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Because climate change is caused by the actions of countries, it can only be solved by the cooperation of countries – and that means international law offers the best pathway forward.

Over the years, al-Qaida has had many friends in Afghanistan, some of whom are now in high places, such as Abdul Rasool Sayyaf, a powerbroker in Kabul.

Global emissions have continued to increase since 2015 when the Paris Agreement on climate change action was signed. On current trends, the earth is heading towards 3 to 5 degrees C of temperature rise—enough, scientists warn, to destroy civilization as w...

The analysis by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a leading philanthropic funder of health and development, found that some half a billion people worldwide still don't get basic health and education, and girls everywhere suffer disadvantage.

The center in Miami said Monday that Humberto had strengthened and could become a major hurricane by Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

Some 740,000 Rohingya fled burning villages, bringing accounts of murder, rape and torture over the border to sprawling refugee camps in Bangladesh, where survivors of previous waves of persecution already languish.

United Auto Workers officials said the two sides remained far apart in the contract negotiations, with disagreements on wages, health care benefits, the status of temporary workers and job security.

The dron attack is the most visible sign yet of how Aramco's stability and security is directly linked to that of its owner the Saudi government and its ruling family.

The attacks will cut the kingdom's output by 5.7 million barrels per day (bpd), according to a statement from state-run oil company Saudi Aramco, or more than 5% of global oil supply.

Apple and Disney have long had a unique relationship, dating back to when Steve Jobs became a Disney director when it bought Pixar, majority owned by Jobs. Iger became an Apple director shortly after Jobs' death.

Investigators didn't immediately determine whether there was any connection between the shootings that Deputy Police Chief Harold Medina called 'senseless acts' during a news conference early Friday.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had immediately banned military style semi-automatic rifles after the shootings in March but said further restrictions were needed to target the black market.

Biden, who served as vice president for eight years under Barack Obama, said he would build on Obama's landmark healthcare law and accused Warren and Sanders of wanting to tear it down.

The Philippines on August 6 declared the country’s outbreak of dengue to be a national epidemic.

Hong Kong has been rocked by months of sometimes violent unrest, prompted by anger over planned legislation to allow extraditions to China, but broadening into calls for democracy.

Figures presented by World Health Organization (WHO) suggest that Malaria cases and deaths in Myanmar dropped by more than 90 percent between 2010 and 2017.