California Governor Gavin Newsom filed a lawsuit Friday against broadcaster Fox News, claiming defamation after alleged purposeful misrepresentation of details of a phone call with US President Donald ...

China is vulnerable to global climate change, experiencing more frequent and intense extreme weather events, according to a blue book released by the China Meteorological Administration on Friday.

Sweating Europeans braced on Saturday for the first heatwave of the northern hemisphere summer, as climate change pushes the world's fastest-warming continent's thermometers increasingly into the red.

A team of international scientists has made a major leap forward in diabetes research by successfully 3D printing functional human islets using a novel bioink. Presented today at the ESOT Congress ...

An increased number of regions in China are granting maternity allowances directly to individuals instead of via their employers, thereby simplifying the process for mothers to claim this money.

The African Union said on Saturday a peace deal signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda was a "significant milestone" in bringing peace to the deeply troubled region.

For decades, the people of China's arid northwestern region battled shifting sands with simple tools -- pressing straw into the desert to form grids that trapped the windblown grit. Today, scientists ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs's lawyer aimed Friday to skewer the credibility of the music mogul's accusers, saying in closing arguments they were out for money while rejecting any notion he led a criminal ring.

US federal prosecutors charged 11 people Friday in a Russia-based scheme to bilk Medicare -- the American health insurance program for the elderly and disabled -- out of $10.6 billion through ...

Gaza mediators are engaging with Israel and Hamas to build on momentum from this week's ceasefire with Iran and work towards a truce in the Palestinian territory, Qatar foreign ministry spokesman ...

The head of a prestigious US public university resigned Friday amid pressure over his alleged failure to curb diversity programs, the latest salvo in the Trump administration's war on academia.

Serbian protesters are expected to gather in their tens of thousands in the capital Belgrade on Saturday, issuing an "ultimatum" for the government to call early elections after months of student-led ...