Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them humans are failing in their response to global warming and that God’s creation “is crying out in floods, droughts, storms and relentless heat.”  In a video message played for religious leaders gathered in Belem, Leo said nations had made progress, “but not enough.”  “One in three people live in great vulnerability because of these c

Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is 'crying out'

By Will Dunham (Reuters) -A clay figurine about 12,000 years old that was unearthed at the site of a prehistoric village overlooking the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel depicts a woman and a goose

Figurine of a woman and a goose offers peek at prehistoric beliefs

Scientists newly described how a parasitic ant queen infiltrates another ant species’ colony and tricks the workers into killing their mother.

Scientists uncover an ant assassination scheme that helps a parasitic queen rise to power

This is great news for planetary defense.

Mars spacecraft images pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS's path with 10x higher accuracy. This could help us protect Earth someday

By Will Dunham (Reuters) -Microscopic magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal "GPS system" for an ancient marine creature that used Earth's

Magnetic fossils may reveal ancient creature's internal 'GPS system'

A major bridge linked to a hydropower plant in southwestern China crumbled on Tuesday, chunks of concrete and steel smashing into the river below—mere months after it had reopened. The Hongqi Bridge, a key stretch of the G317 national highway in Sichuan’s mountainous Maerkang area, gave way in dramatic fashion, Chinese state media revealed. Officials confirmed the disaster but stressed, luckily, no deaths or injuries. Truth is, they’d already spotted trouble brewing. Cracks had spiderwebbed acro

Newly Built Sichuan Hydropower Bridge Collapses Into River Months After Opening

Al-Majd’s operation to evacuate Palestinians from Gaza has sparked controversy, with claims of human trafficking and ties to a questionable Estonian-Israeli businessman. Al-Majd, the organization behind the mysterious evacuation of 153 Palestinians from Gaza to South Africa, is seemingly led by an Estonian-Israeli man based in London, raising questions over whether it may be an Israeli shell company.

Who is behind Al-Majd, the Israeli-linked evacuation group sending Gazans to South Africa?

President Volodymyr Zelensky hails a "historic" deal aimed at boosting Ukraine's defences against deadly Russian air attacks.

Ukraine to get up to 100 French-made Rafale fighter jets

Militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province said Monday that they had captured and executed a Nigerian brigadier general, a claim Nigeria's Army has denied.  According to a statement by the Islamic State group-affiliated Al Amaq news agency, Brig. Gen. M. Uba was killed following his capture during a patrol near Wajiroko in Nigeria's Borno State.  The Nigerian Army on Saturday denied the capture of Gen. Uba, saying on social media that “The Army Headquarters also wishes to debunk the f

Islamic State group militants claim capture and execution of a Nigerian brigadier general

Katz's condemnation came months after a spike in such attacks, six days after a new mass attack last week, and after yet another mass attack earlier Monday. Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday finally condemned Jewish extremist violence against Palestinians, months after a spike in such attacks, six days after a new mass attack last week, and after yet another mass attack earlier Monday.

Defense Minister Katz finally condemns Jewish extremist violence against Palestinians

While Farghali noted that it is typical of the Muslim Brotherhood to “exploit Gaza and Palestine for money. ” The Muslim Brotherhood allegedly stole half a billion dollars in donations for the Gaza Strip in a single campaign, Egyptian researcher Maher Farghali reported on Sunday.

Muslim Brotherhood stole half a billion dollars in Gaza donations, Arab sources reveal

Officers reached the site by helicopter to collect the remains and personal effects from the Ober Gabelhorn glacier.

Ober Gabelhorn glacier reveals remains of man missing for over three decades

German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil stressed the importance of fair competition and better market access for German companies on Sunday ahead of a trip to China. "Access to critical raw materials and the reduction of Chinese overcapacity in sectors such as steel and electromobility are of great importance for the economy and jobs in Germany," Klingbeil said before departing for Beijing, where he is due to arrive on Monday.

German finance minister seeks better market access in China talks

This conference was supposed to hyperfocus on “implementation” of past promises not yet kept.  The urgency of climate change is causing some negotiators to push for more big-picture action — on weak plans to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases, on too little money to help nations wracked by climate change, on putting teeth into phasing out coal, oil and gas.  Because of that pressure to do more — including from Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — the diplomat chairing the talks said Sa

As nations push for more ambition at climate talks, chairman says they may get it

The delegation, organized by the European Division of the Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Embassy in Berlin, aims to deepen future German leaders' understanding of the "Israeli story. " Establishing a Palestinian state would be the same as establishing a "Hamas terror state," Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said in a speech welcoming a delegation of young German leaders on Sunday.

Sa'ar warns German delegation: 'A Palestinian state would be a Hamas terror state'

He emphasized that he relied exclusively on primary sources: Hamas’s official website, the organization’s official newspaper, and the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades’ website. Israel’s internal crises, including its internal conflicts within the military and the issue of judicial reform, influenced Hamas’s decision to launch the October 7 attack, Lt.

Hamas propaganda expert explains Israel's internal conflicts influenced Hamas's Oct. 7 assault

South Africa initially refused the Gazans' entry because they were unable to indicate the duration of their stay or the address of their accommodation. The Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of “human trafficking” and “blood trading” after a plane of 153 Gazans landed in South Africa, allegedly without its knowledge.

PA accuses Israel of 'human trafficking' after planeload of Gazans arrives in South Africa

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has appealed to his country's supporters for funds to scale up drone production. He wrote on X on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would end the war only if two conditions were met.

