WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time before settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his treasury secretary nominee.

HOUSTON (AP) — Extreme weather is making power outages longer and more frequent across the U.S. People with health conditions who depend on medical devices powered by electricity are particularly ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party headed for a stunning victory in state elections in politically significant Maharashtra while the opposition seemed about to clinch victory in ...

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte says she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed. She made the brazen public ...

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A kayaker’s leg was amputated during a dramatic, hours-long rescue operation to free him from between rocks on a river in Australia on Saturday, local police said. The man, a foreign tourist in his ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The United Nations’ annual climate talks are pushing into overtime under a cloud of anger and disappointment as negotiators are well short of a deal on money for developing ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — In a sprawling secondhand clothing market in Ghana’s capital, early morning shoppers jostle as they search through piles of garments, eager to pluck a bargain or a designer find ...

A senior Pakistani police officer says fighting between armed sectarian groups in the country’s restive northwest has killed at least 33 people. The overnight violence was the latest to rock Kurram, a ...

(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced his picks for critical remaining public health roles in his incoming administration. Trump named Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as US surgeon general; ...

Japan is holding a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the country resolved years of disputes with South Korea and ...

A key U.N. General Assembly committee has adopted a resolution paving the way for negotiations on a first-ever treaty on preventing and punishing crimes against humanity after Russia dropped ...