WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Russia open high-stake talks on the fate of Ukraine today but prospects for a resolution — or any agreement — are dim, diplomats say. Moscow and Washington are worlds apart…

A team of scientists are sailing to “the place in the world that’s the hardest to get to” so they can better figure out how much and how fast seas will rise because of global…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — And it wasn’t a Saint Bernard.  Croatian rescuers are praising a dog who protected his injured owner from freezing high on a snowy mountain, keeping him warm for 13 hours in…

BERLIN — Successive countries are marking the coming of the year 2022, with many holding muted celebrations amid the coronavirus pandemic. Celebrations were under way in Europe, where despite unseasonably mild weather, many large parties…

A pair of dangerously close space encounters are adding to tensions between the U.S. and China, while underscoring the potential peril to astronauts as satellite constellations and debris proliferate in orbit. Two SpaceX satellites had…

PARIS (AP) — A French tourist jailed in Iran since last year has begun a hunger strike to protest against mistreatment in prison, according to his sister and his lawyer. Benjamin Brière, 36, was arrested…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90. South Africans, world leaders and…

Boris Johnson urged Britons to take care at Christmas as he considers whether to tighten pandemic regulations, as government data indicated about 10% of Londoners were infected with COVID-19, and daily cases hit a record…

ROME — Pope Francis extolled the virtues of humility during a sermon he gave at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Friday evening to celebrate Christmas Eve. “Let us not weep for greatness we do…

BEIJING (AP) — China plunged a city of 13 million people into lockdown today to stamp out an increase in coronavirus infections, as the country doubles down on its “zero tolerance” policy just weeks before…