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At global climate negotiations, developing countries say they're being devastated by a problem they didn't cause. So they're looking for compensation for the losses and damage from climate change.

Case in point: India, which reported 481,000 COVID-19 deaths in 2020 and 2021. The World Health Organization found 4.74 million deaths there either directly or indirectly attributable to the pandemic.

More people are living in West Michigan. That’s according to new numbers released from the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday.Ottawa, Kent and Allegan counties…

Carter leaves behind a legacy of tackling diseases affecting the poor in remote areas — notably Guinea worm disease. "He really put Guinea worm and other neglected tropical diseases on the map," says Adam Weiss of the Carter Center.

The Exilarte Center in Vienna is the world's leading research institution devoted to preserving the work of composers such as Walter Arlen and others, who were exiled or killed during the Holocaust.

After nearly two years of living in sweats in the shadow of a pandemic, people — and fashion designers and brands — are ready to step out and catch the light.

LaQuedra Edwards had put $40 into a lottery vending machine at a supermarket in Los Angeles when "some rude person" bumped into her, causing her to buy a different lottery ticket than she intended.

The charity Oxfam has issued a new report on hunger and climate change. In countries most severely affected, the number of people experiencing acute hunger has doubled in just 6 years.

Groups are urging the new president to order security forces to cease use of force against protesters who have been demonstrating against the government over the economic crisis.

Scholars dismiss the Russian leader's claims as a "mythical use of history." For one: Ukraine overwhelmingly elected a Jewish president, and has a relatively small right-wing movement.