Vietnam aims to become the next Asian tiger economy
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Beneath red banners and a gold bust of revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in…
Tuesday is World Elephant Day. 5 things to know about the world’s largest land mammals
BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the…
Residents urged to evacuate as Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater
Officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a…
Heavy rain slams Japan, causing floods and mudslides
TOKYO (AP) — Downpours on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu caused flooding and mudslides on Monday, injuring…
Judge halts commercial fishing in a Pacific nature area, blocking Trump order
HONOLULU (AP) — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must…
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Turkey, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse
ISTANBUL (AP) — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, causing about a…
Thousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy’s mainland
ROME (AP) — Thousands of people marched in the Sicilian city of Messina on Saturday to protest a…
France’s top court strikes down pesticide clause in farming law
PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that…
EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday terminated a $7 billion grant program intended to help…
Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction at an immigration detention…
Prediction remains on track for above-normal Atlantic hurricane season
Forecasters from NOAA’s National Weather Service updated the number of expected named storms to 13-18 (with winds of…
AI could turn your town nuclear
These days, Paducah, Kentucky — population 27,000 and home to the National Quilt Museum — prides itself as…