The U.N. Human Rights Council voted yesterday to extend the term of its current expert on LGBTQ+ rights by three years. The LGBTQ+ rights expert, South African author and scholar Graeme Reid, ...

A man in Paris is hailed as a hero for rescuing several people including children from a fire. Fousseynou Cissé climbed onto a narrow ledge to help families trapped in a top-floor apartment on ...

A World Bank-supported health project started in 2021 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine rapidly pivoted to help the country’s healthcare system respond to urgent needs caused by Russia’s ...

Three sites will be able to welcome over 1,000 swimmers daily until August 31, local officials said, to the delight of the ...

Brutal heat scorched Spain this week, a blistering reminder of the climate change that is battering the world's poorest ...