Climate: Removing CO2 from the air no longer optional
PARIS - The burning question going into the Glasgow climate summit is whether major economies can, by 2050, reduce emissions enough to deliver a...
Missionaries seen as asset, but sometimes headache, by US
WASHINGTON - The kidnapping of 17 missionaries in Haiti reinforces a predicament for Washington -- religious groups are often seen as an asset, going...
Under Taliban, Kabul’s drug addicts forced into withdrawal
KABUL - With shaved heads, oversized tunics and the terrified gaze of the hunted, the drug addicts rounded up by the Taliban brace for...
Facebook announces 10,000 EU jobs to build ‘metaverse’
PARIS - Facebook on Monday announced plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build the "metaverse", a virtual reality version of...
‘Unintentional gift’: US steps into China’s bitcoin breach
ROCKDALE (UNITED STATES) - The long sheds at North America's largest bitcoin mine look endless in the Texas sun, packed with the type of...
Thousands of pro-military protesters rally in Sudan capital
KHARTOUM - Thousands of pro-military protesters rallied in central Khartoum Saturday, vowing not to leave until the government is dissolved in a threat to...
US tycoon Durst, sentenced to life in prison, is on ventilator...
WASHINGTON - US real estate mogul Robert Durst, sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend, has been placed on a ventilator...
Fugitive businessman close to Venezuela’s Maduro extradited to US: source
MIAMI - A graft-accused Colombian businessman who is a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was on Saturday extradited to the United States...
NASA to launch Lucy probe to investigate Jupiter asteroids
WASHINGTON - NASA was set Saturday to launch a spacecraft called Lucy on a 12-year mission to explore for the first time a group...
New Zealand to cast out its official wizard
CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand is losing its official wizard. Nearly 40 years after the city of Christchurch begged their wizard to stay, the council has...
