Frans Timmermans, the European Union's climate chief, is concerned about new coal-fired power plants being built in China. China is the world's biggest producer of renewable energy.
Germany accused Poland of continuing to pollute the Ode River after killing thousands of fish last summer. The Ode River runs between Germany and Poland.
Indonesia’s Papua was struck by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4. There were no immediate reports of serious casualties or damage, but aftershocks may still occur.
Antonio Guterres, the head of the United Nations, is calling for maritime countries to create a plan to reduce its climate-harming shipping emissions to net zero by 2050.
Greece's conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis won in a landslide in the country's June 25 election. On July 3, 2023, the country swore in new lawmakers.
Windows shattered and smoke spewed after a blast occurred at a building in the commercial district of Shimbashi in Tokyo, Japan. Four people were also injured.
U.S. health authorities have deemed the chemical propylene glycol, used in food dye and as an ingredient in coolant, as "generally recognized as safe."
An ailing elephant in Sri Lanka has returned home to Thailand for medical treatment following allegations that the elephant was in bad health due to years of abuse and hard labor.
An Australian woman was walking her miniature dachshund at a dog park when she and her dog were attacked by another dog, just seven weeks before her wedding.
The French grandmother of a 17-year-old who was shot and killed by a police officer called for riots in France to cease, saying she is not upset with police overall.
Chinese tourists in Marseille were injured Thursday after the windows of the bus they were riding in were smashed during riots that have swept France in recent days.
Defying all odds against overwhelming numbers of rioters, French police officers are curtailing the violence and have compelled the French political establishment to stand behind them.
Officials in Kyiv, Ukraine, reported a wave of drone strikes against the city late Saturday into Sunday that were intercepted and failed to hit the city.