Bridge to China brings threat for Hong Kong's native pink dolphin
Hong Kong's rare pale pink dolphins are battling for survival as building work on a 19-mile (31-km) bridge linking the Asian financial hub with China disrupts the communication and feeding activities of the highly sociable animals, marine experts say. The Chinese white dolphin, which appears pink because of blood vessels beneath ...
Thai cave boys speak of 'miracle' rescue after hospital discharge
Twelve Thai boys and their football coach who were rescued by divers after being trapped in a flooded cave for over two weeks spoke publicly Wednesday of their incredible ordeal. Appearing at a news conference beamed worldwide, the "Wild Boars" team members appeared healthy and ...
Elon Musk apologizes for calling Thai cave rescue diver a pedophile
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has apologized for calling a British diver involved in the Thailand cave rescue a pedophile, saying he spoke in anger but was wrong to do so. There was no immediate public reaction to Musk's tweets from diver Vern Unsworth, ...
Australia scientists prepare for clinical trial of 'world first' melanoma blood test
Australian researchers said Wednesday they have developed a blood test for melanoma in its early stages, calling it a "world first" breakthrough that could save many lives. The scientists, from Edith Cowan University, said the new test could help doctors detect the skin cancer before ...
Migrants in Lebanon seek to break stereotypes with new radio show
Since arriving in Lebanon, Sudanese migrant worker Abdallah Afandi has been turned away from beach resorts, mistaken for a cleaner and prevented from renting an apartment — all because of the color of his skin. Now he is hoping to challenge the "racism and prejudice" ...
Turkey set to end state of emergency, replace it with harsh new 'anti-terrorism' legislation
Turkey's state of emergency, imposed after the failed 2016 coup, is set to end — but the opposition fears it will be replaced by legislative measures that are even more repressive. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the state of emergency on July 20, 2016, five ...
Nicaraguan forces violently retake protester-held symbolic city
Nicaraguan police and armed pro-government civilians on Tuesday laid siege to and then retook a symbolically important neighborhood that had recently become a center of resistance to President Daniel Ortega's government. Government forces began advancing on Masaya's Monimbo neighborhood before dawn and had largely regained ...
World's poorest risk losing out as Brexit Britain pushes 'aid for trade'
Women, young and disabled people risk being left out as Britain shifts aid spending to boost its own trade, experts said on Tuesday, with worries over Brexit already hitting the economy. A parliamentary watchdog and aid agencies criticized plans by Britain's foreign aid agency, the ...
British Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived another crunch Brexit vote in Parliament on Tuesday as she struggles to unify her party around her strategy for leaving the European Union. The Conservative government defeated an amendment to a future trade policy bill that would have ...
An iceberg that drifted perilously close to a remote Greenland village is so big it can be seen from space. The European Space Agency released an image Tuesday showing the giant iceberg just off the coast of Innaarsuit. Dozens of village residents were evacuated to higher ...
Immigrant kids describe hunger, cold and cages in detention after crossing Mexican border into U.S.
Wet and muddy from their trek across the Mexican border, immigrant children say they sat or lay on the cold, concrete floor of the immigration holding centers where they were taken. It was hard to sleep with lights shining all night and guards kicking their ...
Hawaii volcano boat tours continue after 'lava bomb' injuries, but at greater distance
Hawaii tour boat operators plan to continue taking visitors to see lava, but will follow the Coast Guard's revised policy and stay farther away after an explosion caused molten rock to barrel through the roof of a vessel, injuring 23 people. The Coast Guard prohibits ...
Robert Mueller asks judge to grant immunity to five witnesses ahead of Paul Manafort trial
Special counsel Robert Mueller asked a judge to give immunity to five people who may testify at the bank-fraud trial starting next week against Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman. Mueller didn't identify the witnesses, who haven't been charged. The five would invoke ...
