Implementing a few climate and health measures could save nearly 1.6 million lives a year and generate trillions of dollars for the economy, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

Toxic air pollution in India's capital New Delhi surged on Wednesday to more than 30 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily limit, data from air monitors showed.

At least two people were killed in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh after severe cyclonic storm Murasu battered the coastal area, officials said Wednesday.

The number of babies born to Japanese nationals in Japan rose 0.4 percent year on year to 320,458 in the first half of 2026, marking the first increase for the January-June period in 11 years, government data showed Wednesday.

​Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday that First Deputy Prime Minister Carlos Cuerpo would take charge of the transport portfolio following Oscar Puente's resignation.

Singapore said Wednesday it will strengthen its Transboundary Haze Pollution Act, including raising the maximum fine for the main offense tenfold to 20 million Singapore dollars (about 15.64 million US dollars), as it steps up efforts to hold companies and individuals responsible for haze

A US Marine has died following a training incident in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, the 3rd Marine Division said in a statement on Wednesday, according to ABC News.

South Africans began voting on Wednesday in local government elections that will determine control of major cities, with failing public services, unemployment and crime among the key issues facing voters.

About two-thirds of Australian businesses do not expect artificial intelligence (AI) to impact their job vacancies over the next 12 months, official data showed on Wednesday.

In the 2026 midterm elections, Democrats are projected to flip control of both chambers of Congress, election forecasting agency Decision Desk HQ reported late Tuesday.

As Americans cast their ballots on Tuesday, a far heavier decision looms over Washington: will President Trump order renewed military strikes on Iran, or rely on economic pressure and diplomacy to break the deadlock?

Democrats are projected to flip control of the US Senate after winning several key races in battleground states, securing control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections, election forecasting agency Decision Desk HQ reported late Tuesday.

The Paris Agreement entered into force on November 4, 2016, establishing a global framework for tackling climate change. Its nearly 200 parties committed to holding the rise in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit it

Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has visited the Nampho Shipyard, calling for upgrading the country's shipbuilding capacity for a strong naval force, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Wednesday.Kim, general secretary of the Workers' Party

An independent inquiry has called for the Australian government to immediately terminate the AUKUS treaty, describing the pact as the riskiest defense decision in national history.Former government minister Peter Garrett and former Australian Defense Force chief Chris Barrie, two of the five

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