Cheetahs Once Again Live in India After 70 Years For the first time since 1952, wild cheetahs are living in India. Eight of the big cats arrived Saturday from the southern African nation of Namibia. They are part of a reintroduction program and will...
States Prepare to Reduce Use of Colorado River Water The Colorado River supplies water for several states in the Southwest U.S. including Southern California. But more than 20 years of dry conditions and sharp population growth is forcing changes. St...
Australia Prepares for More Rain After La Nia Confirmed Australia's government weather agency is predicting unusually heavy rains in the coming months linked to an ocean event. The Bureau of Meteorology said the weather-affecting event known as La Ni...
Over 200 Whales Stuck on Beach in Australia About 230 whales beached themselves on the western part of the Australian island of Tasmania. It is the second such incident in recent days. At least half are alive and animal officials are working to rescu...
Putin Calls Up Reservists after Losses in Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a call-up of military reservists on Wednesday after recent military losses in Ukraine. It is the first mobilization of reservists since the second world war. T...
First Public World Database of Fossil Fuels Launches A database that follows the world's fossil fuel production, reserves, and release of carbon launched on Monday. The launch comes out at the same time as two important climate talks happening at the...
Venezuelan migrants have been in the news lately in the United States. About 50 Venezuelans arrived by airplane on the small Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard on September 14. No one on the island was expecting the migrants. The migrants had...
Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at her state funeral Monday. Presidents, prime ministers, kings and princes came to honor her 70 years in power. It was Britain's first state funeral since Winston Churchill's in 1965....
Women, Children Affected Most by Pakistans Floods Severe flooding in Pakistan has left tens of thousands of people sick with infectious and water-borne diseases. Women and children in rural areas are especially vulnerable to such diseases, experts sa...
Hotel Visitors in Tunisia Surprised at Burkini Bans Some women visiting hotels in Tunisia are criticizing policies that ban a kind of swimwear known as a burkini. The burkini is a piece of clothing used for swimming that covers the entire body except...
Company Aims to Build Africa's First Hydrogen Power Center by 2024 A French power producer expects to its hydrogen energy power station in Namibia to produce electricity by 2024. A top company official for HDF Energy announced the plan for the southe...
The Debate Over Small Nuclear Reactors The search for alternatives to Russian energy sources during the war in Ukraine has renewed interest in small nuclear power stations. Supporters say the stations could provide lower-cost energy compared to large...
S. Koreans Adopted Internationally Demand Investigation into Their Adoptions For 40 years, Louise Kwang believed her biological parents were dead. She had been adopted from South Korea in 1976 by a couple from Denmark. Kwang was told she had been fou...
Self-Driving Cars May Require Human Help Makers of self driving, or autonomous, vehicles have raised tens of billions of dollars based on promises to develop the fully robotic product. However, industry leaders and experts say the technology may fore...
More Canadians Do Not Want Monarchy to Continue Canada has deep historical ties to Britain and many Canadians generally liked Queen Elizabeth II. But a growing number of Canadians do not want the British monarch to represent them. The risks that come...
