In the end, it was all kisses and laughter as President Donald Trump hailed his “fantastic” relationship with Denmark and Greenland.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has met with world and business leaders to advance climate action and clean energy in New York.

The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Washington this week marks a shift in relations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging world’s leaders to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts.

Argentine President Javier Milei reaffirms Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands.

A judge has heard arguments but did not rule from the bench in a case on President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from White House grounds.

The Oxford English Dictionary has officially added over a dozen Caribbean words."

President Vladimir Putin says Russia’s first wartime parliamentary election, which further strengthened the Kremlin’s already-overwhelming legislative control, was a sign of public support for his policies.

Italy’s Senate has given final approval to legislation paving the way for a return to nuclear power.

The World Health Organization warns that Congo is running short of health workers to staff treatment centers for the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.

The U.S.-backed Board of Peace is proposing a six-month, $2.45 billion plan to begin reconstruction and governance in Gaza as President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan struggles to stay afloat.

Prince Harry says that artificial intelligence chatbots designed to provide companionship are even more dangerous to young people than social media.

Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been ‘victims of terrorism’ by the United States.

A judge has heard arguments but did not rule from the bench in a case on President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds.

Opening day at the United Nations’ annual gathering of world leaders saw beefed-up security measures and a suspicious package that added to the chaotic scene around U.N. headquarters in New York.

U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of Denmark and Greenland have signed an agreement about Greenland's status.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a defiant speech at the United Nations as Tehran downplayed talks with the United States about their seven-month-long war.

Rome's Colosseum has been closed to mourn a worker who fell to his death at Italy's most-visited monument.

Regional forces in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, have taken control of the local airport, causing Ethiopian Airlines to cancel flights to the region.

Artificial intelligence researchers have warned for years of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth into paper clip factories, as one thought experiment goes.

Russia has launched daylight drone attacks on Kyiv, hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.N. General Assembly.

Taiwan is expressing confidence that U.S. arms sales to the island will continue despite China's pressure as China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Police and local authorities in South Africa say three gunmen opened fire at a house party and killed 11 people including a pregnant woman.

Moroccan voters are choosing a new parliament Wednesday in an election marked by frustration among young people and high unemployment.

Pressure from the U.S. bond market hit a new level on Wall Street after a surprisingly strong report on the economy raised worries about inflation, while oil prices halted their slide.

Canada has a new posture on the planet’s biggest diplomatic stage as world leaders convene at the U.N. General Assembly this week.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump, who was there to welcome his counterpart on the tarmac instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House.

Southwestern Mexico is bracing for heavy rain and mudslides after Polo became a major hurricane in the Pacific.

This year's powerful El Nino and the record heat it's driving could lead to nearly half a million more heat-related deaths worldwide by the end of February.

Millions of people face deadly climate-related disasters as international aid programs are slashed.

President David Adeang has reiterated his island nation’s name change before the world’s largest gathering of leaders at the United Nations.

Canada's top diplomat says her country is embracing its growing prominence as a champion of “middle powers” at the U.N. General Assembly.

Glenn Martens has wrapped up his time as Diesel's creative director with a racy, body-positive collection at Milan Fashion Week.

A tense moment between President Donald Trump and CNN's Kaitlan Collins is a stark reminder of how the conflict between the administration and some news outlets has escalated in just a few days.

The Trump administration plans to limit refugee admissions in 2027 to 17,500 mostly white South Africans.

NATO's deputy commander in Europe is warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming increasingly reckless as the war in Ukraine drags on and as he seeks to divide Western allies.

The wife of a detained Chinese American seismologist hopes President Donald Trump can help bring home her husband, Youlin Chen.

Marlon James and Douglas Stuart can become the fifth author to win the Booker Prize twice after both were shortlisted for arguably the U.K.’s most prestigious fiction accolade.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging global leaders to cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence and intensifying inequalities.

The United States, Denmark and Greenland have signed an agreement to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic.

An American military aircraft has crashed at a U.S. air base in western Germany, injuring the pilot.

British prosecutors have accused a doctor of overseeing six killings during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

A Sri Lankan court has convicted 15 men for their roles in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 267 people.

Tensions are high ahead of an international soccer doubleheader between Ireland and Israel.

President Donald Trump said U.S. and Iranian officials have met, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end nearly seven-month war.

China is now requiring permits for exports to the U.S., Mexico, and Canada of two additional chemicals used to make illegal drugs.

Communications failures that snarled U.S. air traffic Monday highlight the aging systems controllers rely on to guide roughly 45,000 flights a day.

