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Europe uses subsidies, taxes and policy pauses to offset pain of high fuel prices
Europeans are becoming more incensed as pump prices surpass the equivalent of $12 a gallon in some countries. EU c…
How Afghan women under Taliban rule are coding their way to a brighter future
One after the other, the opportunities vanished. Like so many other Afghan women, Sodaba could do little but watch as her country’s new Taliban government impo…
Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors frustrated by growing nuke threat
The bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroyed the city, killing 140,000 people. A second bomb dropped three days later on Nagasaki killed 70,000 more. Ja…
Storm Floris batters Scotland with 90 mph winds, disrupts travel and festivals
The wind and heavy rain hit at the busiest time of year for tourism, with hundreds of thousands of people flocking to the Edinburgh Fringe and other arts festi…
Pope thrills hundreds of thousands of young Catholics at Holy Year youth festival
For the past week, these bands of young Catholics from around the world have poured into Rome for their special Jubilee celebration, in a Holy Year in which 32…
US envoy arrives in Israel to monitor Gaza food distribution as humanitarian crisis worsens
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel on Thursday to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, as the death t…
‘Just a jumble of bones.’ How a baby grave discovery has grown to haunt Ireland
Word of Hopkins’ discovery may never have traveled beyond what is left of the home’s walls if not for the work of Catherine Corless, a homemaker with an intere…
Birmingham gives an emotional farewell to Ozzy Osbourne as tearful family lead tributes
Ozzy Osbourne returned to the “home of metal” for the last time on Wednesday as an emotional Birmingham honored one of its most cherished sons.
Russia's Far East 'land of fire and ice' avoids major damage from earthquake and tsunami
A powerful earthquake struck Wednesday off Russia’s Far East coast, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending…
Why there hasn't been a formal declaration of famine in Gaza
The leading international authority on food crises said Tuesday that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza." It predicted “widesp…
Trump plays golf in Scotland while protesters take to the streets and decry his visit
President Donald Trump played golf Saturday at his course on Scotland's coast while protesters around the country took to the streets to decry his visit and ac…
3 workers rescued from Canadian mine after 60 hours underground
Three workers who were trapped at a gold and copper mine in Western Canada have been rescued after more than 60 hours underground.
A 100,000-year-old burial site in Israel is changing what we know about early humans
The skeletons were discovered in pits and carefully arranged in a fetal position, which is known as a burial position, said Zaidner. Many were found with objec…
Trump says Philippines will pay 19% tariffs in deal struck with leader Marcos
President Donald Trump said he has reached a trade agreement with Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr., following a meeting Tuesday at the White House, that …
Coldplay's jumbotron captures — what exactly? The internet has its theories
It started out as a routine bit of fun at a Coldplay concert: Lead singer Chris Martin asked the cameras to scan the crowd for his “Jumbotron Song,” when he si…
Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, dies in crash in Italy
Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade …