The holiday season is a popular time for volunteering, but experts say giving back is beneficial year-round
November 30, 2025
Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed 50% tax on inherited fortunes of 50 million Swiss francs ($62 million) or more, with 78% of votes against the plan,
November 30, 2025
‘Like a tsunami’: Asia reels from deadly cyclones and monsoon rains
December 02, 2025
Travelers at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday on Sunday were finding hundreds of flights delayed and canceled into and out of Chicago following a winter storm in the Great Lakes region
November 30, 2025
Australia's Treasury Wine Estates said on Monday it expects to write off A$687.4 million ($449.56 million) from the value of its U.S. assets due to
November 30, 2025
Six thousand Black Angus cattle chew on rolled barley, silage, cottonseed and molasses, fattening up in three rows of shaded pens under the hot
December 01, 2025
Bomb cyclone to bring first widespread snow to parts of Northeast after tracking through already hard-hit Midwest
December 01, 2025
The death toll from cyclone-induced floods and landslides in Indonesia passed 600 on Monday as rescuers battled to clear roads and improved
December 01, 2025
Rescuers in Sri Lanka were scrambling on Monday to clear roads and deliver aid to more than half a million people hit by a cyclone last week, as the
December 01, 2025
Taps may run dry in this country, where the water crisis is so severe it can be seen from space
December 01, 2025
Norway's Labour government failed to win backing for its 2026 draft budget by an end-November deadline but talks will resume in parliament
December 01, 2025
Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar, a new report showed
December 01, 2025
Suspended FEMA workers who criticized Trump administration got their jobs back — until DHS leaders found out
December 01, 2025
The residents came in camouflage hats and red shirts signaling unity, more than 300 of them packing into a rural
December 01, 2025
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is facing mounting criticism over his government’s slow response to deadly
December 01, 2025
Spain, which is mobilising to contain an outbreak of African swine fever in Barcelona, received confirmation from major pork importer
December 01, 2025
Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing
December 01, 2025
Over 800 people remain missing after devastating floods killed over 1,000 people last week in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand
December 01, 2025
Stellantis Chief Executive Antonio Filosa on Monday welcomed Berlin's call to soften European Union car emissions rules, saying Germany's proposals aligned with industry
December 01, 2025
The Moss Landing battery fire became an unintended experiment – showing how burning lithium-ion cells scattered nickel, cobalt and manganese over a protected marsh.
December 01, 2025
Iran’s sprawling cities and irrigated agriculture, along with tight market controls, have left the country vulnerable to drought. There are steps that would help.
December 01, 2025
Rates of preterm births, maternal deaths and other adverse birth outcomes are abysmal across the US, but there are clear strategies that could help the nation reverse course.
December 01, 2025
The last supermoon of the year will soon shine in December skies
December 01, 2025
Neighbor helps resident escape duplex fire through bedroom window
December 01, 2025
First they lost their parents in a fire. Now, the city is billing them for the demolition costs.
December 01, 2025
Barrick Mining said on Monday it was exploring an initial public offering of a subsidiary that would hold its North American gold assets as bullion prices this
December 01, 2025
A blast of frigid air from Canada is expected to dump up to a foot of snow along a stretch extending from Michigan to central New England and put more than 16 million
December 01, 2025
Two rescued, firefighter injured in apartment fire
December 01, 2025
The first major winter storm has hit the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, covering the area with snow and ice
December 02, 2025
Meskwaki Nation welcomes home cultural items returned by UNI
December 01, 2025
Brothers help push cars out of pile-up caused by winter storm
December 01, 2025
House destroyed in fire; neighbors report ammunition exploding
December 01, 2025
Stables at Tamaya offering a safe haven for mistreated horses
December 01, 2025
Black ice, snow showers and fog are pestering post-holiday travelers in the Midwest, while the Northeast is gearing up for its first major snowstorm of the season
December 01, 2025
U.S. liquefied natural gas exports hit an all-time monthly high in November for the second straight month, driven by cooler weather and robust output from
December 01, 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Monday he is investigating Shein, to determine whether the fast fashion retailer violated state law related to unethical
December 01, 2025
Vigil held for dog dumped in trash can
December 01, 2025
Here’s what snow forecasters are watching, and why skiers and other snow lovers shouldn’t lose hope.
December 01, 2025
N.C. Wildlife agents safely remove toddler's swing from elk's antlers
December 01, 2025
Cuba on Monday confirmed the deaths of 33 people from mosquito-borne illnesses in recent months in an epidemic that has hit at least one-third of the population, according to
December 01, 2025
Winter warriors: Disc golfers turn snowstorm into weekend adventure
December 01, 2025
A bear in Southern California has taken up residence in the crawlspace under a man's home
December 02, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration urged the U.S.
