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The picture of two penguins hugging while watching the city lights of Melbourne has been awarded a top photo prize.

Esophageal cancer is increasing among young Americans, and they're more likely to be diagnosed with advanced disease, according to a new study.

The United Nations is striving to get a team on the ground to investigate alleged human rights violations including a mass killing in Ethiopia’s...

China's top legislature reviewed draft legislation against food waste in Beijing, which would ban popular eating shows and require governments above the county level...

Around a third of the world's population carries Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that puts people with a weakened immune system at risk and can...

A Japanese man dubbed the "Twitter killer" has withdrawn an appeal of his guilty verdict and death sentence over the murder of nine people,...

The 1,500-page “Black Book of Pushbacks” documenting hundreds of illegal pushbacks against asylum seekers by authorities on Europe’s external borders was released last week...

A wolf cub that was found mummified in northern Canada lived at least 56,000 years ago, scientists say.

Malaysia on Wednesday launched a 10-year plan to restart its battered tourism sector, which is estimated to have lost more than 100 billion ringgit...

Japan needs to boost renewable energy by reforming outdated policies on land use and the national grid if it is to meet a new...