France confirms bird flu vaccination after favourable tests
PARIS France confirmed its aim to launch a vaccination programme against bird flu in the autumn after results
2023-05-26 14:53
Soaring airline customer complaints push global legislators to act
By Joanna Plucinska and Allison Lampert LONDON/MONTREAL Nikoleta Dodova is among a growing number of dissatisfied airline customers.
2023-05-26 14:20
As electric cars boom, locals fear Chinese battery plant will harm land in drought-stricken Hungary
Residents, environmentalists and opposition politicians in eastern Hungary are worried that a sprawling battery factory will exacerbate existing environmental problems and hit the country’s precious water supplies
2023-05-26 14:19
Climbers to celebrate Mount Everest 70th anniversary amid melting glaciers, rising temperatures
Nepal is celebrating the 70 years since Mount Everest was successfully scaled for the first time
2023-05-26 13:25
Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as 'crime against humanity'
Two top rights groups say the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan amount to gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity
2023-05-26 13:23
California's epic melting snowpack means cold, deadly torrents ahead of Memorial Day weekend
California rivers fed by winter’s massive Sierra Nevada snowpack have been turned into cold and deadly torrents, drawing warnings from officials ahead of the Memorial Day weekend's traditional start of outdoor summer recreation
2023-05-26 12:50
US, Chinese trade officials express concern about each other's restrictions
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, have expressed concern about policies of each other’s governments following Chinese raids on consulting firms and U.S. restrictions on exports of semiconductor technology
2023-05-26 12:47
As US credit risk looms, former S&P officials see 2011 downgrade as vindicated
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON As the United States stares at the risk of a credit downgrade, former Standard
2023-05-26 12:29
What to watch this weekend: ‘Succession’ finale, John Wick, Matchbox Twenty, 'American Born Chinese'
Sure, lots of folks are eagerly anticipating this Sunday’s “Succession” finale
2023-05-26 12:29
New Jersey police officer who authorities say shot and killed a 911 caller is charged with manslaughter
A grand jury has indicted a New Jersey police officer on a manslaughter charge more than a year after authorities say he fatally shot a homeowner who called 911 to report two burglars, the state attorney general's office said.
2023-05-26 12:29
Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands, making it easier to develop and destroy them
The Supreme Court is curtailing the federal government’s power to protect some wetlands
2023-05-26 12:28
AP PHOTOS: A proliferation of gold mines in Venezuela offers grueling, dangerous work
EL CALLAO, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is known to have the world’s largest oil reserves, but its soil holds another valuable resource: gold.
2023-05-26 12:27