Ice baths and ventilators: India's hospitals adapt to killer heat

NEW DELHI — The Nigerian student only popped out to repair his phone, but he ended up in a New Delhi hospital, the latest victim of a brutal heat wave that has cost scores of lives, sent birds plummeting from the sky and tormented India's poorest wor[..]

Hurricane Beryl strengthens into Category 4 storm as it nears southeast Caribbean 

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Beryl strengthened into what experts called an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm as it approaches the southeast Caribbean, which began shutting down Sunday amid urgent pleas from government officials for people to[..]

Space Pioneer says part of rocket crashed in central China

Beijing — Beijing Tianbing Technology Company said Sunday that the first stage of its Tianlong-3 rocket under development had detached from its launch pad during a test due to structural failure and landed in a hilly area of the city of Gongyi in cen[..]

Antelope poaching on rise in South Sudan

BADINGILO and BOMA NATIONAL PARKS, South Sudan — Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists say is the world's largest land mammal migration

Palestinians face summer heat surrounded by sewage, garbage

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza — Children in sandals trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza's crowded tent camps for displaced families

More African nations focus on HPV vaccination against cervical cancer

ABUJA, Nigeria — Yunusa Bawa spends a lot of time talking about the vaccine for the human papillomavirus that is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer

Nigerian ginger farmers struggle after outbreak of disease

Nigeria is one of the world’s leading producers of ginger, but a massive outbreak of fungal disease last year caused millions of dollars of damage

2 pandas en route from China to US under conservation partnership

SAN DIEGO — A pair of giant pandas are on their way from China to the U

Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency's air pollution-fighting good neighbor plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court's latest blow to federal regulations

Supreme Court rejects US opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have[..]

Indonesia aims to build cutting-edge spaceport but faces obstacles

Jakarta, Indonesia — Indonesia aims to launch 19 satellites into low-Earth orbit next year, part of an ambitious plan to move the country into the forefront of the world's growing space industry and reduce its reliance on other countries for its sate[..]

Delhi grapples with water woes amid heat wave 

New Delhi — Mushrat Parveen, a resident of a low-income neighborhood in the Indian capital, New Delhi, perches atop a tanker truck delivering water to her neighborhood to escape the chaos that ensues

Report: Supreme Court seems poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient's health is at serious risk, according to Bloomberg News, which said a copy of the opinion was briefly posted Wednesday on the court's website[..]

Hilton tells Congress youth care programs need more oversight

WASHINGTON — Reality TV star Paris Hilton called for greater federal oversight of youth care programs at a U

Experts: Northern Gaza spared famine, but 'sustained risk' remains

New York — The situation in the Gaza Strip remains catastrophic and there is a high and sustained risk of famine across all of Gaza as long as the Israel-Hamas war continues and humanitarian access is restricted, a United Nations-backed food security[..]