Earth's record heat could hit global economy with big losses

Earth's persistent record 2016 heat is now dancing near levels that a world agreement is trying to avoid, federal scientists said.

Russian balloonist more than halfway to circling globe

A 65-year-old Russian adventurer was battling sleep deprivation, freezing temperatures and ice in his oxygen mask but was ahead of schedule for his record attempt to fly solo in a balloon around the world nonstop, his son said on Wednesday.

Ankara seeks to re-emerge from rubble

Govt bans academics from foreign travel; fires many teachers and university deans

Johnson refuses to apologize for insults

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday it would take far too long for him to apologize for the "rich thesaurus" of rude comments and insults he has directed at world leaders and others over the years.

In bumpy coronation, Trump takes the crown

The art of the coronation has taken something of a beating at the Republican National Convention. Nevertheless, Donald Trump now has the crown and a final chance to summon unity from the party's restive ranks in the ritual's closing days.

French lawmakers back extension of emergency rule after attack

French lawmakers approved a six-month rollover of emergency rule on Wednesday in the wake of last week's truck attack on the city of Nice, the third deadly assault in 18 months for which the Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility.

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For Rio, get your Portuguese ready

Most Brazilians speak no other language but their own, yet another hurdle for the Olympics

Centuries-old count of queen's swans begins

The annual count of Queen Elizabeth II's mute swans has begun amid worries that dog attacks may have taken their toll on the monarch's waterfowl in the River Thames.

Signs of normalcy returning to Nice's coast after Bastille Day carnage

Joggers, cyclists and sun-seekers are back on Nice's famed Riviera coast, a further sign of normal life returning on the Promenade des Anglais where dozens were killed in last week's Bastille Day truck attack.

In rare move, family barred from forgiving son for 'honor killing'

Pakistani authorities have barred the family of a murdered social media celebrity from legally "forgiving" their son for strangling her, sources said, in a rare stand against the so-called practice of "honor killings".

Tiny robot could solve stomach troubles

Has your child swallowed a small battery? In the future, a tiny robot made from pig gut could capture it and expel it.