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Situation ‘very urgent’: top global forestry official The fires tearing through the Amazon represent a "tipping point" for the health of the rainforest, the head of a top global forestry…

A television news anchorwoman in the US apologized on-air after comparing her black colleague to a gorilla, NBC News reported Tuesday. Alex Housden of KOCO 5 News in Oklahoma City…

More than 12 women share emotional hearing at New York court   Alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein wept in court Tuesday as they told an extraordinary US hearing held weeks…

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he is open to a France-proposed meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani "if the circumstances are right". "In the meantime, they have…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ordered military means to fight the massive fires in the Amazon rainforest region on Friday. The presidential decree, published on an extra edition of the Official…

The United States is planning to open a consulate in Greenland for the first time in decades amid increased strategic and economic interest in the Danish territory. The State Department…

India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh took the oath as a member of the Upper House of Parliament on Friday. The oath was administered by Upper House (Rajya Sabha) Chairman…

Visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson started talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday afternoon, with the thorny issue of Irish border plan of the Brexit deal on the…

Chinese President Xi Jinping has underscored efforts to push forward poverty alleviation, promote high-quality development, enhance environmental protection, ensure and improve people's well-being. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist…

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited a rural community and an afforestation area in northwest China's Gansu Province Wednesday. Xi visited a new…