Yvon Chouinard, the billionaire founder of outdoor apparel brand Patagonia said Wednesday that he's giving away the company to a trust that will use its profit to fight the climate crisis.
The allied effort to train Ukrainian recruits accomplished a major achievement this week when Ukraine confirmed 5,000 of its troops had been put through the British-led program.
Trevali Mining Corp. has confirmed that two executives have been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the West African nation of Burkina Faso in the wake of a flooding disaster at the company's Perkoa zinc mine, which left several people dead.
Many Afghans are following news of a reversal in girls' school openings in eastern Paktia province for clues on whether the Taliban will loosen restrictions on girls' education after reneging on a pledge to reopen high schools in March.
A right-wing bloc that includes a nationalist anti-immigration party won a narrow majority in Sweden's parliament on Wednesday. It was a major political shift in the Scandinavian country that had a decades-long history of welcoming refugees but is grappling with a crime wave linked with immigration.
