A losing battle to save the lungs of Athens as wildfires grip Greece

In Agia Paraskevi, one of the villages dotted around Mount Panitha, just 15 miles north of Greece's capital, Athens, we found a familiar sight: a woman standing in front of a burned house, its black, skeletal roof beams reaching imploringly into the smoldering sky as if begging for mercy. Tears streamed down her face as she contemplated what she lost. She cried softly in almost resigned despair. Greece is once again in the grip of wildfires, and this year they are worse than ever.

2023-08-27 12:58

Israel-Hamas battles heighten fears for people trapped in Gaza hospital

Intense fighting raged around Gaza's biggest hospital Sunday where doctors said thousands of Palestinians were trapped in dire conditions, as Israel pledged to help evacuate...

2023-11-12 18:20

Stocks struggle as soft earnings compound interest rate headache

By Lawrence Delevingne and Amanda Cooper (Reuters) -Stocks slipped on Wednesday after the latest round of earnings prompted concern among

2023-10-25 22:18

India's lunar rover keeps walking on the moon, days after spacecraft's historic touchdown

India’s lunar rover is continuing its walk on the moon after the historic touch-down of India’s spacecraft near the moon’s south pole earlier this week

2023-08-25 23:57

Los Angeles man accused of killing wife and her parents, putting body parts in trash

A Los Angeles man has been charged with murder for allegedly killing his wife and her parents, then stuffing dismembered body parts into trash bags

2023-11-14 10:29

EU pushes 10-year renewal for controversial herbicide

The European Commission proposed to renew the use of the controversial and widely used herbicide glyphosate in the EU for 10 years on Wednesday, after a report...

2023-09-20 22:54

Natalee Holloway’s confessed killer returns to Peru to serve out sentence in another murder

A Dutchman who recently confessed to killing American high school student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in Aruba has been returned from the U.S. to Peru to serve the remainder of his prison sentence for murdering a Peruvian woman

2023-11-01 07:26

If you're traveling over July 4 weekend, be ready for flight delays, as airlines face a major test

Air travelers have been putting up with widespread delays all month, and it's continuing again, as bad weather rakes the Northeast

2023-06-28 07:16

Fanfare, golf and boos have marked July Fourth for US presidents. Zachary Taylor's was the worst

Through history, the Fourth of July has been a day for some presidents to declare their independence from the public

2023-07-02 21:48

Taylor Swift’s former Cornelia Street home where she 'fell in love' with ex Joe Alwyn listed for $18M

Taylor Swift rented the Cornelia Street home in 2016 when her $50M loft was being renovated

2023-05-29 15:50

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife announce their separation

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, say they are separating after 18 years of marriage

2023-08-03 02:47

What was Suzanne Somers' 'Three's Company' feud about? Late actress and her co-star Joyce DeWitt didn't speak for 30 years

Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt became household names when they starred as Chrissy Snow and Janet Wood on ABC's hit sitcom 'Three's Company'

2023-10-16 18:58