Judges at the World Court on Thursday ordered Syria to take steps to prevent torture as part of emergency measures in a case against Damascus brought before the top United Natons tribunal by the Netherlands and Canada.
Workers at hundreds of Starbucks stores began walking off their jobs during a key promotional event on Thursday, demanding improved staffing and schedules, the Workers United said on social media platform X.
Chinese President Xi Jinping signalled Wednesday that China will send new pandas to the United States, calling them "envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples."
A gentle wave of freshly released yellow-spotted turtles surged back into a river in Peru's Amazon region with adults and children looking on, and in some cases helping herd stragglers back on course. This was part of a project between the public and private sectors within the Maynas province of Peru to help repopulate the river and preserve the tiny turtles, whose species has been categorized as vulnerable.
Climate change is increasingly impacting the health and survival of people worldwide, and projections show risks will quickly rise with further inaction, scientists warn in a new report.
