Humans driving more plants to extinction

Scientists want parents to teach their children about the importance of plants and to ensure that they can recognize and name some, as part of a drive to better protect the world's flora, which is disappearing at an alarming rate.

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Iran-US stalemate continues

A year after the United States left the landmark Iran nuclear deal, the world has yet to reach a compromise as both the US and Iran exchange words of hostility.

UN pushes to end poverty among disabled

China's envoy to the United Nations stressed that eradicating poverty among persons with disabilities is essential to achieving the UN's sustainable development goals.

Labour attempts to stop no-deal Brexit

Britain's Labour Party made a fresh bid to seize control of the Brexit parliamentary process on Wednesday - and at the same time potentially change the direction of the race to be the country's next prime minister.

Trump says Kim's letter 'beautiful'

A year after US President Donald Trump and DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un met for the first time, the pair appears committed to a closer personal relation, despite a stalemate in efforts to get an agreement on denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.

Future of Korean Peninsula remains unclear

The luxurious Capella Hotel on the resort Island of Sentosa in Singapore is now a popular spot for tourists to pose for photos.

Trump renews Mexico tariff threat amid row

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Monday that tariffs on Mexican goods "will be reinstated" if Mexico's Congress doesn't approve an immigration deal between the United States and Mexico.

Israeli coral conservation plan needs chisel and deep blue sea

EILAT, Israel - Nearly four meters deep in the waters of the Red Sea, Israeli marine ecologist Assaf Zvuloni firmly grasped a bright red coral fastened to a metal jetty piling.

Vigilance as deadly Ebola rages in DR Congo

Improved security and access to medical personnel have slowed the transmission of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo after months of a raging epidemic, according to the World Health Organization.

Nearly 100 killed in central Mali village attack

BAMAKO, Mali - Nearly 100 people were killed in a gruesome overnight attack on a village in central Mali, in the latest violence to strike the fragile region, officials said on Monday.

BRI not a 'debt trap' but a boost for world economy

Accusations that China's infrastructure financing under the Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, are causing huge debts to countries involved and pushing them into a "debt trap" are absolutely wrong, reports and analysts have pointed out.