Heavyweight global investment firms are sticking with China despite a sweeping crackdown on business by the ruling Communist Party that has wiped $3 trillion off the market value of the country's biggest companies.

China's big tech players across the board -- from e-commerce platforms to ride-hailing companies to video game firms to education tech groups -- have been targeted by government regulation. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout looks at how Beijing's master plan for its tech sector is emerging from the ongoing tech takedown.

US Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry said in remarks released Tuesday that he is confident the world's largest fossil fuel emitters will ultimately decarbonize. But President Joe Biden's top international climate official warned we're quickly running out of time.

A number of stunning entries to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition have been released, including images of an Iberian lynx framed in a doorway, cheetahs swimming in a raging river and blood dripping from the muzzle of a lioness.

An oil spill that originated from Syria's largest refinery is growing and spreading across the Mediterranean Sea, and could reach the island of Cyprus by Wednesday, Cypriot authorities have said.

The Puglia region envelops the "heel" of the boot-shaped Italian peninsula. Laden with olive groves, surrounded by clear, sparkling water and speckled with charming, historic towns and villages, its rustic appeal has made it an increasingly popular destination for tourists.

A gang of armed robbers in Brazil carried out a series of deadly bank heists using human shields strapped to their getaway cars on Monday.

Authorities in the French capital of Paris are forcing drivers to slow down, setting a speed limit on almost all the city's roads, in a bid to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

The renovation of a historical monument in India's Punjab state where British troops once killed hundreds of men, women and children has sparked furious debate and concerns over the "Disneyfication" of history.

Genetics researchers who have been watching for new coronavirus variants say they've seen a troubling new lineage that carries many of the same hallmarks as other strains, including Alpha, Beta and Gamma.