Some ex-pats living abroad, including active-duty service members and their family members, are sounding the alarm after Republicans in three swing states have tried to delay accepting and counting overseas absentee ballots. And there is already fea...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka --Sri Lanka closed schools in the capital Colombo and suburbs on Monday as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation. Heavy downpours over the weekend have wreaked havoc in many parts of the country, fl...
Time is running out for people in evacuation zones to get out before Hurricane Milton slams Florida. Hurricane Milton, which re-strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane Tuesday afternoon, is taking aim at Florida's west coast. Landfall is ex...
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Could the answer to Delhi's pollution problem lie in the clouds? Last week, as the Indian capital battled days of toxic air, the city's environment minister said that his government was considering cloud seeding - a rain-making technique...
Residents of India's capital, Delhi, woke up to smoky skies as air quality dropped after the festival of Diwali. People in the city burst crackers late into Sunday night despite a ban on fireworks due to high pollution levels. De...
Reports of a Ukrainian breakthrough on the front line of the war have been denied by Russia - even though the claim was made by pro-Russia sources. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group fighting on the Russian side, accuse...
On 27 December 2012, the UK's first hand transplant took place at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). A decade on, we spoke to the patient and his pioneering surgeon. "Many patients say after surgery it is the small things that ...
The Japanese yen touched a 32-year low against the US dollar after official figures showed that prices had risen faster that expected in America. The yen fell to 147.66 against the US dollar before regaining some ground. Japanese F...
Multiple explosions have been heard in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, in the first strikes in the city for many months. At least two explosions were heard in central Kyiv shortly after 08:00 local time (06:00 BST). The apparent strikes on the city come tw...
Any country trying to intervene in the Ukraine war will face a "lightning-fast" response, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. "We have all the tools no-one can boast of... we will use them if necessary&quo...
Royalties from live performances of music fell almost 30% in 2021, despite concerts resuming in the summer. Concert revenues were just £8m, down from £11.3m in 2020 and £54m in 2019, said PRS for Music, the body...
ABC News' Trevor Ault examines the shocking allegations of abuse made so far in the libel lawsuit brought by the superstar actor against his ex-wife Amber Heard....
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Germany's cyber-security authority has warned against using anti-virus software from Russian headquartered company Kaspersky. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) issued the statement in light of the conflict in Ukra...
Ian Pannell reports with the latest news on the state of the war in Ukraine....
Oil prices rose on Thursday amid confusion over whether major producers would help to plug a gap in supplies from Russia. The United Arab Emirates had appeared to push members of the Opec producer group to raise output, only for ...
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said "horrific rocket strikes" have hit the country's capital Kyiv overnight....
Dr. Jennifer Ashton breaks down a new study looking at immunity levels of those who have been vaccinated and boosted and those who experienced a natural infection of COVID-19....
Existing vaccines should still protect people who contract the Omicron variant from severe Covid cases, a World Health Organization (WHO) official says. It comes as the first lab tests of the new variant in South Africa suggest i...