Illegal hunting in Democratic Republic of Congo has wiped out 70 percent of Eastern gorillas in the past two decades and pushed the world's biggest primate close to extinction, a Red List of endangered species showed on Sunday.
A massive wooden replica of 17th Century London was torched on Sunday on the River Thames to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, which paved the way for the building of the modern city.
Dozens of Indonesian men, suspected of being hired by an palm oil plantation company, threatened to kill environmental investigators checking on fires on Sumatra Island, the environment ministry said.
After 55 years of interruption, Cuba and the United States on Wednesday re-established regular commercial direct flights, marking a concrete step in thawing ties between the former Cold War foes.
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday that anyone who is in the United States illegally would be subject to deportation if he is elected, sticking with his hardline position after flirting with a softer approach.
Life on Earth is even older than we thought, Australian scientists said on Thursday as they unveiled fossils dating back a staggering 3.7 billion years.
The Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that China's embassy in Singapore had been informed by the island state's Health Ministry that 21 Chinese nationals in the country are confirmed to have been infected with Zika.
Michel Temer was sworn in as the Brazil's new president on Wednesday shortly after lawmakers ousted Dilma Rousseff from her presidency in an impeachment vote. The Senate voted 61-20 to immediately remove Rousseff from office after a marathon debate, ending the long impeachment process.
Dilma Rousseff will soon abandon Brazil's beautiful presidential palace along with its luxury sports facilities and helicopter pad-but perhaps post-impeachment life won't be so bad after all.
One of the Islamic State's top leaders, Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, described by the US as the "principal architect" of the group's attacks on the West, has been killed in Syria, the jihadist organization announced.
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