Greater protections for endangered emperor penguins and how to manage growing tourism are topping the agenda at talks on Antarctica opening in Japan on Tuesday. Officials from the nearly 60 countries that are signatories to the Antarctic Treaty are meeting in Hiroshima for annual discussions on protecting and managing the fragile region. The continent and …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, May 12, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Children benefit in both body and mind when they participate in after-school sports, a new study says. Kids in after-school sports show measurable advantages in brainpower, mental health and physical fitness, researchers reported in the journal Exercise, Sports and Movement. These advantages remained even …
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine senator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for an alleged crime against humanity said Tuesday he will fight any attempt to send him to the global tribunal for prosecution, adding he never condoned extrajudicial killings when he led the country’s police force. The ICC in The Hague …
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus, Spain’s health ministry announced Tuesday. The World Health Organization said it has confirmed 11 cases, including three people from the cruise who died. The passenger with the new confirmed …
Kyiv — The governments of the U.S. and Ukraine have drafted a memorandum outlining the terms of a potential new defense deal between the countries, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The draft hashed out by the U.S. State Department and Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Olha Stefanishyna is a first step toward …
GENEVA, May 12 (Reuters) – Antigua and Barbuda has nominated Ecuador’s Maria Fernanda Espinosa as candidate to be the next United Nations Secretary-General, a U.N. official told Reuters on Tuesday. Espinosa, a former foreign affairs minister and defence minister in Ecuador, headed the U.N. General Assembly in New York from 2018-2019. Five candidates are now …
Homeowners should closely compare their home equity loan and HELOC costs before getting started with either. Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images With household debt levels high, credit card interest rates still sitting around 20% (on average) and inflation rising once again, millions of Americans now find themselves in need of extra financing. And they’ll need access …
LUXEMBOURG, May 12 (Reuters) – Bytedance’s social media platform TikTok on Tuesday made a last- ditch attempt at Europe’s top court to scrap its designation as a “gatekeeper” under EU rules, which require it to meet tougher standards as regulators seek to curb the power of Big Tech. The case–the first EU Digital Markets Act …
By Eduardo Baptista and Laurie Chen BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) – From Meta to Tesla and BlackRock, the U.S. business delegation for President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week consists mainly of companies seeking to resolve business issues with the world’s second-largest economy. More than a dozen CEOs and top executives …
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Tuesday that “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness. The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alarm after three passengers died in an outbreak of the rare virus for which …