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August proves deadliest month for migrants braving Atlantic route with record 379 lives lost
Those deaths account for nearly half the total number of casualties for all of 2021 — 735 adults and 50 children — according to the United Nations agency’s Missing Migrants Project.
Buildings sway, cars damaged as 6.9-strong earthquake jolts Mexico
The tourist hotspot of Acapulco was the epicentre of the quake, but tremors could be felt in the country's capital, which is almost 370 km away
One dead after major earthquake of 7.1-magnitude jolts Mexico; buildings sway in capital city
The epicenter was 14 kilometers southeast of the beach resort of Acapulco in Guerrero state, the National Seismological Service said
Hurricane Dorian begins lashing US east coast, strengthens to Category 3 storm; at least 20 dead so far
NHC said Dorian was packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour, making it a Category 3 storm on five-level Saffir-Simpson scale.
Meet Aarohi Pandit and Keithair Misquitta, the first women in the world to fly a Light Sport Aircraft from India to Greenland
Pandit and Misquitta are the first civilian women pilots to circumnavigate the globe and have flown to 17 countries with 27 stops over a span of 51 days
Florida braces for Hurricane Michael as it strengthens to Category 4 storm; Donald Trump declares state emergency
The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Michael is expected to slam ashore later in the day along the Florida Panhandle
Warmer Atlantic waters could cause an alarming rise in hurricanes each year: Study
The count may go up to five to eight major hurricanes a year around the year 2100.
Allergies, polar bears and glaciers: 10 instances of climate change in action
You don't just feel the heat of global warming, you can see it in action all around.
Donald Trump's first State of the Union speech: Superb stagecraft can't hide uninspiring content and inward-looking vision
President Donald Trump’s first “State of the Union” address had something strangely familiar in its presentation.
'Don't take him seriously': Donald Trump's State of Union address inauthentic, underwhelming decrees global media
Donald Trump's State of the Union address – an annual speech seen as a blueprint for the year to come for the US – drew sharp reactions from global media.
Argentina Navy confirms sound near lost submarine's last known position was explosion; hopes of crew's survival dashed
Argentina's navy confirmed Thursday that an unusual noise heard in the Atlantic near the last known position of a missing submarine appeared to be an explosion.
Hurricane Irma weakens to Category 4 storm after making landfall in Cuba while heading for Florida
Hurricane Irma weakened slightly to a Category 4 storm on early Saturday, according to the US National Hurricane Center, after making landfall hours earlier in Cuba
US officials say Hurricane Irma formed in Atlantic, likely to become major by Thursday night
Hurricane Irma has formed in the eastern Atlantic as a Category Two storm, just days after the first major hurricane of the season, Harvey over Texas.
So fantastic! Solar Impulse 2 lands in Spain, completes first-ever Atlantic flight
The voyage marks the first solo transatlantic crossing of a plane with only solar power.
Hurricane Joaquin barrels through Bahamas en route to eastern United States
Hurricane Joaquin barreled through the Bahamas as an extremely dangerous Category Four storm, while jittery residents in the eastern United States battened down ahead of its anticipated arrival.
Scientists find rare living fossil: 'Alien of the deep' goblin shark
The prehistoric-looking goblin sharks live on deep sea bottoms and little is known about their lives.
Storm Cristobal strengthens into a hurricane off Bahamas
Storm Cristobal strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic as it moved away from the Bahamas on Monday.
Extraordinary number of icebergs in 1914 to blame for sinking of Titanic
There were a greater number of icebergs than normal that year, and weather conditions had driven them further south and earlier in the year than usual, the researchers said.
IBM, SAP Ink Agreement To Develop First Joint Software Product
Codenamed "Atlantic", the software will integrate IBM Lotus Notes software with SAP Business Suite.