SEATTLE - A crack that could create an iceberg the size of five Hong Kongs - and destabilize one of the largest ice shelves in the Antarctic - has branched out and begun to widen more quickly, a scientist said on Wednesday.
NEW YORK - Located behind a row of cottages in Snug Harbor and regarded as a hidden gem in New York's Staten Island, the Chinese Scholar's Garden offers a pleasant surprise to visitors.
SYDNEY - The Dog Unit of Australia's New South Wales Police Force on Wednesday announced that seven new police puppies will be named by sick children before joining the fight on crime.
NIAMEY, Niger - Arriving on motorcycles and donkeys, in cars, or even on foot, hundreds of people have flocked to a site in southern Niger hoping to strike gold.
CHEFCHAOUEN, Morocco - "If nothing is done, this species will disappear within 10 years," warns a poster on Ahmed Harrad's aging 4x4 showing Morocco's famed Barbary macaque monkey.
NEW YORK - The United Nations marked the first World Tuna Day on Tuesday with calls to conserve one of the globe's most popular fish to be caught and eaten.
CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was scheduled to depart on a whirlwind trip to the United States on Wednesday, during which he will meet with US President Donald Trump for the first time since Trump took office.
KABUL - A powerful blast targeting an armored NATO convoy in Kabul killed at least eight people and wounded 27 on Wednesday, including three coalition soldiers, officials said days after the Taliban announced their spring offensive.
HEBRON, West Bank - The city famous for its ceramics and officially named the World Crafts City by UNESCO is pushing the ancient traditional craft to take a more modern approach.
CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS, Ukraine - Perched 2,000 meters up on a snowcapped peak in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains, the Bilyi Slon observatory has stood empty and battered by the elements for some seven decades.
SYDNEY - Australia is far from the typical setting you might imagine for a polar bear, but week-old twins born on the Gold Coast are currently doing very well, a spokesperson for Sea World said on Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES - A tentative deal was reached between screenwriters and producers, averting a strike that could have crippled TV and film production and inflicted harm on the wider California economy.
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