Tens of millions of residents in India’s capital Delhi are choking in a blanketing toxic smog, as worsening pollution has triggered curbs on trucking and shuttered construction sites and schools
Two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea,including one linking Finland and Germany, have been severed, sparking alarm of sabotage by bad actors.
Australian scientists think they may have devised a way to deter great white sharks from attacking surfers and other sea surface recreationists by using light.
European Union leaders are trying to work out whether they can keep the Ukrainian war effort going if President-elect Donald Trump decides to shut off support from the U.S.
The United States has opened a new air defence base in Poland. Dubbed “Aegis Ashore”, the facility at Redzikowo is part of a broader NATO missile shield.
Germany is to hold snap elections next February after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling “traffic light” coalition of the SPD, Free Democratic Party, and Green Party.
Bitcoin soared above $89,000, boosted by President-elect Donald Trump’s vow that the U.S. will become the “crypto capital of the planet.” Bitcoin is now worth some $1.74 trillion worldwide.
The $3.5 billion Chancay port is expected to become a major hub for trade between South America and Asia, challenging U.S. influence in a resource-rich region that Washington long considered its backyard.
Moscow’s unyielding and bloody attack in the Donbas region is capturing more and more territory from Ukraine, as it struggles to counter the sustained barrage.
North Korea has launched a new and more powerful ballistic missile, a move to bolster its nuclear deterrent amid accusations of sending troops to aid Russia against Ukraine.
The European Union is to increase tariffs on Chinese-built electric vehicles to as much as 45.3% in response to the massive aid China has given its carmakers.
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, Komeito, have lost their majority in the House of Representatives.
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault -- built in the Arctic and designed to protect vital crop seeds against climate change and conflict -- has received more than 30,000 new samples from 21 countries.
Former One Direction band member Liam Payne had a cocktail of drugs called pink cocaine in his body when he fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina and died.
Netflix has reported another quarter of subscriber growth, taking its global total to 282.72 million paying subscribers – around 130 million more than its nearest rival, Disney+.
Officials in Ukraine and South Korea have accused North Korea of dispatching troops, estimated to number in the thousands, to aid Russia in the war in Ukraine.
