Floods, storms, droughts and fires, fueled by global warming, have displaced at least 43.1 million children between 2016 and 2021, and this is only "the tip of the iceberg", warns UNICEF, deploring the...
Britain signed a raft of deals with several European countries on Thursday to work more closely together to halt irregular migration by sea. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Italian counterpart Georgia Meloni...
The United States and Mexico pledged to step up efforts to tackle flows of drugs and migrants, setting aside signs of friction over a US plan to extend a controversial border wall.
Mexican President Andres...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, together with BangladeshPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina took part via video link in a ceremony marking the delivery of Russian-made nuclear fuel to the first power unit of the...
The Norwegian novelist, poet and playwright Jon Fosse who has found a growing audience in the English-speaking world for novels that grapple with themes of aging, mortality, love and art was awarded the Nobel...
Japan's wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant said it began releasing a second batch of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the sea on Thursday after the first round of discharges ended in ...
Australia's mint unveils its image of King Charles III that will appear on coins as the country's currency is updated to reflect the new monarch. The first one dollar coin (AUD) carrying the King's...
Brazil's Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin and government ministers visited Amazonas, the country's biggest state, where rivers are drying up in a severe drought, causing mass die-offs of fish and dolphins....
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to French-born Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus of the United States and Russian-born Alexei Ekimov, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm announced on...
Autumn foliage is drawing visitors to Mount Asahidake in Hokkaido's Taisetsusan mountain range. The 2,291-meter Asahidake is the highest peak in Japan's northernmost prefecture. Leaves near the summit...