Mukesh Ambani prepares to hand $220 billion empire over
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has laid out plans to hand his sprawling business empire to his children, while insisting he has no intention of retiring any time soon.
Lion mauls man to death after he enters enclosure at Ghana zoo
A lion at Ghana's Accra Zoo mauled a man to death after he entered its enclosure over the weekend, the government said in a statement.
Solomon Islands to ban all foreign navy ships from ports pending new approval process
The Solomon Islands has suspended entry into its waters for foreign navy ships pending adoption of a new process for approval of port visits, the Prime Minister's office said on Tuesday, in a bid to better police its exclusive economic zones.
China arrests hundreds in rural banking scandal
Police in China have arrested 234 suspects allegedly involved in a rural banking scandal, a month after hundreds of depositors protested over their lost savings in one of the largest demonstrations the country has seen since the pandemic began.
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is now the world's third richest man
Gautam Adani was already Asia's richest man.
Fukushima town lifts evacuation order, allowing former residents to return 11 years after nuclear disaster
More than a decade after Japan's worst nuclear disaster, the town that hosts the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant finally lifted its evacuation order on Tuesday, allowing former residents to come home.
Scientists in Pombal, Portugal have discovered the remains of a sauropod, one of Europe's largest dinosaurs - known for their long necks and tails.
Greenland ice losses set to raise global sea levels by nearly a foot, new research shows
Widespread ice losses from Greenland have locked in nearly a foot of global sea level rise in the near future -- and new research suggests there is no way to stop it, even if the world stopped releasing planet-heating emissions today.
Colombia and Venezuela reestablish diplomatic relations
Colombia and Venezuela have reestablished diplomatic relations, in a tectonic shift in South American regional politics.