Tribute in Calais for people who drowned in English Channel crossing

Mourners gathered in Calais, France, on Wednesday to remember the 12 migrants who drowned when their small inflatable boat ripped…

Blue Jackets fans, players remember Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau at a candlelight vigil in Columbus

Fans and Columbus Blue Jackets players gathered for an emotional candlelight vigil outside the team’s arena on Wednesday night to…

Winder, Georgia high school students describe hearing gunshots

Authorities in Georgia say a 14-year-old has been charged as an adult in Wednesday’s shooting at a high school outside…

World-first trial of robotic arm that could help collect Martian and lunar samples

Autonomous vehicles could pick up, store and transport samples of the Moon and Mars, according to a new space rover…

What’s at stake in Mexico’s judicial system now that Congress has approved a sweeping overhaul

Mexico’s ruling party says judges in the current court system are corrupt, and wants to push through a extreme proposal…

The world is pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year

A new study finds that every year people create 57 million tons of plastic pollution. The material ends up everywhere,…

Xi proposes elevation of China-Africa relations to ‘strategic’ level at summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed to the assembled African leaders Thursday that relations with all African countries that have diplomatic…

Drought forces Kenya’s cattle herders to consider fish and camels

Kenyan farmers are being forced to adopt drought-resistant alternatives to the cattle they traditionally rear, as climate change complicates the…

What to know about the report into 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 in London

A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators and industry…

Bangladesh students forced out the prime minister. Where do things stand now?

A month ago, a student-led movement ousted Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, after weeks of protests and clashes that killed…