Attempting to become the first American woman to row solo from California to Hawaii, 31-year-old Kelsey Pfendler received heartfelt support from a Chinese cargo ship captain during her grueling 2,400-mile Pacific crossing. After checking on her well-being by radio, the captain demonstrated exceptional kindness by promising to personally email her in 20 days to ensure her safe arrival.

The United Nations' food agencies warned Wednesday that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hot spots in the coming months, with conflict, funding shortages and climate shocks pushing millions closer to famine.

Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, formed on Wednesday near the Texas coast and is expected to bring life-threatening flooding across portions of the southeastern US, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday expressed her opposition to the United States' decades-long blockade against Cuba.

Young scientists from China and South Africa gathered in Pretoria, the country's administrative capital, on Wednesday for the South Africa-China Young Scientist Symposium to exchange views on scientific innovation and bilateral cooperation.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday called U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat against Brazil "reckless," saying it contradicted ongoing trade talks between the two countries.

The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a new rule aimed at speeding up the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the European Union (EU) and allowing member states to transfer them to "return hubs" in third countries.

South Sudan and the United Nations (UN) have reaffirmed their commitment to ending protracted displacement for at least 60,000 South Sudanese by the end of 2026.

A total of 1,005 Palestinians have been killed and 3,157 others injured by Israeli forces in Gaza since a ceasefire was reached in October 2025, Gaza-based health authorities said Wednesday.

The G7 summit, chaired by France, concluded Wednesday in Evian without a final communique being issued.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted South Sandwich Islands Region at 1948 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

U.S. government officials on Wednesday released the full 14-point text of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Iran, which is expected to be formally signed on Friday in Switzerland, according to media reports.

A record number of children endured grave violations by parties to armed conflict in 2025, the highest since the beginning of the children and armed conflict mandate 30 years ago, a UN report shows.

Iran's official news agency IRNA on Wednesday evening published the full text of a recently finalized memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Tehran and Washington on ending the war.