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Climate change woes are bad, getting worse: UN weather report

The report titled 'WMO Provisional State of the Global Climate 2022' released at the 27th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC on Sunday stated that the rate of sea level rise has doubled since 1993

Buffett's Berkshire Hathway reports $2.7 bn loss on investment drop

Berkshire Hathaway reported a quarterly loss on Saturday of $2.7 billion, or $1,832 per Class A share

US mid-term elections: Misinformation, conspiracy theories on the rise

Claims about the security of mail ballots have grown in recent weeks, as have baseless rumours about non-citizens voting

Shanghai Disneyland guests kept in closed park for Covid-19 testing

The park closed on Monday for testing of staff and visitors, Walt Disney Co. and the city government announced

Speaker Pelosi's husband assaulted in break-in Washington: Spokesperson

Pelosi was not in the residence at the time. Hammill said the assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation

Here's why Liz Truss' tenure was so short as UK PM; and what's next

British Prime Minister Liz Truss took office last month with hopes and promises of reinvigorating the British economy and putting it on the path to long-term success.

Russian warplane crashes into residential area near Sea of Azov, killing 13

A Russian warplane crashed Monday into a residential area in a Russian city on the Sea of Azov after suffering engine failure, leaving at least 13 people dead

Iran's celebrities face arrest and travel bans for supporting protests

At least seven public figures have been detained inside the country, most of whom were released on bail and could face charges, according to Iranian news outlets.

Death toll rises to 40 in Turkey coal mine explosion; rescue efforts on

Desperate relatives had waited all night in the cold outside the state-owned TTK Amasra Muessese Mudurlugu mine in the town of Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, hoping for news

Former Fed chair Bernanke shares Nobel economics for research on banks

With their research in the early 1980s, the laureates laid the foundations for regulating financial markets and dealing with financial crises, the panel said

Kyiv, multiple Ukrainian cities hit by Russian missiles at rush hour

Russia unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities on Monday, smashing civilian targets including downtown Kyiv where at least eight people were killed

China imposes fresh lockdowns as Covid-19 cases surge after holiday

Many in China hope the pandemic policy will ease after the meeting

Malaysian PM Ismail Yaakob dissolves Parliament, calls for early elections

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Parliament will be dissolved on Monday, paving the way for general elections that are expected to be held in early November

German expert panel proposes 2-stage energy subsidy to ease high rates

A government-appointed expert panel is proposing a two-stage system for distributing up to 200 billion euros ($195 billion) in subsidies Germany has announced to ease the strain of high energy prices

Russia trying to 'wipe us off', says Zelenskyy as explosions rock Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there were dead and wounded in blasts that rocked cities across Ukraine

North Korea launches missile toward sea after US-South Korea drills

The South Korean military said North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Sunday, the latest in the country's barrage of weapons tests in recent days.

Belarusian activist, Russian and Ukrainian group win Nobel Peace Prize

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organisation Center for Civil Liberties.

37 dead, mostly preschoolers, in Thailand childcare centre rampage

The assailant, who authorities said was fired from the force earlier this year because of a drug offense, took his own life after killing his own wife and child at home

OPEC-plus agrees on 2 million-barrel-a-day cut to output limit

Besides a token trim in oil production last month, the major cut is an abrupt turnaround from months of restoring deep cuts made during the depths of the pandemic

EU agrees on price cap for Russian oil over Ukraine conflict

EU member-state diplomats struck the deal in Brussels, said the official representing the Czech Republic, which holds the 27-nation bloc's rotating presidency