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Danish women now face being called up for 11 months of military service when they turn 18, after a change in the law came into effect.Under new rules passed by Denmark's parliament, women are to join teenage males in...

In an internal memo, Mark Zuckerberg revealed 11 members of his new AI SuperIntelligence Lab that he poached from OpenAI and other tech giants.The memo, obtained by CNBC and published Monday, lists top engineers and researchers hired to bolster...

Paris — Almost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN's cultural agency said on Tuesday. As a result of rising temperatures,...

President Donald Trump's move to cut most of the US funding towards foreign humanitarian aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal.A third of those at risk...

Some 76 Ghanaians who were trafficked to Nigeria under a fraudulent recruitment scheme have been rescued, Ghanaian police say. The victims, mostly young men, were lured with promises of football contracts with top foreign teams, job placements abroad or...

Thomas MackintoshBBC NewsGetty ImagesWhile the heatwave is a potential health issue, it is also impacting the environment. Higher temperatures in the Adriatic Sea are encouraging invasive species such as the poisonous lionfish, while also causing further stress on...

Strong storms threaten July 4th holiday travel as millions hit roadways, airportsAs millions of Americans pack airports and highways to get a head start on Fourth of July celebrations, strong storms in the East are threatening record holiday travel.June...

Hikers at Gyeyangsan mountain in South Korea found an unexpected surprise at the summit - a huge swarm of 'lovebugs'.In a video shared to social media, a hiker who visited the mountain is seen covered in the small insects...

Thailand's Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who has come under mounting pressure to resign over her leaked phone conversation with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen.The clip, in which Paetongtarn called him "uncle" and criticised a Thai...

Is the "big, beautiful" India-US trade deal slipping out of reach?With just days to go before a 9 July deadline set by US President Donald Trump's administration, hopes of clinching an interim trade pact between Delhi and Washington remain...