People walk next to the Havis Amanda statue on the Market Square in the center of Helsinki, Finland, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Finland was named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing calls to reconsider its costly 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) due to funding constraints and concerns over its priorities, according to harm reduction advocates. Harm reduction...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent Orange defoliant. FILE- A Vietnamese soldier stands guard in front of military aircraft near a...
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia said Wednesday they have shuttered dozens of nightclubs and entertainment venues following a fire that killed 59 people at a live pop concert. People light candles during a vigil in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia, Tuesday, March...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An international United Nations staffer was killed and five others were wounded in a strike Wednesday on a U.N. guesthouse in the Gaza Strip. Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, March 19, 2025....
The Philippines ranked 74th out of 138 countries in IQAir’s 2024 World Air Quality Report following a decline in air quality from 2023. PH reached a 14.8 μg/m³ average of PM2.5 in 2024, up from 13.5 µg/m³ in 2023. This suggests a 10 percent decrease in air quality spanning one year. One of...
An injured man is taken to the Al-Ahli hospital following overnight Israeli army airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi). DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday that killed more...
President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed...
In this image provided by NASA, a SpaceX capsule splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, as it lands off the coast of Florida with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP) CAPE CANAVERAL,...
PARIS (AP) — New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, seeking support from one of Canada's oldest allies as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to attack Canada’s sovereignty and economy. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and wife Diana...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo's government will participate in peace talks in Angola on Tuesday with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east, a spokesperson said Monday. FILE - Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week as the U.S. tries to broker a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff. FILE - U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attends and...
