Climate science report ‘critical for success’ of COP26: UN
PARIS - Nearly 200 nations started online negotiations Monday to validate a UN science report that will anchor autumn summits charged with preventing climate...
UN warns of ‘unprecedented’ Afghan civilian deaths from Taliban offensives
KABUL: The United Nations warned Monday that Afghanistan could see the highest number of civilian deaths in more than a decade if the Taliban's...
Key UN climate science talks open amid floods, fires
PARIS: Nearly 200 nations start online negotiations Monday to validate a UN science report that will anchor autumn summits charged with preventing climate catastrophe...
Monsoon rains flood Philippines as thousands evacuated
Philippine authorities evacuated thousands of people to safety as heavy rains and flooding caused by the southwest monsoon killed at least one person.More than...
‘Purified’: Japan’s hikers return to Mount Fuji
MOUNT FUJI (JAPAN) - For a year, the peak of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji has been off-limits because of coronavirus, but now hikers are...
Another presidential hopeful arrested in Nicaragua
MANAGUA - Another presidential candidate was arrested in Nicaragua on Saturday, police said -- the seventh detained by Daniel Ortega's government in the lead-up...
Afghan lawmakers voice alarm on air force as US withdrawal nears
WASHINGTON - Afghan lawmakers on Friday voiced alarm that their air force was depleted in the face of a Taliban offensive, as they asked...
US, Russia to hold new talks to encourage stability
WASHINGTON - The United States and Russia will hold high-level talks next week in the second bid in as many months to encourage stability...
El Salvador seeks arrest of ex-president Sanchez Ceren for graft
SAN SALVADOR - El Salvador's attorney general has issued an arrest warrant for leftist former president Salvador Sanchez Ceren and announced the apprehension of...
Israel in cold war over Ben & Jerry’s ice cream ban
BEER-TUVIA (ISRAëL) - Israeli Avi Zinger said the ice cream he makes usually brings joy, but Ben & Jerry's decision to stop selling in...
