JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak and which is stuck of the coast of Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board was waiting Wednesday to head to Spain’s Canary Islands. Meanwhile, health authorities in South Africa and Switzerland identified a of...

BEIJING (AP) — China's foreign minister on Wednesday called for a comprehensive ceasefire in the Iran war, in comments that could inject new energy into stalled efforts to end the two-month conflict between the United States and Iran. Wang Yi said his country was “deeply distressed” by the U...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U. S. adults say the United States is no longer a great place for immigrants, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as about one-third of Americans report knowing someone impacted by the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement. A new survey from The Associated...

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly gained on Wednesday and oil prices fell as hopes rose for progress in ending the war with Iran. France's CAC 40 added 1. 6% to 8,192. 68, while the Germany DAX rose 1. 5% to 24,767. 57. Britain's FTSE 100 surged 1. 9% to 10,408. 98. U. S. futures gained 0. 6%. a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trees are countering nearly half the urban heating from pavement and buildings in the world's cities, but they're not doing enough cooling in hotter, poorer cities where it's needed the most as the world warms, a new study found. When averaged out over all the world’s cities,...