A fire erupted in a pavilion of the UN climate talks in Brazil on Thursday, forcing panicked delegates to run for the exits and interrupting negotiations. UN and security crews rushed with extinguishers to put out the fierce blaze, which quickly tore a hole in the fabric roof of the COP30 summit site in Belem as smoke engulfed the corridor and people
A daily pill that is cheaper and easier to take than currently available weight loss drugs helps people lose around a tenth of their body weight over nearly 18 months, a study said Thursday. A new generation of appetite-suppressing drugs called GLP-1 agonists — which includes blockbuster brands Ozempic and Mounjaro — has become massively popular in
Hundreds of Indonesians were staying in temporary shelters Thursday after a volcano on the main island of Java erupted, with officials evacuating around 190 people from its slopes, authorities said. Mount Semeru in eastern Java erupted on Wednesday afternoon, throwing ash and gas more than 13 kilometres (eight miles) away and forcing officials to raise
A Philippine court on Thursday sentenced Alice Guo, a Chinese national who became a mayor while masquerading as a Filipina, and seven others to life in prison on human trafficking charges, state prosecutors said. Guo, who served as mayor of a town north of Manila, was found guilty of overseeing a Chinese-operated online gambling centre where hundreds
A Russian strike on Ukraine's western city of Ternopil killed at least 20 people, including two children, casting doubt on President Volodymyr Zelensky's attempts to "reinvigorate" the peace process with talks in Turkey later Wednesday. The early morning strike was the deadliest attack on Ukraine for weeks and one of the worst on the west of the country,
The embattled boss of France's Louvre Museum on Wednesday promised more police and security cameras to prevent future thefts following last month's brazen jewel heist that has undermined her leadership. Appearing before MPs, Laurence des Cars announced the new security measures while also acknowledging criticism for the October 19 daytime raid on the
One person was killed as a major fire damaged 170 buildings in a residential area of the Japanese city of Oita, the local government said Wednesday. Firefighters were still struggling to extinguish the blaze in the southern city as it spread to a forested mountain nearby. Footage showed firefighters hosing ferocious flames as they ripped through houses
Six workers who died when a container ship struck a bridge in Maryland 20 months ago might have survived the disaster if they'd been alerted immediately, US safety officials said Tuesday. One minute and 29 seconds elapsed between the time police were told to block bridge-bound traffic and the moment the bridge collapsed, National Transportation Safety
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the gruesome murder by Saudi agents of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi and praised the royal's human rights record. Trump gave the Saudi leader a parade of soldiers on horseback and a military flypast featuring F-35 jets that he said Washington would soon sell to Riyadh
The German city of Magdeburg will have a Christmas market this year, local authorities announced Tuesday, despite safety fears following a deadly car-ramming attack at last year's event. The attack on December 20, 2024 killed six people and wounded more than 300, shocking the country. Magdeburg city authorities initially refused permission for this
