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As wildfires ravage parts of Australia, firefighter Kat Robinson-Williams said she "won't just stay behind" as her country burns.

The Mexican navy says two Italian crew members were wounded in an attack by armed assailants who boarded their ship in the Gulf of Mexico.

Two people were reportedly diagnosed with the highly infectious, potentially fatal pneumonic plague, which is also known as the Black Death, in a Beijing hospital, Chinese authorities revealed Tuesday.

It’s not every day that you receive bear hugs while at work, unless it’s your job to take care of pandas.

Conservationists fear hundreds of koalas have perished in wildfires that have razed prime habitat on Australia's east coast.

Media reports in Asia say a woman nearly lost her life because her son couldn't do a math problem correction after multiple tries.

NASA scientists said elevated greenhouse gas levels are responsible for the increased dryness, as well as the burning of forests to clear land for agriculture and grazing.

A spokesperson for Thai Smile Airways has apologized after a “crazed” passenger, who was reportedly drunk, ripped an emergency exit door open just moments before takeoff.

Commuters were given paws for thought when they spotted a dozen golden retrievers lining up on their own — to wait for a train.

A team of scientists discovered a new strain of HIV for the first time in 19 years and published the findings Wednesday.

Mexican officials say a suspect who was arrested in the border city of Agua Prieta with assault rifles was not involved in the killing of three American women and six children.

An 11-year-old British boy with a rare blood cancer whose family celebrated Christmas early out of fears he may not make it until the holiday has died, his parents said.

The United States has told the United Nations it has begun the process of pulling out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement.

A seaweed-based drug that could treat early forms of Alzheimer’s disease was approved by Chinese authorities.

An artisan cheese from Oregon was dubbed the world’s best at the 2019 World Cheese Awards, a first for an American-made cheese.

Police in Australia have arrested four men in connection with $210 million worth of methylamphetamine found hidden inside hundreds of bottles of Sriracha in a cargo container imported from the United States.

Conservationists fear hundreds of koalas have perished in wildfires that have razed prime habitat on Australia's east coast.

"What we need is for our rulers and politicians to listen to the research," the 16-year-old climate activist was quoted as saying.

Volunteer searchers say they've found 42 bodies in a shallow pit in the desert near the Mexican resort town of Puerto Peñasco.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi , the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, was killed in a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Donald Trump said Sunday.