CHOSHI, Japan - Ben Lecomte dove into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, kicking off an epic quest to swim 9,000 kilometers from Tokyo to San Francisco.
OSLO - Less than a 10th of all the plastic ever made has been recycled, and governments should consider banning or taxing single-use bags or food containers to stem a tide of pollution, a United Nations report said on Tuesday - UN World Environment Day.
Eileen Kinberg, who has been playing piano at home for almost 60 years, is showing off her skills on city streets this summer.
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia has started issuing its first driver's licenses to women in decades, authorities said, just weeks before the historic lifting of the kingdom's ban on female motorists.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed suggestions from Italy that the European Central Bank might write off 250 billion euros ($296 billion) of the country's debt.
LONDON - The world should stand up to Washington's bullying behavior, Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday by state media in a letter to counterparts, as the top diplomat intensifies efforts to save a nuclear deal after a US exit.
KAFR NAHA, Syria - At an unlikely cat shelter in rebel-held northern Syria, Mohammed Alaa al-Jaleel gently holds a feline patient on her back as an ultrasound probe is rolled across her pregnant belly.
Authorities in California are thinking hard how to cut down on the amount of junk their residents throw away, as China's waste import ban is starting to have an impact on the state's economy and environmental goals.
CHICAGO - Some 70 percent of women with early-stage breast cancer and an intermediate risk of cancer recurrence can safely skip chemotherapy after their tumors have been removed, US researchers said on Sunday.
TOKYO - Sayako had been trying to conceive a second child for two years when her boss at a Japanese day care center suggested she stop because she had missed her "turn".
LONDON - The food-delivery firm Deliveroo thanked Benedict Cumberbatch on Saturday after a newspaper reported that the Sherlock star had fought off muggers who were attacking one of its cyclists.
NEW DELHI - First it was the cab revolution and now it is the turn of bike taxis that are changing the way people travel across India.
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