December 02, 2025
Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals that are seeing their numbers decline due to the exotic pet trade
December 02, 2025
Pope Leo bade farewell to Lebanon on Tuesday with a fervent appeal to leaders across the Middle East to listen to their people's cries
December 02, 2025
Emergency crews are racing to reach survivors and recover bodies after catastrophic floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia
December 02, 2025
Exxon Mobil has approached the Iraqi oil ministry to express its interest in buying Russian firm Lukoil's majority stake in the giant West Qurna 2 oilfield, five Iraqi official
December 02, 2025
A Japanese regional assembly on Tuesday began deliberations on whether to partially restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the
December 02, 2025
In the days since cyclone-induced floods and landslides battered Indonesia's Sumatra island, Abdul Ghani has been carrying around a picture
December 02, 2025
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said China is more frequently projecting military power further into the Pacific, in a speech highlighting the challenges Australia
December 02, 2025
Indonesian Reliwati Siregar gestured angrily at deforestation around her home on the island of Sumatra, where landslides and floods
December 02, 2025
Malaysia has amended its nuclear regulatory framework to require permits be obtained for all atomic energy activities including import, exports and transshipment of
December 02, 2025
Nawaz Nashra recalls grabbing her three-year-old daughter, wrapping her in a bedsheet and running out of their home in central Sri Lanka
December 02, 2025
The number of people killed by floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island rose to 708 on Tuesday, the disaster agency said, as authorities rushed to repair
December 02, 2025
A task force of EU vets began work in Barcelona on Tuesday to help contain an African swine fever outbreak as Spain, one of the world's
December 02, 2025
With the federal EV tax incentives gone, you might not have the budget for the luxury electric SUV you wanted
December 02, 2025
To reduce emissions put into the atmosphere, Google is using carbon capture and sequestration. But not all CCS projects are the same.
December 02, 2025
Lethal domestic violence is persistent, despite a statewide decline in overall homicides.
December 02, 2025
In 2024, only about 1 in 3 newly minted economics Ph.D.s were women.
December 02, 2025
Although some high-speed rail has been built in the northeastern US, the rest of the country has almost none.
December 02, 2025
OPEC+ members will undergo an annual assessment of their oil production capacity starting next year for use in 2027,
December 02, 2025
France's ageing population will drive public spending to pandemic-era highs in coming decades while eroding tax income, the public audit office warned on Tuesday.
December 02, 2025
Construction at Ice Castles begins at Minnesota State Fairgrounds
December 02, 2025
The Trump administration has renamed one of the country's energy laboratories to remove the word 'renewable' in the latest effort to downplay
December 02, 2025
Ford Motor Co and Hyundai Motor on Tuesday reported marginal declines in U.S. auto sales in November, as sales of electric vehicles fizzled following the end of tax credits.
December 02, 2025
Woman saves boat crash survivor using CPR training from high school class
December 02, 2025
An intensifying weather system was expected to bring heavy snow or rain to parts of the U.S.
December 02, 2025
Walmart said on Tuesday it had opened a second milk processing facility in the United States at an investment of $350 million, as the U.S. retailer seeks to strengthen its supply
December 02, 2025
German carmaker BMW aims to cut its CO2 equivalent emissions by at least 60 million metric tons by 2035 from 2019 levels, it said on Tuesday, setting new mid-term goals
December 02, 2025
More than 200 crashes reported as Iowa digs out from heavy snowfall
December 02, 2025
Meet the man who rescued a driver as their vehicle went up in flames
December 02, 2025
Utility worker credited with rescuing resident from burning row home
December 02, 2025
Tyson Foods plant closing could spell broader trouble for beef industry in Nebraska
December 02, 2025
The real estate industry is pressuring Zillow and other sites to nix extreme weather risk data buyers have come to rely on
December 02, 2025
FedEx driver crashes into creek
December 02, 2025
Gunvor's new CEO, Gary Pedersen, said on Tuesday there were no immediate plans to rebrand the Swiss-based commodities trader, a day
December 02, 2025
The Trump administration is set to propose a significant rollback of fuel economy standards finalized by former President Joe Biden last year, its
December 02, 2025
Developing countries which host most of the world's refugees could close their borders if Western states persist with aid cuts, the head of the Danish Refugee
December 02, 2025
