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Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Image: Reuters)The missile firing comes two days after North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea on its opposite coast on…

OSLO: A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland, near the capital Reykjavik, following intense earthquake activity in the area, the country's Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Monday (Jul 10). "At the moment,…

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Against the ravaging seas, Quebec's coastal communities have learned through bitter experience that the way to advance against climate change is to retreat.Over the past decade, civilization has been pulled back from the water's edge where…

There were so many birds flying over Ontario's Long Point peninsula on Sunday that they appeared as a massive doughnut on American weather radar in Buffalo, N.Y.The image has been captured and shared widely on social media — a sign of the…

ODESA, Ukraine — Russian warships patrol Crimea’s coasts and Russian warplanes fly from its territory, transformed by eight years of occupation into a fortress. President Vladimir V. Putin has called Crimea a “sacred place,” Russia’s “holy…

Archeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city filled with palaces, pyramids and plazas on a construction site of what will become an industrial park near Merida, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.The site, called Xiol, has…

The Islamic State announced its claim of Wednesday's attack in Egypt in a statement carried by its Aamaq news agency. (Image: AP Photo, File)The authenticity of the statement could not be verified but it was released on Telegram, as similar…

After asking residents of a community in the northern coast of the Gaspé Peninsula to hunker indoors for nearly 24 hours after the sighting of a polar bear, provincial police say it's now safe to go outside. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ)…

By 2070, the glaciers on the Olympic Peninsula, in Washington State, will have largely disappeared, said Andrew G. Fountain, professor of geology and geography at Portland State University, who led a team of researchers on the subject.…