'It could just sweep us away': This school is on the front lines of climate changeNovember 13, 2022 7:01 AMBy Rebecca Hersher and Ryan Kellman Climate change is an everyday reality for students and teachers living in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. At one school, they are trying to learn more about the forces that could upend their lives.
Play3min 16secPeople here live in complete darkness for 2.5 months. Here's how they do itNovember 13, 2022 6:02 AMBy Claire Murashima On a cluster of islands between Norway and the North Pole, everyone wears headlamps for two-and-a-half months out of the year because it's pitch black outside. This weekend, the darkness begins.
Here's what's at stake in Monday's meeting between Biden and China's Xi JinpingNovember 12, 2022 4:02 AMBy John Ruwitch The meeting at the G20 in Indonesia will be their first in person since President Biden took office. Whether they can find common ground is a key question, and reflects the current state of relations.
Play3min 54secDo wealthy countries owe poorer ones for climate change? One country wrote up a billNovember 11, 2022 4:21 PMBy Lauren Sommer At global climate negotiations, developing countries say they're being devastated by a problem they didn't cause. So they're looking for compensation for the losses and damage from climate change.
Russia says it has fully withdrawn from Kherson, in a major blow to PutinNovember 11, 2022 7:26 AMBy Charles Maynes and Ashley Westerman Russia announced its plan to pull out of the once-occupied southern Ukrainian city earlier this week.
China eases 'zero COVID' policy with shorter quarantines, less restrictionsNovember 11, 2022 6:09 AMBy John Ruwitch and Aowen Cao Authorities in Beijing ease — but don't end — COVID control policies that have kept case counts low but hurt the Chinese economy,
The midterms went better than expected for Biden. Now he's traveling to AsiaNovember 10, 2022 4:01 AMBy Franco Ordoñez President Joe Biden leaves Thursday for a series of major summits with foreign leaders. And in Bali, he'll meet face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Russia says it's withdrawing troops from key Ukrainian cityNovember 9, 2022 1:28 PMBy The Associated Press Russia’s military has announced that it’s withdrawing from a key Ukrainian city and nearby areas. That would be one of the most significant and humiliating setbacks for Moscow’s forces in the 8-month-old war.
Griner sent to Russian penal colony to serve sentenceNovember 9, 2022 6:37 AMBy The Associated PressAmerican basketball star Brittney Griner's lawyers say she has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession.
UN experts urge stringent rules to stop net zero greenwashNovember 8, 2022 11:42 AMBy The Associated PressOil companies pledging to get their emissions down to net zero better make sure they’ve got a credible plan and aren’t just making false promises, U.N. experts said in a report Tuesday urging tough standards on emissions cutting vows.