TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Serious water shortages plaguing Central Asian countries have become "irreversible" and will only get worse, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev warned Friday, as global warming and increased competition weigh on resources. Central Asian countries such as Uzbekistan face a...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations on Friday said Morocco could ask for aid "today or tomorrow" to help it recover and rebuild following a devastating earthquake that has killed nearly 3,000 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes. "We are expecting and hoping, but expecting from our...
MOSCOW, Russia - The Kremlin said Friday that no agreements had been signed during North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's ongoing visit to Russia, amid Western concern that the two isolated countries could be preparing an arms deal. Kim is on a rare trip out of his reclusive country in the Russian Far...
LONDON, United Kingdom - A man has died after a dog attack in central England, emergency services said Friday, the latest in a spate of attacks that prompted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to vow action. Emergency services were called on Thursday to reports that a man had been left seriously injured...
In this photo taken on September 14, 2023, a health worker walks past Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Nipah virus mobile testing facility at a government hospital in Kozhikode in south Indian state of Kerala. India has curbed public gatherings and shut some schools in the southern state...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is willing to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un "without preconditions", a top government official said Friday. The prime minister has previously said he was ready to hold talks with Kim, but the reiterated invitation comes after the North Korean...
This handout picture posted on September 15, 2023, on the official telegram channel of the Governov of Khabarovsk region Mikhail Degtyaryov shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) visiting an aviation plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. (Photo by Official telegram channel of the Governov of Khabarovsk...
A staff member poses with the "Black Sheep Jumper" designed by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne and worn on several occasions by Britain's late Princess Diana, during a press view at Sotheby's auction house in London on July 17, 2023. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) NEW YORK , United States -- An...
PARIS, France -- The AI models that power chatbots and other applications still have difficulty distinguishing between nonsense and natural language, according to a study released on Thursday. The researchers at Columbia University in the United States said their work revealed the limitations of...
People walk on a footbridge across the flooded St. Mark's Square by St. Mark's Basilica (Rear) and the Doge's palace (R) on November 14, 2019 in Venice. Venice officials agreed on September 12, 2023 to test a fee on day tourists to the overcrowded historic centre, weeks after UNESCO warned it could...
This photo illustration created in Los Angeles, California, on September 13, 2023, shows a person looking on a computer screen at artwork by Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele entitled "Russian War Prisoner" (L), "Portrait of a Man" (R) and "Girl With Black Hair" (top), which were seized by...
NASA building logo from headquarters at Washington DC, United States (Photo from NASA.gov website) WASHINGTON, United States -- NASA on Thursday officially joined the search for UFOs -- but reflecting the stigma attached to the field, the US space agency kept secret for hours the identity of the...
