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EU climate report: September broke heat records; 2023 on pace for hottest year
The unusually high global average temperature for the month was the hottest of any September dating back to 1940. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Earth…
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Shares of Britain’s Metro Bank plunge, triggering trading halt amid debt fears
Trade in shares of Metro Bank on the London Stock Exchange was halted twice Thursday morning after a price crash triggered the exchange's circuit breaker mechanism. Photo by Neil…
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South Korea to test interbank digital currency
Bank of Korea plans to start a pilot run of central bank digital currency this month. Photo courtesy of Bank of Korea The South Korean government plans to begin testing…
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Amazon, Microsoft face antitrust probe by British regulators over cloud computing
British antitrust authorities opened an investigation Thursday into the country's $9.1 billion cloud computing market after the communications regulator complained that Amazon and…
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U.S. shoots down Turkish drone as Turkey conducts strikes in Syria
Turkey accuses the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (pictured in 2022), who fought against ISIS militants in Syria with American support, of being linked to the…
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Russian strike on supermarket in Kharkiv region kills at least 51
1 of 3 | A Russian strike on a supermarket in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine killed at least 51 people Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Photo…
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European Parliament condemns Azerbaijani attack on Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh
The European Parliament Thursday condemned the violent seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan and said it amounts to ethnic cleansing. File Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA-EFE…
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Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse wins 2023 Nobel Prize in literature
Swedish Academy honors 'innovative' body of work spanning three decades…
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6.6-magnitude earthquake produces small tsunami near Japanese island
Location of a 6.6 magnitude earthquake that caused a small tsunami in Japan on Thursday. Photo courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey A 6.6-magnitude earthquake in the…
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Britain axes Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 railway
Construction hoarding in downtown Birmingham extols the benefits of Britain's $121 billion HS2 high-speed rail project linking London with the north for which the key Birmingham to…
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