Congo cancels an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration
DAKAR, Senegal -- Congo canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for…
Disney World and other Orlando parks to reopen Friday after Hurricane Milton shutdown
2024-10-11 08:25:03 ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida theme parks including Walt Disney World,…
Kazakhstan faces up to the legacy of Soviet weapons testing in a vote on nuclear power
MOSCOW -- Polls are open in Kazakhstan Sunday for a landmark referendum…
How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados
KAYANZA, Burundi -- Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to…
Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping
MADISON, Wis. -- Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home…
Floods inundate Thailand’s northern tourist city of Chiang Mai
BANGKOK -- Chiang Mai, Thailand's northern city popular with tourists, was inundated…
Dunedin, New Zealand, records its wettest day in a century as flooding cuts the city off by road
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The New Zealand city of Dunedin was cut…
Takeaways from The Associated Press’ report on lost shipping containers
LONG BEACH, Wash. -- From clothes to metals used for manufacturing, most…
In India, warming climate pressures scientists to keep developing tougher seeds
BENGALURU, India -- Unpredictable rains and increasing heat aren't just making life…
Online voting in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant
2024-10-03 01:15:03 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Let the chunk-off begin.Voting starts Wednesday in…
Along Mexico’s Pacific coast, flooding from Hurricane John left devastated towns and 17 dead
Along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, floodwaters have begun to recede, leaving behind…
Harvesting hops for beer produces a lot of waste. These German groups are seeking to fix that
MUNICH -- Two students in Munich, sipping beers on their dormitory couch…
Desperation and exhaustion in North Carolina’s mountains days after Helene’s deluge
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Desperate residents of the storm-battered mountains of western North…
Voters in Northern California county to vote on whether to allow large-scale farms
PETALUMA, Calif. -- In a stretch of Northern California known for scenic…
Britain’s last coal-fired electricity plant is closing. It ends 142 years of coal power in the UK
LONDON -- Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is closing on Monday, ending…
Police says flooding and landslide death toll in Nepal has reached 193 while rescue and recovery work is stepped up
Police says flooding and landslide death toll in Nepal has reached 193…
Death toll in Nepal flooding and landslides reaches at least 100, with dozens still missing
Death toll in Nepal flooding and landslides reaches at least 100, with…
10 homes have collapsed into the Carolina surf. Their destruction was decades in the making
2024-09-26 20:15:03 NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A slow-motion catastrophe has been playing…
Small tsunami waves splash ashore on remote Japanese islands
TOKYO -- Small tsunami waves splashed ashore on remote Japanese islands Tuesday…
John strengthens to a Category 3 hurricane before landfall in southern Mexico tonight
John strengthens to a Category 3 hurricane before landfall in southern Mexico…
