PARIS, France - Humanity faces an "unprecedented" risk from tipping points that could unleash a domino effect of irreversible catastrophes across the planet, researchers warned Wednesday. Activists protest against fossil fuels on the sidelines of the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai on...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Foreign minister David Cameron heads to Washington on Wednesday to stress the importance of the UK-US relationship in his first visit to the United States since his shock return to frontline politics. The former prime minister will also pledge the UK's "unwavering support...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States unveiled sanctions on Tuesday against the head of the Belarus Red Cross, accusing him of being complicit in the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. Since its invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Russia has been accused of forcibly...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Countries need to increase their taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, saying too few states were using tax to incentivise healthier behaviours. After studying taxation rates, the WHO said the average global tax rate on...
BERLIN, Germany -- Snow and ice in winter-gripped Germany triggered several road accidents across the country on Tuesday, killing at least four people, police said, while traffic at Munich's airport remained disrupted. Two men died when their car crashed into a lorry on a slick stretch of autobahn...
MIAMI, United States - A former US ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested and charged with spying for Cuba over a 40-year span, the Justice Department announced Monday, detailing a shock betrayal by a suspect who called the United States "the enemy." Victor Manuel Rocha US Attorney General...
WASHINGTON, United States - The White House issued a dire warning Monday that US aid for Ukraine will run out by the end of the year, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin could win the war if Congress fails to agree fresh funding. (AFP Photo) President Joe Biden's budget director,...
NEW YORK, United States - The United States has returned four antiquities worth $1 million to Nepal, including a pair of gilt copper masks representing a Hindu deity, following anti-trafficking operations, New York authorities said on Monday. (AFP Photo) One of the items was seized as part of...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - A UN official warned on Monday that "an even more hellish scenario" looms in Gaza in which humanitarian aid simply grinds to a halt. (AFP Photo) "The conditions required to deliver aid to the people of Gaza do not exist," said Lynn Hastings, UN humanitarian...
PARIS, France - The world may cross the crucial 1.5C global warming threshold in seven years as fossil fuel CO2 emissions continue to rise, scientists warned Tuesday, urging countries at the COP28 talks to "act now" on coal, oil and gas pollution. (AFP Photo) Battle lines are being drawn over...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark will deploy army units to protect Jewish and Israeli sites in Copenhagen in response to an increase in anti-Semitism amid the war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, government officials said Sunday. "The conflict in the Middle East has led to an...
NEW YORK, United States- A man with a knife killed four members of the same family and wounded two police officers before being shot dead himself, authorities in New York said Sunday. Police have yet to determine the man's motive but the rampage appeared to stem from a domestic dispute....
