A new report from the European Commission highlights how subsidies for coal, oil and natural gas across the area have remained at the same level as 2008 despite European Union pledges to tackle climate change.
As the partial US government shutdown entered its 33rd day on Wednesday, Native American tribes said they are feeling the impact as critical funds are cut, straining their resources for healthcare and food.
PARIS - Leaf-cutter ants build super highways to transfer food and building materials hundreds of meters without communicating with each other, scientists claimed on Wednesday, in findings that could prompt a rethink about how some insect communities organize themselves.
After more than a week of picketing and bargaining, teachers and staff from the second-largest school district in the United States were scheduled to return to classrooms on Wednesday.
The design for a multimillion-dollar concert hall to be housed in London's Barbican Centre has been unveiled.
A proposed international conference for the Middle East was rejected by Russia as an anti-Iran deal and another attempt by the United States to promote its unilateral geopolitical interests.
DAVOS, Switzerland - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday there remained "an awful lot of work to do" to achieve the denuclearization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea but he anticipates further progress by the end of next month, when the United States and DPRK leaders are expected to meet for a second summit.
WASHINGTON - The United States confirmed on Tuesday that its envoy is meeting in Qatar with the Taliban, seeking to negotiate an end to the conflict despite a recent major attack.
Major convenience stores in Japan announced on Tuesday that they will stop selling pornographic magazines in an effort to create a "comfortable environment" before the country plays host to international sports events, such as the 2020 Olympics.
For Ashely Gray, a 26-year-old web developer living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the best time of her day is in the evening after a long and tiring day at work - and when she is alone.
Liu Yawei was a university freshman in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province, when China and the United States announced the establishment of diplomatic relations in December 1978. It was such a dramatic event that its vividness stayed fresh in his memory.
CONCORD, New Hampshire - Falling temperatures replaced the weekend's falling snow on Monday as bitter cold and gusty winds swept across the eastern United States.
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