This year's Gulf of Mexico's dead zone 6,334 square miles, an area slightly larger than the state of Connecticut, when it has clocked in a 5,380 square miles over the past few years.

Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations, who has refused to leave his post despite being fired after the February coup, has alerted the world body to a "reported massacre" by the military junta. Kyaw Moe Tun sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio...

Global coronavirus cases topped 200 million, another grim milestone in the 18-month pandemic that has killed more than 4.2 million people.

Switzerland is the only Western European country with a vaccination rate lower than the U.S. -- and there's no sign of that changing anytime soon.As of Wednesday, only 48.6 percent of Swiss population was fully vaccinated, compared to 49.9 percent in...