Ukrainian foreign minister appeals for funds for drones

Iran’s largest lake has largely dried out and people are resorting to praying for rain in some areas

Iran begins cloud seeding to induce rain amid historic drought

Details have emerged about the controversial scheme to take Palestinians out of Gaza, run by Al-Majd Europe.

What’s the shadowy organisation taking Gaza Palestinians to South Africa?

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday thanked the Italian migrants, once known as "guest workers," who helped rebuild Germany after World War II. Italian guest workers made an important contribution to Germany's economic rise, Steinmeier said at a joint event with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Berlin.

Steinmeier honours Italian 'guest workers' who rebuilt German economy

The ship, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker named Talara, is not the first ship the IRGC has hijacked, but it had stepped back from such threats recently. Iran has taken credit for seizing a ship on Friday that was off the coast of the UAE near the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran defends ship seizure as a legal action, but tensions continue in the Gulf

The International Auschwitz Committee (IAK) has called on an auction house in western Germany to cancel its auction of Holocaust artefacts scheduled for Monday. The auction of personal documents belonging to victims of Nazi Germany is considered by Holocaust survivors and their relatives to be a "cynical and shameless undertaking," said IAK executive vice president Christoph Heubner in Berlin on Saturday.

Auschwitz Committee wants German auction of Holocaust items scrapped

A few thousand people took to the streets of Mexico City on Saturday to protest growing crime, corruption and impunity in a protest organized by members of Generation Z, but which ended with strong backing from older supporters of opposition parties.  In several countries this year, members of the demographic group born between the late 90s and early 2010s have organized protests against inequality, democratic backsliding and corruption.  The largest "Gen Z” protests took place in Nepal in Septe

Protest inspired by 'Gen Z' movement draws few young people in Mexico and many government critics

The two discussed Gaza in the context of the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, the status of Iran's nuclear program, and more. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed developments in the Middle East in a phone call on Saturday, the Prime Minister's Office and the Kremlin said in a joint statement.

Putin, Netanyahu discuss Middle East in phone call, Kremlin says

Palestinian families call for help as Israel’s two-year military assault has left hundreds of thousands vulnerable.

Palestinians reel under winter rains as Israel blocks Gaza shelter supplies

Brazil’s federal police formally accused President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s former human rights minister Silvio Almeida of sexual misconduct after he was fired over the allegations last year, a police official said Saturday.  If they do so, the Supreme Court will either throw them out or accept them, in which case Almeida would face a trial.  Local media outlets reported that police had formally accused Almeida on Friday.

Lula’s former human rights minister formally accused of sexual misconduct

One of 153 Palestinians who left Gaza without knowing the final destination, says Israel helped facilitate transfer.

‘Trip of suffering’: Gaza evacuee details 24-hour journey to South Africa

Six people are killed in Kyiv, and Ukraine targets one of Russia's biggest oil ports on the Black Sea coast.

Russian drone slams into block of flats in deadly wave of strikes across Kyiv

A British court ruled Friday that Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially paving the way for billions of dollars in compensation. BHP on Friday said it would appeal the ruling.

BHP liable for 2015 Brazil mine disaster: UK court

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has accused the German government of suppressing opposition voices amid controversy over a planned visit to Russia by several politicians from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. "I think that the Alternative for Germany as a political force - and by the way, a very significant one - is now under colossal pressure in Germany," the state news agency TASS cited Medvedev as saying on Friday.

Moscow accuses Berlin of stifling the opposition

Palestinians call for better tents and other supplies as Israel maintains restrictions on aid to war-ravaged Gaza Strip.

Displaced Palestinian families suffer as heavy rains flood Gaza tent camps

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after getting stuck on China's space station for more than a week due to their spacecraft sustaining

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Newly Built Sichuan Hydropower Bridge Collapses Into River Months After Opening

Who is behind Al-Majd, the Israeli-linked evacuation group sending Gazans to South Africa?

Ukraine to get up to 100 French-made Rafale fighter jets

Islamic State group militants claim capture and execution of a Nigerian brigadier general

Defense Minister Katz finally condemns Jewish extremist violence against Palestinians

Muslim Brotherhood stole half a billion dollars in Gaza donations, Arab sources reveal

Ober Gabelhorn glacier reveals remains of man missing for over three decades

Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is 'crying out'

German finance minister seeks better market access in China talks

As nations push for more ambition at climate talks, chairman says they may get it

As nations push for more ambition at climate talks, chairman says they may get it

Sa'ar warns German delegation: 'A Palestinian state would be a Hamas terror state'

Hamas propaganda expert explains Israel's internal conflicts influenced Hamas's Oct. 7 assault

PA accuses Israel of 'human trafficking' after planeload of Gazans arrives in South Africa

Ukrainian foreign minister appeals for funds for drones

Iran begins cloud seeding to induce rain amid historic drought

What’s the shadowy organisation taking Gaza Palestinians to South Africa?

Steinmeier honours Italian 'guest workers' who rebuilt German economy

Tehran defends ship seizure as a legal action, but tensions continue in the Gulf

Auschwitz Committee wants German auction of Holocaust items scrapped

Protest inspired by 'Gen Z' movement draws few young people in Mexico and many government critics

Putin, Netanyahu discuss Middle East in phone call, Kremlin says

Palestinians reel under winter rains as Israel blocks Gaza shelter supplies

Lula’s former human rights minister formally accused of sexual misconduct

‘Trip of suffering’: Gaza evacuee details 24-hour journey to South Africa

Russian drone slams into block of flats in deadly wave of strikes across Kyiv

BHP liable for 2015 Brazil mine disaster: UK court

Moscow accuses Berlin of stifling the opposition

Displaced Palestinian families suffer as heavy rains flood Gaza tent camps

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