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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…
What to know about May Day demonstrations as workers face rising energy costs due to Iran war
“Working people refuse to pay the price for Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East,” the European Trade Union Confederation, which represents 93 trade union org…
The first direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in 7 years lands in Caracas
The director of the U.S. National Energy Dominance Council, Jarrod Agen, was among the passengers on the inaugural flight. Agen is scheduled to meet with Venez…
Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'
The Mekong has long faced mounting pressures, from plastic pollution to hydropower dams hemming it upstream and sand mining devouring its banks. But experts wa…
Despite Russia’s war, one Ukrainian city still gathers for midnight Chernobyl vigil
The city of Slavutych, around 50 kilometers (32 miles) from the former plant, dates to this period. While most evacuees were resettled across nearby districts …
More countries are turning to nuclear power 40 years after the Chernobyl disaster
The United States is the world’s largest producer of nuclear power, with 94 operational reactors accounting for about 30% of global generation of nuclear elect…
A robot is beating human pros at table tennis. Its maker calls it a milestone for machines
Sony says it is the “first time a robot has achieved human, expert-level play in a commonly played competitive sport in the physical world — a longstanding mil…
Here's what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale that's sick and stranded in the Baltic Sea
Since then, the mammal has become repeatedly stranded in shallow waters. It's in clear distress, breathing irregularly and mostly barely moving for days. Ti…
A 10-day ceasefire agreed on by Israel and Lebanon goes into effect
Israeli forces have engaged in fierce battles with Hezbollah in the border area as they pushed into southern Lebanon to create what officials have called a “se…
They scour the Mexican cartel lands for the missing — and for closure
It is perilous work in a perilous environment. Mexico is neither at war nor under a military dictatorship, yet thousands of people disappear every year amid ca…
A 9-year-old was found locked in a van since 2024, malnourished and unable to walk
The boy’s father told investigators that he put the child in the truck in November 2024 “to protect him” because his partner wanted to send the then 7-year-old…
A country-by-country glance at Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa
Migration and Christian-Muslim coexistence are expected to be other top themes in Algeria, a former French colony which is a majority Sunni Muslim nation on No…
'I'm going there.' Oil drilling fuels a migrant surge in isolated city in Brazil's Amazon
The area is experiencing a rush of migrants since Petrobras, Brazil’s state-run oil company, last year secured environmental licensing for offshore drilling in…
Danish warship sunk by Nelson's British fleet discovered after 225 years
A great deal has been written about the battle “by very enthusiastic spectators, but we actually don’t know how it was to be onboard a ship being shot to piece…
Amsterdam celebrates 25 years since the world's first same-sex weddings
Amy Quinn and her wife, Heather Jensen, were among the first to be married in New Jersey when it became recognized there in 2013. Quinn said it was importan…
Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message
Palm Sunday marks Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem in the time leading up to his crucifixion, which Christians observe on Good Friday, and resurrectio…