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World Bank President David Malpass came under heavy criticism on Wednesday after he declined to say whether he accepts the scientific consensus on global warming

Police are investigating how the body of a Belk Department Store worker went unnoticed for four days in a bathroom.

U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Liz Truss met in person for the first time on Wednesday and said they want to ensure the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland is protected.

The head of the United Nations atomic agency said on Wednesday he would not abandon a plan to create a protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant despite Russian plans to mobilize new troops and hold a referendum in the region.

The Inter-American Development Bank's board of directors is reaching an "emerging consensus" that its president Mauricio Claver-Carone should be removed after an independent ethics investigation, a source familiar with the process told Reuters.

The Houston Police Department announced a suspect has been charged in the deaths of a man and his 2-year-old toddler.

New York State Attorney Letitia James filed a lawsuit against former President Trump, his family and the Trump Organization.

Mike Lindell, the My Pillow Inc chief executive and ally to former President Donald Trump, is under U.S.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will consider adopting more stringent greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy trucks after Congress passed new incentives to speed the adoption of zero-emission vehicles, the agency told Reuters.

The national average gas price on Wednesday was $3.681 per gallon.

Tom Barrack, the private equity executive and onetime fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, and his former assistant acted as a foreign government's illegal back channel to the Trump administration, a U.S.

Top U.S. LNG exporter Cheniere Energy Inc said it will repair and replace equipment at its Louisiana terminal after tests showed it exceeded newly-imposed hazardous emissions limits on certain known carcinogens, but the work will have no material impact on operations.

Moments after President Vladimir Putin called up 300,000 reservists on Wednesday in Russia's first such mobilisation since World War Two, a human rights lawyer said citizens had already started getting orders to enlist.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched an $85 million campaign to block the planned construction of plastic and petrochemical plants across the U.S.

Former President Donald Trump has failed to provide evidence he declassified any records the FBI seized from his Florida estate and he is not entitled to review them or have them returned, the U.S.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's first mobilisation since World War Two after suffering a major battlefield reversal in Ukraine, an attempt to turn the military tide in what he has cast as a defining East-West clash.

The chief executives of JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and other major U.S.

U.S. stock indexes rose on Wednesday ahead of a widely expected hefty rate hike from the Federal Reserve, with investors waiting for cues on the length and depth of further policy tightening to tame surging price pressures.

Walmart Inc sounded a cautious note about holiday retail sales on Wednesday, planning to hire fewer workers than last year as it prepares for the critical season in the midst of a slowing economy.

A record flu season is predicted but you can stay healthy with these tips from the CDC.

Jessica Winberry, an injury prevention coordinator at Wolfson Children's Hospital, said that hot cars are dangerous, especially for children.

The victim and the suspect allegedly had an altercation before the shooting took place.

The sleepy chicken challenge has led to the FDA issuing a warning on the dangers of over-the-counter drugs.

Police said they had questioned the neighbor before the discovery.

Voters in five states will consider abortion-related ballot measures in the Nov.

The boy's death was due to "positional asphyxia," as per the coroner's report.

The cost of renting a home in the United States is surging and young workers have felt the sharpest pain, many of them taking on additional jobs or roommates to afford housing costs.

"Thought I was going to see my first death," said a bystander who witnessed the freak accident.

The two women said they went separately on dates with DeMario Jackson after meeting him through different online platforms.