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday that the Trump administration will announce a “bridge payment” for
December 02, 2025
Teen’s free food pantry becomes lifeline for neighbors in need
November 27, 2025
European nations agreed on Thursday to increase spending on space over the next three years by about 30% to 22.1 billion euros, part of an effort to try to catch
November 27, 2025
Strong lake effect snow bands are expected to dump several inches of snow across the Great Lakes region Thanksgiving Day, with the most accumulation hitting the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
November 27, 2025
Thanksgiving clogs: Plumbers prepare for 'Brown Friday'
November 27, 2025
Coast Guard suspends search for missing Mississippi pilots after plane crash in New Orleans
November 27, 2025
Search suspended for missing Army specialist swept out to sea near Big Sur
November 27, 2025
Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet on Thursday over a disagreement with a deal Prime Minister Mark Carney's government signed with the oil
November 27, 2025
The European Commission should resist automakers' calls to allow cars to run on biofuels beyond 2035 because they are in short supply and not truly carbon-
November 27, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premier of Canada’s oil rich province of Alberta have agreed to work toward building a pipeline to the Pacific Coast to diversify the country’s oil exports beyond the United States, in a move that has caused turmoil in Carney’s inner circle
November 27, 2025
Hong Kong's anti-graft body on Friday said it had arrested eight people in connection with a fire that ripped through a high-rise apartment complex
November 28, 2025
Crude futures fell marginally on Friday as investors considered oil's geopolitical risk premium amid drawn-out Russia-Ukraine peace talks, while keeping an eye
November 28, 2025
A deadly fire in a Hong Kong apartment complex has raised questions about bamboo scaffolding common at Asian construction sites
November 27, 2025
THC-infused drinks and snacks have soared in popularity as alcohol sales have declined in recent years
November 28, 2025
The death toll from flooding in southern Thailand has reached at least 145, according to officials
November 28, 2025
When Jantarakarn Kaewjan went to bed in Thailand's southern city of Hat Yai last Friday, three days of heavy rains had only caused some waterlogging
November 28, 2025
Hundreds of volunteers are rushing to deliver emergency supplies to victims of Hong Kong's worst fire
November 28, 2025
Cyclone Ditwah swept northward across Sri Lanka on Friday, leaving 46 people dead and 23 missing amid widespread floods, with torrential rain and strong winds
November 28, 2025
The death toll from floods across large swathes of Southeast Asia rose to at least 321 on Friday, with authorities working to
November 28, 2025
Switzerland will vote on a proposed wealth tax on Sunday that will be a litmus test of appetite for wealth redistribution in one of the world's richest countries.
November 28, 2025
CNN correspondent Hanako Montgomery is near the site of the deadly fire in Hong Kong, where volunteers have organized hand-out of water, blankets and home-cooked meals. Tents have sprung up in the community square as people are offering help to survivors.
November 28, 2025
Oil prices are projected to remain under pressure in 2026, as swelling supplies eclipse modest demand growth, while geopolitical risks could cap deeper losses, a
November 28, 2025
China has banned pork imports from Barcelona province after Spain detected its first case of African swine fever in three decades in two wild
November 28, 2025
To traverse these ridgelines high in Cuba's Sierra Maestra mountains on horseback is to travel back a hundred years or more in time.
November 28, 2025
The EU executive will unveil next week measures to cut the bloc's over-reliance on China
November 28, 2025
BYD will immediately recall 88,981 plug-in hybrids over a potential battery-related safety hazard, China's market regulator said in a notice on Friday, weeks after the electric
November 28, 2025
Residents of the housing complex that was engulfed in Hong Kong's deadliest
November 28, 2025
Data centers powering the AI boom are pitting states against each other
November 28, 2025
Valuable eels are in decline all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to try to help stave off extinction
November 28, 2025
The global boom in data centers as companies increasingly outsource information storage and ramp up use of energy-intensive
November 28, 2025
Russia failed on Friday to win enough votes to rejoin the U.N. shipping agency's governing council despite urging countries to back its nomination for a seat it lost
November 28, 2025
Tracking winter weather advisories across the US
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Where did house cats come from? Ancient DNA shakes up their origin story
November 28, 2025
The last message Chris Wong received from her 72-year-old mother was a kindly reminder to wrap up warm as colder temperatures hit Hong Kong.
