DAKAR, Senegal -- Congo canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, its government said, citing late submissions…
2024-10-11 08:25:03 ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida theme parks including Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld planned to reopen Friday…
MOSCOW -- Polls are open in Kazakhstan Sunday for a landmark referendum on building the country’s first nuclear power plant,…
KAYANZA, Burundi -- Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway…
MADISON, Wis. -- Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could…
BANGKOK -- Chiang Mai, Thailand's northern city popular with tourists, was inundated by widespread flooding Saturday as its main river…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The New Zealand city of Dunedin was cut off by road due to flooding Friday after…
LONG BEACH, Wash. -- From clothes to metals used for manufacturing, most of the world’s everyday goods and raw materials…
BENGALURU, India -- Unpredictable rains and increasing heat aren't just making life more difficult for the people of Rayanpet, a…
2024-10-03 01:15:03 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Let the chunk-off begin.Voting starts Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s…
Along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, floodwaters have begun to recede, leaving behind devastated towns and 17 dead, after John struck…
MUNICH -- Two students in Munich, sipping beers on their dormitory couch in 2022, chatted about a recent lecture describing…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Desperate residents of the storm-battered mountains of western North Carolina lined up for water and food, hunted…
PETALUMA, Calif. -- In a stretch of Northern California known for scenic shorelines and celebrated vineyards, hundreds of brown-bodied hens…
LONDON -- Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is closing on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation…
Police says flooding and landslide death toll in Nepal has reached 193 while rescue and recovery work is stepped up
Death toll in Nepal flooding and landslides reaches at least 100, with dozens still missing
2024-09-26 20:15:03 NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A slow-motion catastrophe has been playing out in the coastal North Carolina village of…
TOKYO -- Small tsunami waves splashed ashore on remote Japanese islands Tuesday morning after an earthquake that may have been…
John strengthens to a Category 3 hurricane before landfall in southern Mexico tonight