The world hit another carbon dioxide emissions milestone in 2018, with an estimated 2.7 percent increase in emissions since last year, according to a report published Wednesday in Environmental Research Letters, a scientific journal. This follows an increase of 1.6 percent in…
"Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan shares a laugh with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde. Brennan spoke with Lagarde following her delivery of the Kissinger Lecture at the Library of Congress. IMF Handout/Stephen Jaffe Last Updated Dec 5,…
TORONTO — Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies for possible extradition to the United States. Justice Department spokesman Ian McLeod said Meng Wanzhou was detained in Vancouver, British Columbia, on…
Last Updated Dec 5, 2018 7:41 AM EST MOSCOW -- Russian officials on Wednesday warned of "retaliation" to the U.S. decision to walk out of a key arms treaty U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced at a NATO meeting Tuesday…
ISTANBUL -- A Turkish prosecutor has demanded that arrest warrants be issued against two Saudi nationals close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Turkish source close to the investigation said Wednesday. Khashoggi,…
CAIRO -- Yemen's warring parties will meet in Sweden this week for another attempt at talks aimed at halting their catastrophic 3-year-old war, but there are few incentives for major compromises, and the focus is likely to be on firming…
Hungary's far-right government has forced a United States-accredited university founded by the philanthropist George Soros out of the country, the college said Monday. The school, Central European University, called it "a dark day for Europe and a dark day for…
This Dec. 15, 2017, photo shows the baby girl born to a woman with a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor. Courtesy Dr. Wellington Andraus via AP LONDON — Brazilian doctors are reporting the world's first baby born to a…
Last Updated Dec 5, 2018 2:00 AM EST WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A powerful earthquake that struck in the southern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday sent jitters around the region after authorities warned of possible tsunamis, but there were no initial…
Both Todd Gardenhire and Doug Fisher worked as advance men for the elder Bush in the 1980s.
Volkswagen is also considering building their own electric vehicle factory in the U.S.
NEW YORK — Immigration judges rejected a record-high number of asylum cases this year, refusing 65 percent of immigrants seeking the refugee status, according to a recent report published by Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). More than 42,000…
A street scene in Lucknow, India. A woman in the area was set on fire by two men she accused of attempted sexual assault. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP/Getty Images A 28-year-old woman in India who struggled to get police to…
A street scene in Lucknow, India. A woman in the area was set on fire by two men she accused of attempted sexual assault. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP/Getty Images A 28-year-old woman in India who struggled to get police to…
A Soyuz FG rocket thundered to life and shot smoothly into orbit Monday carrying three crew members on a six-hour flight to the International Space Station. The problem-free ascent came less than two months after an Oct. 11 launch abort…
A Soyuz FG rocket thundered to life and shot smoothly into orbit Monday carrying three crew members on a six-hour flight to the International Space Station. The problem-free ascent came less than two months after an Oct. 11 launch abort…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The tiny, energy-rich Arab nation of Qatar announced on Monday it would withdraw from OPEC, mixing its aspirations to increase production outside of the cartel's constraints with the politics of slighting the Saudi-dominated group amid…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The tiny, energy-rich Arab nation of Qatar announced on Monday it would withdraw from OPEC, mixing its aspirations to increase production outside of the cartel's constraints with the politics of slighting the Saudi-dominated group amid…
Nigerian former Gen. Muhammadu Buhari speaks moments after he was presented with a certificate to show he won the election in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. AP / Sunday Alamba LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's president took the extraordinary step…
Nigerian former Gen. Muhammadu Buhari speaks moments after he was presented with a certificate to show he won the election in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. AP / Sunday Alamba LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's president took the extraordinary step…
Last Updated Dec 2, 2018 6:55 PM EST PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron asked for an evaluation of possible protest security measures Sunday, a day after a Paris demonstration against increased taxes and living costs devolved into France's worst…
President Trump with China's President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Last Updated Dec 1, 2018 10:29 PM EST The White House said…
Protesters wearing yellow vests clash with police in Paris on December 01, 2018. Thierry Chesnot / Getty PARIS — A French protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot Saturday in Paris as police…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Latest on the earthquake in Alaska (all times local): This is what happened on the 6th floor of the Nesbett Courthouse during the Anchorage #earthquake. Both attorneys jumped under their desks. Evacuated the building after…