UNITED NATIONS, Sep 18 (APP):The total number of migrants globally reached an estimated 272 million this year, posting an increase of 51 million since 2010, according to data released by
Washington, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):Barack Obama met with teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg in Washington, the former US president said Tuesday. Obama announced the Monday meeting via Twitter, hailing the 16-year-old
Kabul, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 48 people and wounded dozens more in two blasts Tuesday -- one at a campaign rally for the president and the
Washington, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday the world was "losing the race" to avert climate disaster, but that greenhouse gas reduction targets were not out of reach
New York, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):For the first time in more than a decade, the New York Federal Reserve Bank on Tuesday pumped billions of dollars into financial markets to keep
Dakar, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):Four people died after a boat carrying dozens of tourists capsized during heavy storms in Senegal, authorities and emergency services said Tuesday. The death toll could rise
Tokyo, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):Tokyo stocks opened lower in cautious trade on Wednesday as investors watched for the US Federal Reserve's decision later in the day. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index
Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):Shuttered schools, hospital services pared back to a minimum, officials on strike -- Argentina's southern oil-producing province of Chubut is a microcosm of the country's
Paris, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):A few euros, a couple of mouse clicks and a tree is planted -- as air travel is increasingly becoming a source of guilt, consumers and companies
Brussels, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):The next European Commission taking charge of the EU from November has made an ambitious, global-leading fight against climate change the centrepiece of its mandate, putting a