By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United…
By Setareh Jalali Turkey has been grappling with wildfires for six days now, marking its worst fire crisis in decades. The worst fires have occurred in major tourist regions, along Turkey’s Mediterranean and Aegean coasts, and have seen thousands of tourists…
By Setareh Jalali Japanese government officials announced Thursday morning that Tokyo will be placed under another COVID-19 state of emergency, just 2 weeks ahead of the Olympics Opening Ceremony. This will be Tokyo’s fourth state of emergency since the pandemic began. …
By Setareh Jalali After a decade of controversy and legal battles, the developers behind the 1,179-mile Keystone XL oil pipeline announced Wednesday that it’s officially terminating the project. The pipeline would have carried more than 800,000 barrels (35 million gallons) a day of petroleum from land-locked Alberta,…
By Al Jazeera More than 20,000 people are homeless and 40 are still missing in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that killed dozens and continues to cause strong earthquakes in the nearby city…
By Al Jazeera Palestinian group Hamas has promised not to touch “a single cent” of international aid to rebuild the besieged Gaza Strip after Israel bombarded the enclave for 11 days. Yahya Sinwar, the head of the group’s political wing…
By Al Jazeera At least two people have been killed and dozens wounded as Sudanese security forces cracked down on a rally that demanded justice for protesters killed during anti-government demonstrations two years ago, according to the army. Prime Minister…
By Al Jazeera At least nine people, including seven children, were killed on Tuesday morning after a lone teenage gunman opened fire at a school in Russia’s southwestern city of Kazan, local authorities said. Four boys and three girls were…
By Thomas Kaplan, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Rebecca Robbins WASHINGTON — The Biden administration came out on Wednesday in support of waiving intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines, siding with international efforts to bolster production amid concerns about vaccine access in developing nations. The United States…
By Al Jazeera The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Monday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that infected 12 people in the eastern province of North Kivu and killed six of them. The outbreak was contained using Merck’s…