Kids, pregnant women among 27 migrants killed crossing English Channel

France's interior minister says pregnant women and children are among at least 27 migrants killed trying to cross the English Channel in a small boat that sank.

Bulgaria bus crash: Dozen children among at least 45 dead

A bus carrying people home from a tourist trip crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria early Tuesday, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.

Call between IOC, Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai raises more questions

A video call between the head of the International Olympic Committee and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was meant to reassure the world that she was safe — but instead has raised more questions.

Austria's nationwide lockdown begins, with COVID-19 vaccine mandate looming

The new lockdown measures kicked in Monday a day after many Austrians hurriedly enjoyed a last day out at coffeehouses and Christmas markets across the country.

Mask-wearing cuts new COVID-19 cases by 53%, global studies suggest

A team reviewed the results of several studies worldwide and said findings suggest that mask-wearing was found to reduce new COVID-19 cases by more than half.

17 dead, dozens missing after heavy rains flood southern India

Authorities in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh say at least 17 people have died and dozens are reported missing after days of heavy rains.

Blinken arrives in Kenya to boost US response to regional crises

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his first official visit to Africa in Kenya amid worsening crises in neighboring Ethiopia and Sudan.

US to invest billions in COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing to boost world supply

The Biden administration is making billions of dollars available to drugmakers to scale up domestic production of COVID-19 vaccines to share with the world.

Pfizer signs deal to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill

Pfizer has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill in an effort to expand access.

Biden-Xi meeting: Leaders try to tamp down US-China tension with summit

President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping held a more than three-hour virtual talk, concluding that they need to tread carefully amid fraught competition.

Liverpool explosion: UK says taxi blast was a bomb, raises threat level

U.K. police say an explosion in a taxi outside a Liverpool hospital that killed the suspected bombmaker is being treated as a terrorist incident.

Former Japanese princess arrives in US with commoner husband

Mako Komuro, the Japanese princess who gave up her royal status to marry her commoner college sweetheart, has arrived in New York.

Glasgow Climate Pact: UN official satisfied with 'good compromise'

U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa was not happy with a last-minute fight over coal that ended in a compromise at the Glasgow climate talks. Still, she's satisfied, calling the final Glasgow Climate Pact a good compromise.

COP26: Nations make climate deal in Glasgow with coal compromise

Government negotiators from nearly 200 countries have adopted a new deal Saturday at the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow on climate action.

COP26: Climate talks soften stance on fossil fuel phaseout

Negotiators at the U.N. climate summit appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely.