PARIS, France -- More than 40 percent of Antarctica's ice shelves lost volume in 25 years, increasing the risk of sea levels rising and with human-induced warming the likely cause, scientists said on Thursday. Ice shelves are freshwater extensions of the ice sheets that cover much of Antarctica,...
This combination photograph created on October 12, 2023 shows (L) a file photograph taken on October 24, 2022 of Israel's former defence minister Benny Gantz in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv, and (R) a file photograph taken on October 12, 2023 of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to members of the media as he arrives to a candidate forum with House Republicans to hear from members running for US Speaker of House in the Longworth House Office Building on October 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)...
Former Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes has donated his game-worn suit to the FIBA Foundation and is now on display at the FIBA House of Basketball in Switzerland. Photo from Chot Reyes Instagram Reyes shared that he was asked to donate one of his notable suit jackets he wore during Gilas...
The Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) unveiled the 2024–2028 Philippine Council for Mental Health (PCMH) strategic framework on Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Rizal Park Hotel in Manila. Photo from DOH Facebook page DOH said the initiative aims to guide the development...
MONTEVIDEO (AFP) -- Lionel Messi is doubtful for Argentina's South American World Cup qualifier against Paraguay on Thursday, Oct. 12, despite "looking good" in training, according to coach Lionel Scaloni. Argentina's forward Lionel Messi (right), midfielder Rodrigo De Paul (second to the right)...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a negotiation process with Hamas for the release of Israeli hostages kidnapped by the Palestinian militants, an official source told AFP on Wednesday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "They are negotiating to...
GENEVA, Switzerland - A Swiss university has suspended a lecturer who commented positively online about the unprecedented Hamas attacks that left 1,200 people dead in Israel and unleashed a new war. The comments posted on X, formerly Twitter, were "unacceptable", the University of Bern told...
JERUSALEM, Undefined - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed to keep fighting Hamas, saying that every member of the Palestinian militant group was "a dead man". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu In his statement, Netanyahu for the first time clearly...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Palestinian militant group Hamas claimed Wednesday to have released an Israeli woman and her two children it said had been detained during fighting with Israeli forces, but Israeli television networks rejected the announcement. The Israeli army when...
NEW DELHI, India - At least four people have been killed and an unknown number injured after an express train derailed in India's Bihar state, local media reported Thursday. The train from Anand Vihar Terminal railway station in Delhi came off the rails late Wednesday as it raced to the...
JERUSALEM, Undefined - Israel pounded Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip for the fifth straight day since the militants' audacious attack and the death toll spiraled into the thousands, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed the complete destruction of the militant group. (Photo from AFP)...
