Academics in China and the United Kingdom have formed a new network that will help inform government policy on emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and gene editing.
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Renewed clashes rocked Bolivia's capital on Wednesday as the woman who claimed the presidency, a secondtier lawmaker thrust into the post because of a power vacuum, faced challenges to her leadership from supporters of the ousted Evo Morales.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group in Gaza appeared to have reached a cease-fire on Thursday to end two days of heavy fighting that killed at least 34 Palestinians and paralyzed parts of Israel.
As Pyongyang issued a fresh warning against military drills by Washington and Seoul, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday said his country is open to altering military activity with its allies if it helps diplomatic efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
Chinese research scientists have teamed up with zoologists at Oxford University to create a technique for making fake rhino horn, which they hope will disrupt the market for illegal poached items.
Two cannabis-based medicines for patients with severe epilepsy or multiple sclerosis have been approved for use by the National Health Service, or NHS, in England.
A total of $24.2 billion in investments pledged at a Johannesburg conference last week is expected to create 412,000 jobs in South Africa, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
VENICE, Italy - Venice was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years on Tuesday, with tourists wading through flooded streets to seek shelter as a fierce wind whipped up waves in St Mark's Square.
Juul Labs, the biggest marketer of e-cigarettes, said on Tuesday that it will eliminate about 650 jobs, or about 16 percent of its global workforce, and slash spending by about $1 billion, as the US government prepares regulations to curb the use of e-cigarettes.
What part has climate change played in the deadly wildfires that have ravaged California and the Amazon, and the bushfires now burning along Australia's eastern coast? It is a question taking on greater significance as the intensity and frequency of fires increase.
KONDRAJEC PANSKI, Poland - In what looks like a Niagara Falls of yellow feathers, thousands of chicks cascade down a conveyor belt in central Poland.
Vida Hamadani felt the impact of the wildfires in California when she had to flee her Brentwood home two weeks ago.
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