Flooding in Venice worsens off-season amid climate change
VENICE (ITALY) -- Six weeks after Venice was hit by the worst flood in its history, in November 2019, the city was inundated with...
Putin keeps Russian workers home for a week as deaths soar
MOSCOW-- Russian President Vladimir Putin backed Wednesday's Cabinet proposal to declare a week of non-working and to keep Russian workers out of their offices,...
Disqualifications lead to the dismissal of a top German tabloid editor
Julian Reichelt was fired from the Bild tabloid's helm "with immediate effect", the company stated in a statement.The 41-year old was suspended earlier in...
Chinese-North Korean defectors face hardship in South Korea
While most North Korean defectors to South Korea are Korean-ethnic, Cho (53), is a third generation Chinese immigrant. Although ethnically Korean defectors have the right...
Climate report: Africa's glaciers are on the verge of disappearing
The World Meteorological Organization's and other agencies released a report ahead of the U.N. Climate Conference in Scotland, Oct. 31. It is a stark...
North Korea tests a possible submarine missile amid tensions
After the U.S. reiterated its offer to resume negotiations on North Korea's nuclear weapon program, the launch of the missile into space came just...
'A dangerous time': Portland, Oregon, sees record homicides
The 34-year old had only been at the pizza place for a few minutes when shots rang out. Vasquez was hit by a stray gunshot...
Tens of thousands protest in Rome against neofascists
Maurizio, the head of the CGIL union Confederation, led the protest along with other labor leaders. The slogan was "Never again Fascism" and organizers...
There's nothing funny about Maine's clownish puffins in a bad year
Puffins, seabirds with bright beaks, nest on four small islands off Maine's coast. The state has approximately 1,500 breeding pairs. They are dependent on fish...
China's Shenzhou-13 spacecraft docks with Earth for 6-month mission
The Long March-2F rocket launched the spacecraft at 12:23 a.m. on Saturday. It docked with Tianhe's core module at Tiangong at 6:56 a.m. approximately...