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On the campaign trail two years ago, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged to meet Mexico's commitments on combating global warming and discussed moving the oilproducing nation away from fossil fuels with leading environmentalists, like former U.S. Vice Pre...

An independent panel reviewing the global response to the COVID19 pandemic will ask "hard questions" and has been assured of access to the records of the World Health Organization (WHO), its cochairs said on Thursday.

The man who suffocated after police in New York's third-largest city put a spit hood over his head was the loving father of five adult children, had some mental health issues but was harmless, and had just arrived in Rochester for a visit with his brother...

A fire broke out on an oil tanker off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka on Thursday, leaving one of its 23 crew members missing and another injured, a navy spokesman said.

Australian police faced widespread accusations of heavyhandedness after arresting and handcuffing a pregnant woman at her home for promoting an antilockdown protest.

At least two people were reported killed and thousands were temporarily without power as Typhoon Maysak smashed into the Korean peninsula on Thursday, bringing heavy rain and lashing winds to areas still recovering from Typhoon Bavi.

Afghan negotiators and senior officials will fly to Doha for peace talks with the Taliban after the two sides reached a compromise over the release of prisoners, diplomatic and government sources said.

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles City Council has declared a fiscal emergency because of the coronavirus pandemic, paving the way to furlough about 15,000 employees.

At least one person was reported killed and thousands were temporarily without power as Typhoon Maysak smashed into the Korean peninsula on Thursday, bringing heavy rain and lashing winds to areas still recovering from Typhoon Bavi.

Australia's Victoria state on Thursday reported a triple digit rise in new COVID19 infections for the first time in four days, denting optimism that a second wave of cases has been contained.

Japan's coastguard rescued one person in the search for a cargo ship carrying livestock that went missing in the East China Sea after issuing a distress signal as typhoon Maysak lashed the region.

Work has begun to stop a decadesold problem of millions of gallons of sewage from Tijuana, Mexico, flowing into the United States and polluting San Diego County beaches, the Trump administration's top environmental protection official said Wednesday.

U.S. officials have for the first time approved a design for a small commercial nuclear reactor, and a Utah energy cooperative wants to build 12 of them in Idaho.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee said on Wednesday that they raised a combined $364.5 million in August, shattering the monthly record for fundraising by a presidential campaign.

Mexicos problems of crime and violence are so deeply rooted and seemingly intractable that President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obradors best efforts appear to be falling short.

Two men have been arrested in Romania in connection with the July slaying of a former pastor in Berlin, German police said Wednesday.