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Naeblys/iStock(PARIS) — The captain of a ship that saved migrants in the Mediterranean Sea has refused to accept Paris’ highest honor, instead accusing the city’s mayor of hypocrisy. In July, Pia Klemp of Germany was […]

LewisTsePuiLung/iStock(HONG KONG) — Protesters who’ve taken pro-democracy demonstrations to the streets of Hong Kong every weekend since early June are preparing for another tumultuous weekend in the city of 7.4 million people as they refuse […]

iStock(MALAYSIA) — Elephants trapped in a muddy hole were saved in Malaysia on Tuesday, and their rescue was captured on video by Malaysia’s Department of Wildlife. Indigenous people spotted the five elephants in an abandoned […]

Brasil2/iStock(NEW YORK) — Professionals who have spent years working and studying in the Amazon rainforest called this year’s expansive fire outbreaks “truly heart-wrenching.” Many are on edge due to the increasing scale of the forest […]

eddyfish/iStock (FILE photo)(LONDON) — For the first time in 14 years, a manned dive has visited the RMS Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. The world’s most famous sunken ship rests 12,500 […]

LazingBee/iStock(WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — The speaker of New Zealand’s parliament, Trevor Mallard, cradled and fed a bottle to a Member of Parliament’s baby boy during a general debate. Tweeting a photo of himself feeding MP […]

LewisTsePuiLung/iStock(HONG KONG) — When Hong Kong riot police descended on a rail station where protesters were holding a sit-in on Wednesday, a small group of demonstrators unspooled a fire hose to create a watery moat […]

gustavofrazao/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is experiencing a record amount of fires this year, according to the country’s space agency. The number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon between Jan. 1 and […]

Naeblys/iStock FILE(NEW YORK) — Dozens of people were allowed to disembark a rescue ship on the Italian island of Lampedusa, ending a 19-day standoff between the Spain-based rescue organization and the Italian government. The Open […]

republica/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Just days before heading to the G-7 Summit in France, President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his support for allowing Russia to rejoin the group of the world’s advanced economies. Trump […]