An Indian schoolteacher has been awarded the 2020 Global Teacher Prize -- and has vowed to give half of the $1 million prize money to the runners-up.

Police in northern India have arrested a Muslim man for allegedly trying to convert a Hindu woman to Islam, under a controversial new law that has sparked widespread outrage and protests.

Namibia has put 170 "high value" wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country's environmental ministry announced on Wednesday.

An Australian museum organization says it has acquired one of the most complete and finely preserved Triceratops skeletons ever found.

When a friend reached out to Dawn Davis about the editor in chief opening at Bon Appétit, she was quick to recommend someone else — a writer she had just signed at her Simon & Schuster imprint, 37 Ink.

TikTok's biggest star, 16-year-old Charli D'Amelio is raking in money, and she's using some of it to invest in a banking app for teens.

The dramatic rise in bitcoin may seem overly speculative. Yet bitcoin has actually lagged the surges for some other cryptocurrencies.

The Trump administration sued Facebook on Thursday for allegedly passing over US job candidates for thousands of positions in favor of immigrant workers holding temporary visas.

Saudi Arabia, Russia and other oil producing countries have agreed to start tentatively increasing output next month even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cloud the outlook for demand.

If you're looking for a reason to care about tree loss, the nation's latest heat wave might be it. Trees can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a recent study.

Rich people don't just have bigger bank balances and more lavish lifestyles than the rest of us -- they also have bigger carbon footprints.

Thousands of rock art pictures depicting huge Ice Age creatures such as mastodons have been revealed by researchers in the Amazon rainforest.

Imagine, if you will, the most glorious festive feast, with an oversize turkey, stuffing two ways, holiday ham, the requisite fixings and at least half a dozen pies and cakes. That may all sound grand -- that is, until you consider the extravagant di…

Women in sexual professions have always distinguished themselves from other women, from the mores of the time, by pushing the boundaries of style. The most celebrated concubines and courtesans in history set the trends in their respective courts. The…

This past January, photographer Alec Soth received a letter in the mail at his studio in St. Paul, sent from the Minnesota Correctional Facility just north of him in Rush City.

Architecture can flirt with nature in expressive yet subtle ways. The idea in architecture is often to harmonize, not dominate, the landscapes. This can prove a challenge, however, when faced with steep slopes, cliff faces and mountainsides.

A miracle cream was launched in Paris in 1933. Billed as a "scientific beauty product," it promised to improve circulation, firm muscle tissue, reduce fat and smooth wrinkles. It was part of a line of cosmetics called Tho-Radia -- after thorium and r…

Scuba divers can plunge to brand new depths without setting foot in the ocean thanks to a multi-million dollar facility that's just opened in Poland.

A spacecraft has sent a capsule tumbling towards earth, carrying samples from an asteroid that could contain clues to the origin of the solar system, Japan's space agency has said.

An RAF reconnaissance aircraft has captured images of the world's largest iceberg as it heads towards the island of South Georgia.

Joe Biden has said he will not force Americans to take any vaccine - but did warn the country faces a "bleak future" unless swift action is taken to agree on a coronavirus aid bill.

Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean has told Sky he was "at peace" with dying during the 28 seconds he was trapped in his burning car, following a horrific crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

A 15-year-old scientist and inventor has been named as Time magazine's first Kid Of The Year.

The United States is reportedly working on a deal which would see Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, free to return to China without being extradited from Canada.

Italy has unveiled tough new restrictions for Christmas after recording the highest number of daily coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began.

A tiger grabbed the arm of a volunteer at Carole Baskin's Big Cat Rescue sanctuary and "nearly tore it off at the shoulder" while being fed.

The Bangladesh government is moving thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island - despite human rights groups' calls to stop the process.

British soldiers have arrived in Mali to join the world's most dangerous UN peacekeeping mission in the war-torn west African country.

Christmas celebrations are underway in Bethlehem this week without tourists and pilgrims due to COVID-19 restrictions, leaving the Biblical town where Christians believe Jesus was born quiet during the holidays.

The head of U.S. Army Pacific soon could be named the commander of the U.S.-led United Nations Command and U.S. Forces Korea, according to South Korean press reports.

Israel and biotech firm Moderna signed an agreement Friday for millions more doses of the company's COVID-19 vaccine, which has shown to be 94% effective.

All aid workers with the International Red Cross and most foreign diplomats in Pyongyang have left North Korea amid tighter restrictions to combat COVID-19, according to the International Red Cross.

Bangladeshi authorities have begun to relocate 1,500 Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal, despite concerns from the United Nations and other human rights groups.

European Union negotiator Michel Barnier called off a meeting with diplomats Friday and stayed in London to continue Brexit negotiations with Britain.

More than 10,000 people in China are reportedly infected with a highly contagious disease that can lead to chronic health issues, after a vaccine factory used expired sanitizer, and bacteria spread through the plant.

As the Seoul metropolitan area saw a record number of COVID-19 cases on Friday, its mayor declared a "desperate crisis" and announced measures that include forcing most businesses to close early each night.

The 1980 slaughter of South Korean civilians in Gwangju had an unlikely eyewitness in a former U.S. Peace Corps volunteer who smuggled himself into the city during the military crackdown.

U.N. economists warned Thursday that the COVID-19 pandemic's economic impact may pull 32 million people back into extreme poverty.

North Korean hackers are believed to be behind hoax intranet sites bearing the name of Hyundai Motor Group, the largest South Korean car manufacturer, according to a local press report.

Japanese prosecutors are investigating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in connection with unrecorded dinner expenditures.

OPEC members will meet Thursday to aim for an agreement to extend cuts in oil production after discussions ended in stalemate earlier this week.

With a slew of COVID-19 precautions in place, over 400,000 South Korean students turned out Thursday to take the eight-hour CSAT, a once-a-year exam seen as a vital stepping stone for a successful future.

Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who attempted to modernize France and was instrumental in collating Europe into a union died on Wednesday from the coronavirus, his foundation said. He was 94.

Israel's Parliament on Wednesday approved a measure launching a process that may dissolve the unity government and force a fourth election in two years.

Thailand's prime minister has been acquitted of violating the Constitution amid accusations of abuse of power and calls for his resignation.

Negotiators for the Afghanistan government and Taliban insurgents have reached a breakthrough agreement on the rules and agenda for long-awaited peace talks, both sides said Wednesday.

South Korea is one step closer to a ban on anti-Pyongyang leafleting at the North Korea border.

A woman who said she was forcibly hospitalized twice after defacing a poster of Chinese leader Xi Jinping in 2018 said she is the target of surveillance.