Forty-three tortoises bred for eight years in captivity have been released into the wild in the Galapagos Islands in an effort to restore and conserve their population.
The Chelonoidis Guntheri tortoises...
The United Nations on Tuesday raised the death toll from twin earthquakes in western Afghanistan the day before to 26, saying three villages of around 800 houses were flattened. At least four people were injured...
AT&T and Verizon will delay launching new wireless service near key airports after the nation's largest airlines said the service would interfere with aircraft technology and cause massive flight...
The World Health Organization's director-general expressed concern for health services on Tuesday as he warned the omicron variant of the coronavirus “continues to sweep the world”.
Dr. Tedros...
A New Zealand navy ship on Tuesday left for Tonga, where significant damage was being reported days after a huge undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami.
New Zealand is sending much-needed drinking water and...
A coastal Massachusetts motel and four other buildings were destroyed early Monday when strong winds pushed massive flames through the structures. The fire at Michael’s Oceanfront Motel in Salisbury was...
A news photographer was killed in the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Monday, the same day an earlier killing of a reporter in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz also became public.
Photographer Margarito Mart...
Rio de Janeiro's city authorities started its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 for children ages 5 to 11 on Monday with a symbolic event at the "Museum of Tomorrow.
"Health officials expect...
U.S. President Joe Biden returned to the White House from Wilmington, Delaware on Monday night with voting rights legislation on his agenda. The Senate is set to launch debate Tuesday on the voting bill with...
Pizza chefs in Rome were busy on Monday making one of Italy's most famous foods, pizza, on the day Italy celebrated St Antonio Abate, the patron saint of 'pizzaioli'. Pizzaioli joined the UNESCO's...