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Fotonen/iStock(KONGSBERG, Norway) -- Five people were killed and two others injured in an apparently random attack in Kongsberg, Norway, late Wednesday as a man roamed the city shooting people with a ...

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(BOGOTA, Colombia) -- A "few" U.S. personnel at the embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, have reported symptoms consistent with "Havana syndrome," a source familiar with the case...

iStock(LONDON) -- The Nobel Prize Foundation is facing pushback after saying it would not implement gender or ethnicity quotas in selecting nominees. Only 59 women, or 6.2% of total winners, have ever...

Max2611/iStock(CABO TIBURON, Colombia) -- Three people are dead and six are still missing after a ship sank in Cabo Tiburon, Colombia. Units of the Colombian Navy in coordination with Panamanian autho...

(WASHINGTON) - An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then Sen. Joe Biden during a congressional delegation visit to Afghanistan in 2008 has been evacuated from the country, the State Department and ...

E4C/iStock (NEW YORK) — Scientists are beginning to paint a clearer picture on just how many people will be affected by climate change if current warming trends continue. About 85% of the world'...

ISAAC LAWRENCE,YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images(OSLO, Norway) -- Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is responsible f...

eiStock/Favor_of_God(LONDON) -- As the debate on masking in classrooms rages in the U.S, England, as with its risky move to fully reopen society in July, is chartering its own course. Despite competin...

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping will hold a virtual meeting before the end of this year, a senior U.S. administration official said Wednesday, amid hi...

nazdravie/iStock(NEW YORK) -- From Texas to Tehran, women have been fighting to protect their right to have an abortion -- some by taking over the streets and others by taking over social media. While...