Jan. 10, 2025 09:56 AM EST
Around the globe, Associated Press photographers in 2024 documented what scientists on Friday said was the hottest year on record, the latest in a long string of heat milestones that have been shattered in recent years as the burning of gas, coal and oil accelerate global warming.
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Jan. 09, 2025 13:21 PM EST
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Uruguay’s former guerilla-turned-president, José Mujica, announced on Thursday that the cancer in his esophagus had spread to his liver, and that he had chosen to forgo further treatment.
In what Mujica said would be his last interview, he told Busqueda,...
Jan. 05, 2025 14:58 PM EST
MIAMI (AP) — A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world's oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan.
Sister Inah Canabarro was so skinny growing up that many didn't think she would survive childhood, Cleber...