Middle Eastern leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly as conflicts in the region continue.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.N. General Assembly in New York and expressed hope that the U.S. would help to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

The European Union and the Philippines have reached substantial agreement on a new free trade deal.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has had a strong start with U.S. President Donald Trump at their first meeting.

China's Alibaba has unveiled new plans for its AI model and new chip technologies, including what it claims is China's most powerful AI chip.

A U.N. report says the Nicaraguan government is responsible for at least eight deaths in custody since 2018.

New Zealand authorities have stripped the Gloriavale commune's charity arm of tax-exempt status.

Hurricane Polo is gaining strength as it moves along Mexico's southwestern coast as a Category 5 cyclone.

An attacker opened fire near a high school in western Turkey, wounding at least 11 people.

Pope Leo XIV plans to meet with seven survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy during his visit to France.

U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington this week as economic and tech competition escalates between the two countries.

President Donald Trump says U.S. and Iranian officials met for about three hours Tuesday, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war.

A new book by the late Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, has made headlines with damning allegations about King Charles III.

The U.S. stock market held near its record high after oil prices eased again.

South Korea’s liberal President Lee Jae Myung is calling for a practical, step-by-step approach to achieving North Korea’s nuclear disarmament, as the North ramps up weapons testing activities despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent push to resume diplomacy.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has suggested he'd be open to an independent review of the organization's governance system.

The debate over promotion and relegation in Mexican soccer has reached the Senate.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham says Britain has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to repeal attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Twelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros.

The Gates Foundation is convening Anthropic, Google, OpenAI Foundation and dozens of other organizations to help make artificial intelligence more accessible in underrepresented languages.

The National Hurricane Center says the tropical cyclone named Polo is now a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean.

World and business leaders this week will grapple with the urgent costs of climate change.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued President Donald Trump’s administration after they were barred from covering the White House, saying the selective ban was “a blatant violation” of the First Amendment.

Pope Leo XIV is set to return to Peru in November, retracing his steps as a missionary priest.

The Netherlands is making preparations for the United States to sanction the International Criminal Court, in the last escalation of the Trump Administration’s attacks on the global tribunal.

Google has been fined 403 million euros for breaching the EU's privacy rules by mishandling users' location data.

A spokesperson for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard warned that Iran would change its weapons, military tactics and targets if the conflict with the United States escalates.

Russian drones have hit Ukraine’s southern city of Zaporizhzhia, officials said.

Australian actor Rebel Wilson has returned to a court in Sydney over her directorial debut, “The Deb,” with producers accusing her of sabotaging the 2024 musical comedy.

Authorities in northern Tanzania suspect poison may have caused the deaths of 10 lions inside a protected conservation area and UNESCO World Heritage site.

Election officials say the Kremlin's main party has retained its majority in Russia’s parliament.

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time.

Pope Leo XIV opens a four-day visit to France this weekend that is expected to touch on church teaching about the value of all human life.

An explosion has injured three South Korean military officers inside the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone separating the Koreas.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is standing by his vow to stay in office after his party suffered two more regional election defeats and was voted out of a state legislature in a humiliating first.

Pakistani fighter jets have struck sites in eastern Afghanistan, targeting what officials describe as militant hideouts.

Wall Street climbed to the edge of its all-time high, and stocks rallied worldwide after oil prices and yields in the bond market surrendered their market-rattling gains from last week.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving to reduce his country's dependence on the United States as President Donald Trump applies tariffs and other economic pressure to the U.S. longtime ally.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is pleading for “a world built on interdependence” as he makes his final address to the General Assembly gathering of world leaders.

President Donald Trump says that communism is the greatest threat the U.S. has ever faced.

A tiny wild cat newly identified as a species in Bolivia has become an unlikely tourist attraction.

Tropical Storm Polo has formed off southwestern Mexico.

In Morocco's election race, a rural funeral has become an unexpected campaign stop for candidates aiming to engage disenchanted young voters.

The U.S. is proposing a new notification system with China for artificial intelligence incidents that could threaten national security.

Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are being extradited to the U.S. It marked the end of a drawn-out judicial process in Haiti for a killing that shocked the troubled Caribbean country.

A senior official with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels is warning countries against joining Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s revived civil war.

Early results from Russia’s first wartime parliamentary election, released by the country’s election commission, show the main Kremlin party dominating the vote.

Maps can anchor us in a place or help us get somewhere else.

A new tropical storm, Fay, has formed in the northern Atlantic Ocean but doesn't pose a threat to land.

Chileans are feeling the pinch as the cost of living rises, impacting even affordable foods like the completo, the country's version of the hot dog.

A senior Houthi official says the group has assured the Trump administration it won’t attack U.S. vessels in the Red Sea.

China and the United States are divided on many issues, from tariffs to Taiwan.