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Sydney Landmarks Switch Off Lights, Others Miss the Memo
Sydney's Opera House and the Harbour Bridge plunged into darkness to mark Earth Hour on Saturday night, but it seems...
Cities and Monuments Switch Off For Earth Hour
Sydney's Opera House and Harbour Bridge plunged into darkness Saturday to mark Earth Hour, as global landmarks began...
Photographer Captures World’s Glacier Melt Over Decade
For the last decade, American photographer James Balog has been on a mission to document climate change through his...
Researchers Say Dogs Can Detect Breast Cancer By Smelling A Bandage
With just six months of training, a pair of German Shepherds became 100-percent accurate in their new role as breast...
World Equities Wobble As Trump Health Bill Vote Canceled
World equity markets wobbled Friday, with US stocks finishing mostly lower, as investors monitored a swirl of...
UN Security Council Adopts Resolution Protecting Heritage
The United Nations Security Council on Friday strengthened its protection of global cultural heritage sites threatened...
Peugeot To Buy GM’s Opel, Creating 2nd-Largest European Car Maker
General Motors Co. is selling its loss-making European car business - including Germany's Opel and British brand...
Terror Charges For Suspect In Murky Antwerp Car Incident
A Tunisian man has been charged with terror offences after being arrested for driving at high speed into a crowded...
Trump Administration Approves Keystone XL Pipeline
The Trump administration has issued a permit to energy company TransCanada to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The State...
Final Push On Syria’s Raqa To Begin In Days
The international coalition battling the Islamic State group will begin a final push on the jihadists' Syrian...
Japan Fashion’s ‘lost In Translation’ Challenge
He's been hailed a "fresh new voice" by Vogue, won admiration from Giorgio Armani and bagged an award: Mitsuru...
Coral Reefs In Hot Water
A spike in water temperature lasting only days bleached all the coral in a South China Sea atoll, and killed 40 percent...
Champions Cameroon Pick ‘rebels’ For Friendlies
Cameroon have chosen two stars who shunned the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations-winning campaign for their first match since...
French National Abducted In Chad
A French civilian has been abducted in the central African nation of Chad, French authorities said on Thursday. The...
Mosul Comes Alive With the Sound of Music
When the Islamic State group controlled eastern Mosul, playing music was a crime punishable by lashes. Today, music...
How the Terror Unfolded
It was the day everyone at Westminster had been dreading. The Houses of Parliament, with their iconic ‘Big Ben’...
Putting Tokyo Fashion Week On the Map
For years headquartered in dull but convenient shopping malls, Tokyo Fashion Week has always been a poor cousin to the...
Five Dead After Rampage Outside UK Parliament
London police say five people, including the attacker, were killed after a car ploughed into pedestrians and a man went...
Kashmir’s Slice of ‘paradise’ Has Big Skiing Ambitions
It's an area better known as a hotbed of insurgency but Indian Kashmir's only ski resort -- a favourite among...