Science & Environment
Heavy rains, flooding kill dozens in Brazil’s ‘Imperial City’
At least 94 people died in the historic Brazilian mountain town of Petropolis, local government officials said on Wednesday, after heavy rains ...First woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
A U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after ...North Korea tests biggest missile since 2017, U.S. calls for talks
North Korea confirmed on Monday it had launched a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile, the same weapon it had once threatened to target the ...North Korea caps month of tests with longest-range missile since 2017
North Korea conducted its largest missile test since 2017 on Sunday, sending a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile soaring into space, seen as ...Thousands of flights canceled as Eastern U.S. braces for snowstorm
Residents of New York and New England hunkered down on Saturday for a fierce Nor’easter bringing high winds, deep cold and up ...At least 17 dead after explosion in Ghana mining region
At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured in an explosion in western Ghana when a truck carrying explosives to a ...Tongans deafened by volcanic blast as they fled for safety
When Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano violently erupted, sending shockwaves and tsunami across the Pacific, the blast in the small island nation was so deafening that fleeing families could only ...Water crisis looms for tsunami-hit Tonga; New Zealand help on the way
Two New Zealand navy vessels will arrive in Tonga on Friday carrying critical water supplies for the Pacific island nation reeling from a volcanic eruption and tsunami and largely ...Tsunami-hit Tonga islands suffered extensive damage, more deaths feared
Tonga’s small outer islands suffered extensive damage from a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, with an entire village destroyed and many buildings missing, a Tongan diplomat ...Rescue workers search for survivors after deadly Afghanistan quake
Rescue workers on Tuesday searched for survivors after an earthquake in a remote western region of Afghanistan killed at least 26 people ...














