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Richer countries like the United States and parts of Europe are seeing more growth in safer areas than flood-prone ones and the poorest nations haven’t quite developed as heavily in flood-prone areas, it said

The Democratic president’s latest step will help 125,000 borrowers by erasing $9 billion in debt through existing relief programs

The first phase of the plan to reopen the region to tourists begins this weekend, the two-month anniversary of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, where at least 98 people died

Government officials launched an independent inquiry that will look into the wider circumstances around what happened at the hospital, including the handling of complaints raised by staff who had tried to sound the alarm on the convicted nurse

The suspect, a teenage boy who is in custody, had a record of being treated for mental illness and gave an incoherent account of his actions after his arrest, claiming that voices told him what to do, said the police

Police spokesperson Amanda Krotki said there were multiple victims with non-life-threatening injuries

Four of the injured were in serious condition following the accident in the Mestre borough, on the mainland opposite the historic old city

The Mamiraua Institute, a research group of Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, said two more dead dolphins were found on Monday in the region around Tefe Lake, which is key for mammals and fish in the area

The company’s stock was suspended from trading last week as it confirmed Chinese police were investigating its chairman, Hui Ka Yan, on “suspicion of illegal crimes.”

For the first time, women and laypeople can vote on specific proposals alongside bishops, a radical change that is evidence of Francis’ belief that the church is more about its flock than its shepherds.

Gangs have carried out with so much robbery, rape and kidnapping that Haitians on Tuesday welcomed news that the U.N. Security Council had approved deployment of an international armed force to Haiti

On Tuesday, a prosecutor revealed that the 31-year-old crypto executive was not offered any plea deals, and there were no discussions about a possible plea since his December arrest

Butler is a longtime fundraiser and strategist in the state’s Democratic circles and was the head of Emily’s List, a national organization that raises money for women candidates who support abortion rights

The former president posted a photo of Judge Arthur Engoron’s principal law clerk, Allison Greenfield, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., posing for a picture at a public event. He wrote that it was ‘disgraceful’ that Greenfield was working with the judge in the courtroom

With diplomatic tensions running high between Beijing and a number of Western governments, China appears to be gradually pulling back its pandas from multiple Western zoos as their agreements expire

The leaders of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Britain, the European Commission, the European Council and the NATO joined Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the call

A spokesman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected the Trump campaign statement about canceling debates, saying the country ‘needs a president who will fight for them anywhere, in any forum’

The agreement may also help defuse tensions over grain prices between Ukraine and Poland at a time when some international support for Kyiv’s efforts to throw back Russia’s invasion may be fraying

Since the Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade, candidates are being pressed — and sometimes stopping short of a straight answer — on whether states or the federal government should decide laws for the procedure

The move ramps up a confrontation between the two countries over Canadian accusations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver

Major Thai media said the shooter was 14 years old, though police chief confirmed only that he is a minor and appeared to be suffering from mental illness

While some rivals had once thought Trump’s long list of legal woes might dissuade Republican voters from choosing him as their nominee, his standing in the GOP primary has only improved since the indictments and helped him raise millions of dollars

It’s a historic moment: the first time in more than 100 years that a lawmaker may actually force a vote using the legislative tool that has been threatened against other House speakers

Once she is sworn in, Laphonza Butler will be the only Black woman in the Senate and the first openly LGBTQ+ California senator

The plane crashed Sunday evening shortly after taking off from Canyonlands Airfield about 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of Moab. They were returning home from a family gathering

Free speech debates have roiled campuses in recent years, with conflicts arising over conservative guest speakers