European stock markets fell at the open on Wednesday after data showed a surprise jump in British inflation and investors awaited a US Federal Reserve interest rate decision.London's benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 0.3 percent to 7,515.89 points while...

It had not rained properly for months but the floods kept coming, inching up the mud-earth fortifications that stood between Bentiu's marooned and starving people and the endless water beyond.Four straight years of flooding, an unprecedented phenomen...

Billions of people experience water-related issues on a daily basis -- from contaminated drinking water, to droughts and floods -- with a UN report warning Tuesday that the risk of a global crisis is "imminent."Here are some key takeaways from the UN...

The United States said Tuesday it does not see China as capable of being an impartial mediator between Moscow and Kyiv over the war in Ukraine.It was the most direct US criticism yet of China's aim to be a middleman in efforts to end the war."I don't...

French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, known as the father of the abortion pill, said it was "scandalous" and "a setback for women's freedom" that the US state of Wyoming has banned the drug.Baulieu, who at the age of 96 is still working on treatmen...

Balancing on a sloping tiled roof, apprentice Pascal Ode installs a solar panel under the watchful eye of his trainer.Hopes are high that Ode may soon be able to install the systems on both homes and businesses.When he is trained, he will be a much-n...