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Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hundreds of millions of people around the world are currently experiencing sweltering, dangerous heat — a new reality as the effects of climate change continue to manifest in [Read More…]

David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for 50 Best (LONDON) — Chefs, restaurant owners, sommeliers and diners woke up to exciting culinary news on Tuesday as The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list crowned the Copenhagen-based Geranium [Read More…]

Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]

Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — The International Rescue Committee for the first time on Tuesday issued a “Crisis Alert” update to its annual “Emergency Watchlist” report, warning that millions of people across [Read More…]

Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images (LONDON) — The U.K. on Tuesday posted its highest temperature on record, breaking 40 degrees Celsius for the first time, after government officials declared a national emergency and issued [Read More…]

Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Western Europe experiences a record-breaking heat wave, Spain and Portugal have reported at least 1,169 heat-related deaths, according to each country’s ministry of health. At [Read More…]

Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]

Courtesy ABC News (NEW YORK) — Eduard Mkrtchian, injured during Russian shelling of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, said he was forced to evacuate and, at a Russian-controlled checkpoint, said he was given false information [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — Thousands of beer bottles cascading off a five-ton container truck seems like a disaster. But average citizens who came to the rescue are earning praise across South Korea for [Read More…]

Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]

Getty Images (LONDON) — Ghana on Sunday declared its first ever outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease. Blood samples taken from two patients in the southern Ashanti region were sent for testing to the [Read More…]

AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The U.K. is preparing for record-breaking temperatures this week, with unprecedented health warnings being issued as a national emergency has been declared. Temperatures are expected to rise to 98 [Read More…]

Gian Marco Benedetto/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (LONDON) — As Western Europe experiences a record-breaking heat wave, thousands of firefighters are having trouble containing forest fires in France, Spain and Portugal that have destroyed thousands [Read More…]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/Stock (NEW YORK) — Mexican drug kingpin Rafael Caro-Quintero, wanted in the 1985 killing of a U.S. anti-narcotics agent, has been detained in Mexico, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News Friday evening. Caro-Quintero, [Read More…]

Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images (JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia) — President Joe Biden on Friday, after a much-criticized meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said he had raised the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi with [Read More…]

Stacy Revere/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Brittney Griner’s attorney presented new evidence on the fourth day of her trial in Russia, where the WNBA star has been detained for nearly five months. The lawyer had a [Read More…]

Roland Magnusson/EyeEm/Getty Images (DAR ES SAALAM, Tanzania) — Health officials are investigating a deadly outbreak of a mystery disease in southern Tanzania that has infected over a dozen people and killed at least three of [Read More…]

Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]

Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — One of Ukraine’s leading medical experts on developing prosthetic limbs for amputees says there has been a dramatic surge in demand for artificial arms and legs [Read More…]

Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images (RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to bring up human rights concerns when he meets with Saudi leaders in Jeddah on Friday as part [Read More…]