European foreign ministers during a tour of a building that was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants. /AFP/Gil COHEN-MAGEN Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to support ef
The slow loris, a protected species, being reintroduced into the wild. /CFP The number of people concerned with the environment has "dramatically increased" in the past five years, according t
Palestinian firefighters douse a huge blaze at the Foamco mattress factory following an Israeli airstrike, east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. /Mahmud Hams/AFP The Israeli military unl
01:03 A Finnish company is planning to launch the world's first wooden satellite into orbit to test the suitability of wood for use in extreme conditions.The WISA WOODSAT is a nanosatel
TikTok 'may have been taken over as children's favorite morning entertainment.' /AP/Kiichiro Sato, File The social media video-sharing platform TikTok has significantly altered the morning rou
Bosnian Muslims attend Eid al-Fitr. /AP Photo/Kemal Softic TOP HEADLINES• The European Commission has cleared Italy to give 12.8 million euros ($15.4 million) in state aid to the floundering A
00:47 Pop superstars Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift hailed front-line workers at the Brit Awards on Tuesday, in a ceremony at which female artists dominate the mixed categories.Around 4,000
TOP HEADLINES• The catastrophic scale of the COVID-19 pandemic could have been prevented had the warning signs been heeded, the World Health Organization panel investigating the world's coronavirus r
TOP HEADLINES• People vaccinated against COVID-19 are exempt from many restrictions in Germany from Sunday after the government passed new legislation to restore some freedoms. Curfews and limits on
TOP HEADLINES• The European Union (EU) is ready to discuss the U.S.'s plan to lift the patents on COVID-19 vaccines if "concrete proposals" are put forward, according to Charles Michel, the President
TOP HEADLINES• Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized the proposal by the U.S. to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines. She stated it would have "serious implications"
Peloton's stock price has surged over the last 18 months, benefiting from gyms being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. /AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File Peloton is recalling two of its products aft
04:05 U.S. foreign policy hasn't changed significantly under President Joe Biden, according to Portugal's former finance minister.Jorge Braga de Macedo, who ran Portugal's finance depar
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with UK leader Boris Johnson via videolink. /Justin Tallis/Pool via AP The UK and India announced $1.39 billion of private-sector investment and commit
03:18 The launch of China's unmanned module, the future living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station, is a "wonderful demonstration of soft, peaceful power," says one the
Policies in response to the pandemic have largely been divided between countries that mitigate against the virus and those trying to eradicate it from their borders. /AP/Jorge Saenz According
00:45 Would you disconnect yourself from the world and retreat to a dark cave for 40 days?In France, 15 people did just that, emerging Saturday, from the scientific experiment, slightly