GENEVA, Switzerland - The war between Israel and Hamas is having a catastrophic impact on health in the Gaza Strip, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday. The UN health agency called a special session of the WHO executive board to discuss the health conditions in the Palestinian...
WASHINGTON, United States - The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has accused Israel of laying the groundwork for the mass expulsion of Gazans into Egypt, an accusation Israel said was "simply not true". Mourners carry the flag-draped body of 17-year-old Mahmud Bassem Abu...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States saw its jobless rate dip in November while hiring rose more than expected, government data showed Friday, fueling optimism that the world's biggest economy may achieve the elusive goal of avoiding recession, while also taming inflation. The economy...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States widened a trade blacklist Friday taking aim at forced labor concerns involving Uyghurs and other minorities in China. Three Chinese companies -- COFCO Sugar Holding, Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group and Anhui Xinya New Materials -- were the...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States on Friday approved a breakthrough therapy that uses revolutionary gene editing tool CRISPR to treat the debilitating blood disorder sickle cell disease. More than 100,000 Americans, most of them Black, suffer from sickle cell disease, a painful,...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU member states and lawmakers clinched a deal on Friday on how to draft "historic" rules regulating artificial intelligence models such as ChatGPT -- after 36 hours of negotiations. Meeting in Brussels, negotiators nailed down curbs on how AI can be used in Europe, which...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - The United Nations Security Council met behind closed doors Friday on the fast-escalating row between South American neighbors Venezuela and Guyana over a disputed oil-rich region. The new map of Venezuela with the incorporation of Guyana Essequiba is pictured...
PARIS, France - Livestock is responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans and its impact will only increase as meat consumption rises, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. To reduce emissions, the Rome-based agency in a report called for improving...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States will have its first high-speed train -- between Los Angeles and Las Vegas -- in 2028, the Biden administration said Friday as it unveiled a series of major rail investments. President Joe Biden This project called Brightline West, from the name of...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia opened an investigation Friday after a passenger aircraft was forced to land due to a technical malfunction, the latest incident to highlight safety concerns in Moscow's aviation industry. Sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine have effectively cut Russia off from...
BEIJING, China - President Xi Jinping said that China's economic recovery is "still at a critical stage", state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday, as sluggish domestic activity and property sector woes drag on a post-pandemic rebound. This handout photo taken and released by the European...
PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Friday that the restoration of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, badly damaged by fire in 2019, would be completed in time for its planned reopening next December. Workers operate in the nave of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on the...
