribe have lived, loved, worked, and played on Pakistan’s Manchar Lake; their floating settlement serving their needs from birth to death. But an unrelenting flow of toxic wastewater is pouring into the lake — a byproduct of industrialisation and aggressive agricultural practices upstream — and has slowly rendered it inhospitable, poisoning ...

  Reykjavik / AFP An island of ice and lava battered by the Arctic winds, Iceland’s dramatic and pristine landscape is attracting a growing number of tourists, not all of whom are respectful of the fragile ecosystem. Along with hikers, nature lovers, reality TV starlets and fans of the series “Game of Thrones” which was partially filmed in Iceland, 1.3 ...