Countdown begins to discover where Columbus came from
<p>MADRID — Was Christopher Columbus really from Genoa, in Italy? Or was he Spanish? Or, as some other theories have it, was he Portuguese...
Protected areas cover a sixth of Earth’s land and freshwater
WASHINGTON — Roughly a sixth of the planet’s land and freshwater area now lies within protected or conservation areas, according to a United Nations...
WarnerMedia to offer $10 ad-supported tier of HBO Max
<p>WarnerMedia is rolling out a $10-a-month ad supported version of its HBO Max streaming service starting in June.</p>
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Energy agency: End new fossil fuel supply investments
BERLIN — A report by the International Energy Agency says immediate action is needed to reshape the world's energy sector in order to meet...
Poland’s main Belchatow power plant crippled by outage
<p>WARSAW, Poland — Energy experts were working Tuesday to restore full operations at Poland’s biggest power plant, the lignite coal-fueled Belchatow, after an energy...
Tiny bats put kibosh on power line tree-cutting for 2 months
PORTLAND, Maine — Tree-cutting on a key stretch of a power line in western Maine is going to stop almost as soon as it...
Dubai police warn ‘wild cat’ stalks residential neighborhood
<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai police Tuesday warned inhabitants of a residential neighborhood in the skyscraper-studded city that a “wild cat" was loose...
Poland’s main Belchatow power plant crippled by outage
WARSAW, Poland — Energy experts were working Tuesday to restore full operations at Poland’s biggest power plant, the lignite coal-fueled Belchatow, after an energy...
Report says Myanmar internet a ‘virtual battlefield’
<p>BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military rulers are seeking to limit access to the internet to an internal network of only “whitelisted” sites to quash opposition...
Dubai police warn ‘wild cat’ stalks residential neighborhood
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai police Tuesday warned inhabitants of a residential neighborhood in the skyscraper-studded city that a “wild cat" was loose...