WASHINGTON, United States -- A "horrific" tornado ripped through a northern Texas town Thursday causing widespread destruction, with reports that at least three people were killed and up to 100 others injured. Several million Americans across multiple southern and midwestern states were under severe...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Babies born by cesarean section don't acquire the same healthy bacteria as those delivered vaginally, a setback to the development of their immune system thought to increase their risk of certain diseases later in life. But a new study, published Thursday in the journal...
PARIS, France -- Pressure to speed cuts in carbon pollution took a back seat at UN climate talks that ended late Thursday night, as emerging economies, including China, demanded that rich ones vastly scale up climate financing. The stand-off over 10 days of technical negotiations in Bonn stymied...
A surfer holds his board in front of the sea on Castelo beach in Costa da Caparica on May 4, 2023. Patricia DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The world's first international treaty to protect the high seas is scheduled to be adopted Monday at the United Nations, a huge step for...
France's President Emmanuel Macron greets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he arrives at presidential Elysee Palace in Paris on July 28, 2022. Bertrand GUAY / AFP PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday hosts Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in...
ROME, Italy -- Pope Francis is due to leave hospital Friday, nine days after a hernia operation, and return to the Vatican, where his health will be under increasing scrutiny ahead of a busy summer. The 86-year-old has suffered a series of health issues since his election in 2013, from hip problems,...
Stray dogs roam along the Arabian Sea's coast, at the Zero Point in Badin district, Sindh province on June 15, 2023. Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP MANDVI, India -- Cyclone Biparjoy slammed into the Indian coast with powerful winds, sowing fear and prompting evacuations, but began weakening in the early...
People fill plastic jugs with water at a neighbourhood water tank in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakeh on June 11, 2023. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP BRUSSELS, Belgium -- International donors led by the EU on Thursday pledged 5.6 billion euros ($6.1 billion) for Syrian refugees, but Brussels stressed...
Singapore Police Force (SPF) officers patrol with a police robot at Changi Airport in Singapore on June 15, 2023. Kua Chee Siong / The Straits Times / AFP SINGAPORE, Singapore -- Singapore will "progressively deploy" more patrol robots across the city-state, police said Thursday, after more than...
PARIS, France -- Average global temperatures at the start of June were the warmest the European Union's climate monitoring unit has ever recorded for the period, trouncing previous records by a "substantial margin", it said on Thursday. The news comes as the El Nino climate phenomenon has officially...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, June 15, 2023. SAUL LOEB / AFP WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States on Thursday denounced the scourge of human trafficking, calling out...
Smoke comes out of a car following a road accident that left 15 dead near Carberry, west of Winnipeg, Canada on June 15, 2023. Nirmesh VADERA / AFP MONTREAL, Canada -- A semi-trailer truck and a bus carrying seniors collided in central Canada's Manitoba province on Thursday, killing at least 15...
