PARIS, France — Suicides have fallen globally by more than a third since 1990, according to a far-reaching analysis released Thursday that highlighted profound differences in...
OTTAWA, Canada — Canada will welcome some 750 ex-slaves from Libya as refugees, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said Wednesday. The number of migrants traveling through Libya...
BEIJING — The Ministry of Water Resources said it invested more than five billion yuan ($745 million) in 2018 in a water diversion project that aims...
NEW YORK – China’s United Nations envoy on Tuesday urged support for “countries concerned” in combating transnational organized crime at sea, pointing out that maritime security...
NEW YORK — North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs remain intact and Pyongyang is using airports and other facilities to shield its weapons from possible...
TOWNSVILLE — Weary residents in Australia’s flood-hit northeast returned home Wednesday to begin a massive clean-up after almost two weeks of heavy rain, as the wild...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns and vowed to do more to...
WASHINGTON — Scientists say the Earth’s north magnetic pole has been drifting so fast in the last few decades that past estimates are no longer accurate...
DENVER — A mountain lion lunged at a runner on a Colorado trail and bit his face before the man fought back and choked the animal...
