The air in the Belarusian forest is thick with the smoke from scores of small fires. People cough and choke but they keep burning the sticks of wet wood: it's…

South Australian households and businesses have set what the state's electricity distributor believes is a world record: generating more electricity from solar than they consumed for periods of time on five different…

US and allies say coup leader's appointment of ruling body undermines commitment to restore transition to democracy. Several Western countries have expressed grave concern over the decision by Sudan’s army…

“I was so mad, but there was nothing I could do," Lee said of the incident. Suni Lee, who made history at the Tokyo Olympics this summer as the first…

The deletion of a single word in the latest draft of the climate deal being negotiated at the COP26 climate conference signals a surprisingly ambitious move to keep global warming…

REDWOOD VALLEY, Mendocino County — Lake Mendocino, once a plentiful reservoir nourishing the vines and villas of Sonoma and Mendocino counties, today is little more than a large pond, cowering…

“You think that in New York City, people should have considerable freedom to carry concealed weapons. I think that people of good moral character who start drinking a lot and…

World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley concluded a three-day visit to Syria on Friday, warning that more people there are in the grips of hunger than at any time during…

The UN Security Council has called for an immediate cessation of violence across Myanmar, and efforts to ensure the safety of civilians, following reports of more clashes between the armed…

History and politics march most easily down familiar pathways. In electing Republican Glenn Youngkin on Nov. 2 , Virginia voters followed their decades-long habit of picking governors from the opposite party of the president.…