The war in the Middle East has boosted demand to move vital cargo through the Panama Canal to such an extent that one vessel ...

Christel Krueger peered through thick glass and murky water at the Berlin Zoo, staring in awe at a mother hippopotamus and her child sleeping on a sandbar. Krueger, 86, and her daughter were on a ...

Pierre Herme, the French master of macarons, says he was inspired to build his multi-country empire selling the sugary French treats by a desire to reinvent an object he felt was boring. Starting out ...

China warned on Wednesday that the situation in the Middle East was at a "critical juncture" after US President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire to allow Iran more time to negotiate. Trump ...

Extreme heat is pushing global agrifood systems to the brink, threatening the livelihoods and health of more than a billion people, according to a new report by the UN's food and weather agencies. The ...

China ‌has issued a new proposal urging cities to integrate youth development into urban planning, housing, healthcare, ...

An Israeli drone strike on Lebanon's Bekaa region killed one person and injured two others on Wednesday, Lebanese state media reported, despite an ongoing truce between Israel Hezbollah. "One person ...

Mexico’s government said it was beefing up security at tourist sites after a man opened fire on tourists at pyramids outside ...

At least three container ships were hit by gunfire in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, maritime security sources and the ...

NASA unveiled a new telescope on Tuesday to scan vast swathes of the universe for planets outside our solar system and probe the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. The Roman space telescope is ...

Britain's annual inflation rate jumped to 3.3 percent in March as the Middle East war sent oil and gas prices surging, ...

Russian drones attacked infrastructure in Ukraine's Black Sea Odesa port overnight, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on Wednesday. Berths, warehouses, railway infrastructure and port ...