‘Waiting for the autumn will be too late,’ says regional director as Omicron variants drive threefold surge in cases over past six weeks

Climate change, habitat loss, invasive species, pollution and mining have contributed to a drastic decline in the populations of some wildlife species.

US President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Tuesday giving the government new tools to bring American hostages home 

 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian at a briefing on Tuesday dismissed media reports that China had extended invitation to leaders of four European countries to visit Beijing in November.

Some European countries with a high reliance on Russian gas may face a significant decrease of economic output if there is a major disruption in supply, International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials said in a blog post.

On Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia and Iran may ditch the US dollar when measuring the volume of bilateral trade amid the push by two countries to boost ties.

The Ukrainian president has his own self-imposed “deadline” for Ukraine becoming an EU member, the country’s foreign minister says

Russian natural gas deliveries to China via a Siberian pipeline smashed an all-time daily record on Sunday, energy giant Gazprom said

Russian president expected to discuss Black Sea blockade as well as Syria and the Iran nuclear deal

The James Webb Space Telescope has been permanently damaged by a tiny meteoroid, NASA says