China has deployed military and coast guard vessels in recent months in a bid to eject the Philippines from a trio of other strategically important reefs and islands in the South China Sea.

While those living outside hurricane-prone zones may wonder why their residents choose to stay, it is easy to see Siesta Key's appeal, even after a hurricane.

The key to its success was inventing a currency to encourage collection: each 250 grams of plastic collected can be redeemed for a plastic coin, which in turn can be traded for a range of goods at a store run by the charity.

Latin America's biggest economy is struggling with what Finance Minister Fernando Haddad has called a betting "pandemic," prompting the government to tighten the screws on the sector.

The Republican ex-president and Democratic vice president, locked in an excruciatingly close White House battle, have faced off just once, in September.

“It’s harmful to those that need help,” Biden said of misinformation on the storm and the government's response.

With the storm coming ashore before high tide, Governor Ron DeSantis said he hoped the west coast of Florida could avoid the worst of the predicted storm surge.

Bearing six-liter bottles of water on their shoulders, members of Colombia's Indigenous Yagua community tramp along the dried-up riverbed of a branch of the mighty Amazon.

Hurricane Milton barreled toward Florida's battered Gulf Coast as an enormous Category 5 storm on Tuesday, triggering massive traffic jams and fuel shortages as officials ordered more than 1 million people to flee before it slams into the Tampa Bay area.

Brazil's Supreme Court said Tuesday it was lifting a ban on Elon Musk's social network X, which was blocked in its biggest Latin American market for over a month amid a row over disinformation.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris condemned Hamas's attack on Israel a year ago Monday while pushing for peace in the Middle East -- treading a tightrope on a conflict that could impact next month's US presidential election.

Harris' meeting on Friday comes on the heels of other efforts by her team this week, with her vice presidential pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, promised on a Zoom call on Thursday with Muslim voters that Muslims would have an equal role in a Harris administration.

Juan Lopez, who campaigned against open-pit iron ore mining, was shot dead on Sept. 14 after leaving church in the northeastern town of Tocoa.

Biden's warning came with lawmakers and analysts voicing concern over increasingly bellicose campaign language ahead of the vote.

One week after Helene slammed into the Florida Panhandle and devastated wide swaths of half a dozen states, untold thousands remained cut off around Asheville, North Carolina, with many roads impassable and telecommunications equipment damaged or destroyed.

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Republican rival Donald Trump are locked in a tight race ahead of the November presidential election and some on Wall Street are picking sides. Here's what we know about how some of Wall Street's top bosses are leaning.

Speaking at an event during Climate Week in New York City, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state sued Exxon after concluding a nearly two-year investigation that he said showed Exxon was deliberately misleading the public about the limitations of recycling.

These agreements were signed in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on 3-day visit to the US for the Quad Summit.

The leaders announced joint coast guard operations next year that will include Australian, Japanese and Indian personnel spending time on a US coast guard vessel.

A panel discussion on Morotai has focused on the island's strategic location and historical relevance for both Indonesia and the United States to expand their collaboration, particularly in growing the local tourist industry.

A lawsuit filed in Texas on Thursday said SpaceX had invaded property owned by the game company, which sits next to its Starbase, and "treated it as its own for at least six months.

Biden chose his hometown of Wilmington for a summit of leaders from Australia, India and Japan, the last of his presidency after he dropped out of the 2024 election against Donald Trump and handed the Democratic campaign reins to Kamala Harris.

Elections Canada said that with 100 percent of the votes counted in LaSalle-Emard-Verdun, Liberal candidate Laura Palestini had been beaten into second place by the separatist Bloc Quebecois candidate, Louis-Philippe Sauvé.

Trump had been golfing at his course in West Palm Beach, Florida, not far from his Mar-a-Lago residence, when the would-be shooter was spotted in bushes one hole ahead of the former president, the county sheriff said.

According to a court statement on Friday, the lift was ordered because the amount transferred to Brazil reached the total X owed the country in fines, which had been imposed amid a feud between billionaire owner Elon Musk and Moraes.

One of the most dramatic episodes of his presidency was a four-month hostage ordeal at the Japanese embassy in Lima in late 1996 and early 1997.

Harris, 59, attacked Trump's intention to impose high tariffs on foreign goods - a proposal she has likened to a sales tax on the middle class - while touting her plan to offer tax benefits to families and small businesses.

Launching bitcoin as legal tender on September 7, 2021, President Nayib Bukele said he wanted to bring the 70 percent of Salvadorans who do not use banks into the financial system and promptly began plowing public money in cryptocurrencies

"In our nation's 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump," the former VP says.

The judge said on Friday he now planned to sentence Trump on Nov. 26, unless the case is dismissed before then.