November 28, 2025
35 million tons of food go to waste yearly in the US. Experts share tips to help stop it
November 27, 2025
Cross-country winter storm disrupts post-Thanksgiving travel in the Midwest, and another system is behind it
November 28, 2025
I took my shoes off and went for a barefoot hike. I couldn’t believe what happened next
November 28, 2025
The European Space Agency has announced a significant budget increase for the next three years, reaching nearly $26 billion
November 27, 2025
Couple carries on late son's legacy of public service
November 27, 2025
Hong Kong police arrested the bosses of a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter on Thursday over the city's worst fire in
November 26, 2025
Flood rescue teams in Thailand readied drones to deliver aid and helicopters dropped supplies to people marooned on rooftops on Thursday, as the
November 27, 2025
Hong Kong mourns as rescuers comb ruined buildings for bodies following deadly blaze. Here’s what we know
November 26, 2025
2025 National Thanksgiving Turkeys, NC natives retire after pardoned at the White House
November 27, 2025
Teenagers' website helps New Yorkers navigate difficult world of affordable housing
November 27, 2025
Gon Qasim and her husband were about to flee their home in Malaysia's northern Perlis state last weekend when rising floodwaters cut off road access,
November 27, 2025
Hong Kong has suffered its deadliest fire in decades. Survivors are asking how it was allowed to happen
November 27, 2025
Bamboo scaffolding, a centuries-old technique, comes under scrutiny after Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades
November 27, 2025
Swapping turkeys for other animals was once a key part of North America's wildlife conservation efforts
November 27, 2025
How extreme weather is making plastic pollution more mobile, more persistent and more hazardous
November 27, 2025
Post-Thanksgiving cross-country winter storm could wreck travel as it brings the most widespread snow of the season
November 26, 2025
Once a sea turtle hunter, Joaquim Avelino Fragoso now patrols Angola’s Longa estuary to protect the very creatures he once killed.
November 27, 2025
Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades has highlighted its risky use of flammable bamboo scaffolding and mesh for building work in a tradition
November 26, 2025
As firefighters battled floor by floor in Hong Kong's flaming Wang Fuk Court housing complex overnight to find survivors and reunite them with
November 27, 2025
Toyota Motor said on Thursday its global production rose for a fifth consecutive month in October, lifted by strong U.S. demand for hybrid vehicles that offset weaker sales in Japan
November 27, 2025
The Dominican Republic has authorized the arrival of 800 new flights to accommodate a surge in tourists who were originally planning to vacation in Jamaica and other nearby islands but were rerouted following the devastation of Hurricane Melissa
November 26, 2025
Brazilian federal prosecutors in Para state have filed a lawsuit to demand the removal of the hull and oily residues from the Haidar ship, which sank 10 years ago near
November 26, 2025
A $100-per-person charge for foreigners entering Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and other popular national parks is stoking apprehension among some tourist-oriented businesses
November 26, 2025
Cold air is sweeping across the Great Lakes region, bringing lake-effect snow from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Western New York
November 26, 2025
Canada will submit the proposed merger of Anglo American and Teck Resources to a national security review, Industry Minister Melanie Joly said
November 26, 2025
By David Shepardson, Allison Lampert and Lisa Baertlein -The vast grounding of MD-11 jets after a fiery crash this month involving one of the planes, is unlikely to end before 2026, a source told
November 26, 2025
The mysteries of Easter Island, subjects of speculation for centuries, yield to scientific inquiry.
November 26, 2025
U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for the first time in four weeks, with oil rigs dropping to a four-year low, energy services firm
November 26, 2025
German conglomerate Bayer on Wednesday said it will sell a new soybean product called Intacta 5+ for farmers in Brazil, the world's largest exporter and producer of
November 26, 2025
Easter Island quarry reveals how Polynesians made enigmatic stone statues
November 26, 2025
A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of the Butterfly Nebula, a grand and graceful cosmic wonder
November 26, 2025
A U.S.-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights
November 26, 2025
NASA's Perseverance rover has obtained evidence that the atmosphere of Mars is electrically active, detecting electrical discharges - what one scientist called "
November 26, 2025
BP's 440,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana, has returned to normal operations following a planned maintenance turnaround in September and a fire in
November 26, 2025
At least 36 people were killed and 279 were missing on Wednesday after Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades ripped through high-
November 26, 2025
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging city pension fund officials to re-bid $42.3 billion managed by BlackRock, saying the fund manager has deprioritized climate
November 26, 2025
The Czech Republic's populist ANO party on Wednesday proposed appointing to cabinet a right-wing eurosceptic who has been criticised for performing a Nazi salute, complicating
November 26, 2025
Putin and Modi to discuss Russia-India trade and defense ties amid US pressure
Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to Louisiana
Trump ventures deeper into anti-immigrant language by calling people from Somalia 'garbage'
Rory McIlroy's late birdie burst means he'll be playing on the weekend at the Australian Open
Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street inches closer to its all-time high
Jahmyr Gibbs rushes for 3 TDs and Lions get much-needed 44-30 win over Cowboys