South Pole's ozone hole shrinks to smallest since discovery
The ozone hole near the south pole this year is the smallest since it was discovered, but it is more due to freakish Antarctic weather than efforts to cut down on pollution, NASA reported.
‘A fascinating blob’: Paris zoo features ‘almost immortal’ organism that has 720 sexes, regenerates, learns without brain
The Paris Zoological Park announced a new exhibition featuring “an extraordinary living being” they called “a fascinating blob” that is “almost immortal,” has 720 sexes and regenerates itself after getting cut in half, according to the zoo.
‘A condition of the poor’: Childhood obesity rates increasing worldwide, report finds
The report called the number of overweight children across the world "striking," noting how much it now affects low- and middle-income countries.
‘No problem, I can adapt’: Realtor gets clever after ‘for sale’ sign is vandalized
A Canadian realtor got creative with his marketing after one of his signs was vandalized. Alan Stilwell, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, shared a photo of himself standing next to the vandalized sign. On his visage depicted on the sign, vandals apparently drew squiggly eyebrows, sunglasses, a squiggly mustache and a goatee, all etched in what looks like black marker.
Domino’s Japan selling ‘Halloween Roulette’ pizza, which has ghost pepper sauce on one random slice
Finally! A pizza fit for seven of your closest friends and one you absolutely hate!
Renewed disturbances in Chile; many line up for food
Many people lined up before supermarkets that had reopened. Many were still closed after a weekend that saw scores of stores looted or burned.
Wreck of Japanese aircraft carrier sunk in Battle of Midway discovered 77 years later
Researchers have discovered the wreck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga 77 years after it was sunk by U.S. forces during World War II's Battle of Midway.
Dad’s skin cancer battle leaves him with massive chunk missing from neck, back
A 37-year-old Australian father of two is warning others to undergo a routine skin check after losing a large chunk of flesh on his back and neck to melanoma.
US troops in Syria going to Iraq, not home as Trump claims
While President Donald Trump insists he's bringing home Americans from "endless wars" in the Mideast, his Pentagon chief says all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the American military will continue operations against the Islamic State group.
First Chick-fil-A in the UK to close just 6 months after opening amid LGBTQ protests
The first Chick-fil-A in the United Kingdom announced it would be shutting down in six months, just days after the popular American fast-food chain made its debut in the country, amid pressures from gay rights activists protesting the chain for contributing millions of dollars to anti-LGBTQ groups.
UK Prime Minister asks for Brexit delay, argues against it
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sent a request to the European Union for a delay to Brexit after Parliament voted for an extension to the 31 October deadline.
UK's Johnson asks for Brexit delay, but argues against it
Prime Minister Boris Johnson grudgingly asked the European Union late Saturday to delay Brexit after the British Parliament postponed a decision on whether to back his divorce deal. But the defiant Johnson also made clear that he personally opposed delaying the U.K.'s exit, scheduled for Oct. 31.
FBI: Nothing suspicious about all those Americans who died in the Dominican Republic
The State Department says FBI toxicology reports on the mysterious deaths of U.S. tourists in the Dominican Republic showed no evidence inconsistent with the island nation's findings of natural causes.
Gunbattles rattle Mexican city after troops find Chapo's son
30 members of the Mexican National Guard and army were patrolling in Culiacan when they were fired on from a house. They repelled the attack and inside the house found one of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's sons.
Next G-7 to be held at Trump National Doral in Miami, White House announces
The White House said Thursday it has chosen President Donald Trump's golf resort, Trump National Doral, in Miami as the site for next year's Group of Seven summit.
Vice President Pence says Turkey agrees to cease-fire in Syria
Vice President Mike Pence announced Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey had agreed to a five-day cease-fire in northern Syria to allow for a Kurdish withdrawal from a security zone roughly 20 miles south of the Turkish border, in what appeared to be a significant embrace of Turkey's position in the week-long conflict.
Republicans rebuke Trump for pulling troops from northern Syria
Trump's decision to pull American troops out of northern Syria — triggering a deadly Turkish invasion targeting the U.S.'s erstwhile Syrian Kurdish allies — has unmuzzled GOP lawmakers in a manner seldom seen since Trump entered the White House.
Trump defends Syria pullout
Even GOP lawmakers are slamming President Trump for pulling American troops out of northern Syria, triggering Turkey to invade and target Syrian Kurds.
Trump: Turkey-Syria-Kurds face-off isn't America's fight
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that U.S. troops are "largely out" of a region of Syria where Turkish forces are attacking the Kurdish fighters who were America's allies in fighting the Islamic State group.
Chinese snooping tech spreads to nations vulnerable to abuse
When hundreds of video cameras with the power to identify and track individuals started appearing in the streets of Belgrade as part of a major surveillance project, some protesters began having second thoughts about joining anti-government demonstrations in the Serbian capital.