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The world's rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN weather agency says

The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world’s rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned the drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in many places

4:39AM ( 5 months ago )

Senior member of Myanmar's former ruling party dies while serving prison sentence

Zaw Myint Maung, a senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party arrested during the 2021 military takeover, has died

4:15AM ( 5 months ago )

The Nobel Prize in medicine opens 6 days of award announcements

The Nobel prizes award season is kicking off with the announcement of the winner of this year’s medicine award

3:14AM ( 5 months ago )

Nobel Prize in medicine honors American duo for their discovery of microRNA

The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, tiny pieces of genetic material that alter how genes work at the cellular level

3:14AM ( 5 months ago )

Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 scientists for their discovery of microRNA

Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it

3:14AM ( 5 months ago )

Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated

3:14AM ( 5 months ago )

Mozambique headed for crucial elections amid jihadist insurgency and drought-induced hunger

Mozambicans will vote this week for a new president who many hope will bring peace to an oil- and gas-rich northern province that has been ravaged by a jihadist insurgency for nearly seven years

3:13AM ( 5 months ago )

Mistakes cost Steelers in last-second loss to Cowboys, 20-17

The Pittsburgh Steelers feel like they beat themselves Sunday night

2:32AM ( 5 months ago )

A Pakistani separatist group claims bombing that killed 2 Chinese near Karachi airport

A Pakistani separatist group has claimed responsibility for a late-night bombing that targeted a convoy with Chinese nationals outside Karachi's airport, killing two workers from China and wounding eight people

2:03AM ( 5 months ago )

Middle East latest: Palestinian militants in Gaza fire rockets into Israel as it marks Oct. 7

Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as mourners marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, without disrupting a nearby ceremony

1:43AM ( 5 months ago )