The Bangladeshi taka depreciated about 25 per cent against the US dollar last year.DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its lengthiest heatwave in half a cent...

The state government revised the death toll upwards to 288, from 275 earlier.BALASORE, India (Reuters) – Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families on Tuesday to help identify 83 unclai...

Wasi Safi reached US after crossing 10 countries.HOUSTON (AP) — The April visit to a Houston clinic was just one of a never-ending assembly line of medical appointments Abdul Wasi Safi has had s...

The quake struck before dawn near the southwestern coastal city of Jeremie at a depth of six miles.PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck southern ...

Liang, 56, is no fool. He worked his way up from a menial job on a factory floor to big business.BEIJING (AFP) – Among the millions of fresh-faced high schoolers sitting China's dreaded &qu...

The show is named "Tucker on Twitter" and Carlson said he would be "back with much more very soon".(Reuters) – Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson released the first episode of his new show on T...

The top US diplomat arrived in Jeddah amid frayed ties due to deepening disagreements on everything.JEDDAH (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sa...

She said plant-based options were limited in Japan.Tokyo (AFP) – Even on a weekday, there's a queue at Tokyo's vegan Izakaya Masaka, including many tourists eager to try meat-free vers...

Beneath us were the fossilized remains of sea creatures and birds dating back 150 million or more years.(AP) - We were only a mile into our four-day, 32-mile hike from Lyme Regis to Exmouth along the ...

About three dozen protesters gathered outside the Marion County Judicial Center to demand arrest.OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities came under pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge a white woman who...

Over 40,000 people are in danger of being flooded. Ukrainian authorities are evacuating over 17,000.KYIV/KHERSON (AFP, AP) – Ukraine's prosecutor general on Tuesday said 17,000 people were ...

Ukraine said Russia had destroyed it, while Russia said Ukraine sabotaged it.(Reuters) – A huge Soviet-era dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine...

An unusually early and intense start to wildfire season has set Canada on track for its worst year.OTTAWA (Reuters) – Authorities in New York, Toronto and Ottawa on Tuesday warned residents abou...

The suspect was likely to be charged with two counts of second-degree murder and other offenses.(Reuters) – A man armed with four handguns killed two people and wounded five others when he fired...

IAEA is exploring options to get water to keep cooling Europe's biggest atomic plant. .VIENNA (AFP) – While there is "no immediate nuclear safety risk," the UN nuclear watchdog is e...

The US said on Tuesday it was "not certain" who was to blame for a burst dam in Ukraine. .UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it was "not certain" who was to blam...

Zelenskiy described the bursting of the Kakhovka dam as "an environmental bomb of mass destruction"..KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described the bursting of the Kakhovka dam in southe...

Battles raged in Sudan's war-torn capital on Tuesday, witnesses said. .KHARTOUM (AFP) – Battles raged in Sudan's war-torn capital on Tuesday, witnesses said, as residents of an island in...