UNITED NATIONS– UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed the adoption of a revised strategy by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, and asked for follow-up measures. Member states of the IMO on Friday...
WASHINGTON, United States- World daily temperature records have been smashed this week, according to preliminary data. The modeling tools that produced these estimates can provide an early warning of extreme heat events, even if they aren't as precise as monthly and yearly reports produced by...
NEW DELHI, India-- In the run-up to rural body elections, locally called panchayat polls, in India's eastern state of West Bengal, at least four people were killed in poll-related violence, officials said Friday. The deaths took place on Thursday in four districts, namely South 24-Parganas,...
 SHIJIAZHUANG, China -- Staff members of the State Grid Baoding Electric Power Supply Company inspect equipment in Baoding, north China's Hebei Province, July 6, 2023. Hebei on Friday renewed a red alert for high temperatures, the highest in China's alert system.(Xinhua/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Friday that two men were injured following a public place shooting in Sydney's inner west. According to a statement by NSW Police Force, at about 1:50 p.m. local time on Friday, emergency services were called to a...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Mobile phones and certain wearable electronic devices like smartwatches will be banned at all state schools in Australia's Queensland during school hours, including break times from Term 1 in 2024. Queensland Education Department announced the statewide ban on Friday. "From...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Police in the Australian state of Victoria on Friday arrested two teenagers following a major fire in Southbank, Melbourne. Victoria Police confirmed in a statement that the 13-year-old and 15-year-old males were apprehended at Southern Cross Station on Friday afternoon and are...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Six people were killed and two injured in a blast at an explosives factory in Russia's Samara region, RIA Novosti reported Friday. The incident, which occurred at the Promsintez plant in the city of Chapayevsk, happened following "the dismantling of equipment during repair work"...
WASHINGTON, United States- Facebook behemoth Meta officially launched Threads, its text-based rival to Twitter, on Wednesday -- but its release in Europe has been delayed over data privacy concerns. Threads is the biggest challenger yet to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, which has seen a series of...
WASHINGTON, United States-Â Slow weapons deliveries to Ukraine delayed Kyiv's planned counteroffensive, allowing Russia to bolster its defenses in occupied areas including with mines, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a TV interview broadcast Wednesday. Speaking to CNN's Erin Burnett in the...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-- The "triple threat" of climate change, pollution and loss of biodiversity to health must urgently be addressed, said World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Dr. Hans Kluge on Wednesday. At the 7th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in...
LOS ANGELES, USA-- This week has seen the hottest global temperature ever recorded, according to data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). Tuesday was the hottest day on Earth since at least 1979, with the global average temperature reaching 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit...
