11 hours agoPhilippine police: Gunmen kill 9 people who occupied farmGunmen killed nine members of a farmers' group who occupied part of a privately owned sugarcane plantation in a central Philippine province, police said Sunday.
15 hours agoMelting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worriesThe loud crack rang out from the fog above the Baishui No. 1 Glacier as a stone shard careened down the ice, flying past Chen Yanjun as he operated a GPS device.
2 days agoWater pollution in Iraq threatens Mandaean religious ritesEvery Sunday in Iraq, along a strip of embankment on the Tigris River reserved for followers of the obscure and ancient Mandaean faith, worshippers bathe themselves in the waters to purify their souls.
2 days agoTheir money worthless, Venezuela's desperate flee by footAs night approached, Sandra Cadiz wrapped her shivering daughter in a blanket and prayed for a ride up the frigid Colombian mountaintop known as "the icebox."
2 days agoWeeping relatives receive bodies of South Korean climbersRelatives dressed in black wept in grief Wednesday as the bodies of five South Korean mountain climbers arrived home from Nepal where they died in a storm last week.
6 days agoIn posthumous message, Hawking says science under threatStephen Hawking spoke from beyond the grave Monday to warn the world that science and education are under threat around the world.
6 days agoRecovery of Nepal climbers delayed by mountain's remotenessIt took rescuers two days to recover the battered bodies of nine climbers, including one of the world's best, who died in Nepal's worst mountaineering disaster in recent years, authorities said Monday.
6 days agoThe Latest: Koreans who died in Nepal were veteran climbersThe Latest on mountaineering deaths in Nepal (all times local): 10 a.m.
6 days agoClimbers who died in Nepal storm included famed South KoreanThe nine climbers who died during the worst disaster on a Nepal mountain in recent years included the first South Korean to summit all 14 Himalayan peaks over 8,000 meters without using supplemental oxygen.
October 14Cyclone Leslie slams into Portugal, leaves 27 injuredA weakened hurricane Leslie slammed into the coast of Portugal, leaving 27 people injured as it uprooted trees, brought down power lines and smashed store windows with gusting winds and heavy rain.
