NASA counts down to launch of laser study of ice sheetsNASA counted down Saturday to the launch of its $1 billion ICESat-2 mission, using advanced lasers to uncover the true depth of the melting of Earth´s ice sheets. The mission will inform sea level ris...
Scientists: world’s warming; expect more intense hurricanesA warmer world makes for nastier hurricanes. Scientists say they are wetter, possess more energy and intensify faster. Their storm surges are more destructive because climate change has already made t...
Costa Rica shaken by rare and unruly unrest, labour strikeThousands marching in the streets. Flaming barricades. Clashes between demonstrators and riot police in darkened streets. A semi-truck hollowed out by fire. Costa Rica has been rocked this week by the...
Optimism trumps despair at climate summitMayors, governors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors and celebrities delivered a double-edged message Friday at the close of a climate summit in San Francisco: global warming is making the planet unlivea...
Turkey-Russia discord over Idlib defers regime offensive, for nowDisagreement between Turkey and Russia over how to tackle the Syrian rebel stronghold of Idlib seems to have deferred a looming regime offensive on the province, analysts say. Russia and Turkey are on...
Feeling your pain: presidents tread tricky disaster politicsThe politics of natural disasters can be tricky for a president. Long before President Donald Trump tossed paper towels to storm-stricken Puerto Ricans and denied Hurricane Maria's official death toll...
Super Typhoon Mangkhut claims first victimsSuper Typhoon Mangkhut -- the biggest storm of the year -- smashed through the Philippines on Saturday, claiming its first victims as two women were killed when a rain-drench hillside collapsed on the...
Brazil presidential candidate Bolsonaro keeps lead, leftist gains: pollBrazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, in intensive care after being stabbed at a campaign rally, kept his first-round lead in an election opinion poll on Friday, but a leftist riva...
Workers fired for selling 15,000 apples to one client in CubaSeveral employees of a Cuban supermarket have been fired for selling 15,000 apples to a single customer in a country regularly plagued by food shortages. State news outlet Granma reported on Friday th...
Tunisia ruling party suspends PM’s membership after row with president’s sonTunisia's ruling Nidaa Tounes party said on Friday it had frozen the prime minister's membership in the latest escalation in a row between the prime minister and the president's son. Prime Minister Yo...
US wants to toughen UN response to peacekeeper misconductThe United States has presented a draft Security Council resolution aimed at toughening the UN response to failures by peacekeepers in their mission to protect civilians, US Ambassador Nikki Haley sai...
Experts: Mayan altar hints at ancient intrigueAn altar found at Guatemala's La Corona site suggests the Mayan dynasty of Kaanul, known as the Snake Kings, acted like its namesake in slowly squeezing the rival kingdom of Tikal, archaeologists said...
US’ Pompeo slams Kerry for ‘inappropriate’ meetings with Iran officialsUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday lambasted his predecessor, John Kerry, for meetings with Iranian officials in back-channel talks and accused him of "actively undermining" the Trump adminis...