RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits University of Utah to discuss Utah’s new fluoride ban and food additives legislation, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Salt Lake City. MELISSA MAJCHRZAK / AP... Read more »

Plastic pollution treaty talks open with ‘global crisis’ warning

The Ecuadorian Luis Vayas Valdivieso, chair of the International Negotiating Committee at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. SALVATORE DI NOLFI / AP The... Read more »

France-UK migrant returns deal to take effect

In this drone view, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants makes its way toward England in the English Channel, Britain, August 6, 2024. CHRIS J RATCLIFFE/REUTERS A “one-in, one-out” deal in which Britain... Read more »

Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for Bolsonaro

A demonstrator, wearing a mask depicting Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro, gestures in handcuffs during a protest against US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Brazilian products, in front of the United States... Read more »

Grand Canyon fire rages, one month on; Massive central California fire threatens homes

This handout photo provided by the Southwest Area Incident Management Team shows smoke from the Dragon Bravo fire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on July... Read more »

Texas Democrats stage walkout to block Trump-backed redistricting plan in high-stakes gamble

Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker at a press conference at the DuPage County Democratic Party office in Carol Stream, Illinois, August 3, 2025. MARK... Read more »

South Korea says it will remove loudspeakers on border with North

This handout photo taken on August 4, 2025, and provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry shows South Korean soldiers removing loudspeakers that were set up for propaganda broadcasts near the demilitarized... Read more »

Pope’s ‘Jubilee of Youth’ with over a million attendees closes with Rome mass

Pope Leo XIV holds a mass with young people participating in the Jubilee of Youth at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Sunday, August 3, 2025. GREGORIO BORGIA / AP Pope Leo... Read more »

Netanyahu asks ICRC for help after ‘profound shock’ of Gaza hostage videos

Israelis protest in support of Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, as they demand the end of the war in Gaza and release of all hostages, in Tel Aviv, August 3, 2025. SHIR... Read more »

Pope Leo XIV welcomes hundreds of thousands of young Catholics to Rome for the Holy Year youth festival

Pope Leo XIV arrives for a prayer vigil during the Jubilee of Youth at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, August 2, 2025. ALESSANDRO SARDO / AP Pope Leo XIV urged hundreds... Read more »