Can U.N. summits save the planet? A faltering year of talks brings up...
The world's nations keep faltering in their efforts to join together to save the planet from several environmental crises. In the past few months United Nations-sponsored negotiations to tackle...
View ArticleGermany's Scholz loses a confidence vote, setting up an early election in...
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early...
View ArticlePrince Andrew's Chinese spy drama ups stakes for King Charles III to rein in...
LONDON (AP) — How do you solve a problem like Prince Andrew? That’s the question facing King Charles III as the long-running drama surrounding his 64-year-old brother roils Britain and the monarchy...
View ArticleDeath toll in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000 Palestinians, health...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 45,000 Palestinians have now been killed in the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas militants, Palestinian health officials said Monday, as often-stalled...
View ArticleVenezuela says about a fourth of people detained in post-election crackdown...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Roughly a fourth of the people detained in Venezuela during the civil unrest that followed the July presidential election have been granted prison release orders, the...
View ArticleSyria's ousted leader Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russian...
DAMASCUS (AP) — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but the Russian military evacuated him from their base in western...
View ArticleFrance rushes aid to Mayotte, with hundreds feared dead and hunger rising...
MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its tiny Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its...
View ArticleRussian presence in Syria remains. But it's unclear for how long
HMEIMIM, Syria (AP) — A lengthy convoy of Russian military vehicles rolled down the highway heading towards the Syrian city of Tartous on Monday as soldiers stood guard. Planes periodically descended...
View ArticleGrassroots funding for Ukraine's military declines as groups looks for...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The concert took place in an old movie studio in Kyiv, the location kept secret until the final moment in case it was the target of a Russian attack. More than 1,000 soldiers and...
View ArticleAustralian state proposes ban on protests at places of worship to fight...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian state government on Tuesday proposed new restrictions on protesters in response to rising antisemitism, including a ban on demonstrations outside places of...
View ArticleBattle erupts over South Korean court that will determine the fate of...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s acting leader vowed Tuesday to convey to the world that things are back to normal following parliament’s impeachment of conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol, as...
View ArticleMagnitude 7.3 earthquake causes widespread damage in Pacific island nation of...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck just off the coast of Vanuatu on Tuesday, causing widespread destruction in the South Pacific island nation as the injured...
View ArticleFather and stepmother sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a...
LONDON (AP) — The father and stepmother of a severely abused 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for murder. Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least 8 from the same...
An Israeli strike in Gaza killed at least eight people from the same family, most of them women and children, Palestinian medics said Tuesday. The strike late Monday hit a house in Gaza City’s central...
View ArticleFilipina who won a last-minute reprieve from the Indonesian firing squad in...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities were set to return a Filipina woman to the Philippines after midnight, who was on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad in...
View ArticleAuthorities impose overnight curfew in cyclone-ravaged Mayotte as France...
SAINT-DENIS, Reunion (AP) — French authorities on Tuesday announced an overnight curfew in Mayotte as they sought to stabilize the island territory in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido, the most intense...
View ArticleGlobal demand spurring Indonesia's mining boom comes at a cost for many...
KABAENA, Indonesia (AP) — The crystal blue waters that once surrounded Kabaena are murky brown now, and the octopi and colorful fish that locals used to catch nearby to eat and sell have fled. The...
View ArticleIran pauses the process to implement a new, stricter headscarf law for women,...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has paused the process of implementing a new, stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited the...
View ArticleFamilies of hostages endure uncertainty even as hopes rise for a ceasefire in...
KIRYAT GAT, Israel (AP) — Ilana Gritzewsky is fighting a battle against time to save her boyfriend from Hamas captivity. While there appears to be progress toward a deal to free the remaining captives...
View ArticleNigerians press for solar jobs and electricity, with little success
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — In sun-drenched Nigeria, 14 new solar farms were supposed to jumpstart a meager solar industry and generate huge amounts of power, about one-fifth as much as the country’s...
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