Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, whose country is hosting the COP29 climate summit this week, lashed out at Western media and climate activists on Tuesday for criticizing his country’s oil and gas industries.

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The California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies published research this week that showed China has constructed a prototype nuclear reactor that could fit aboard a large surface vessel - a sign that China is making progress toward building a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

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A police officer from the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas faces a murder charge for his role in the killing of an underage teenager he allegedly mistook for a gunman. He and five other officers are also charged with planting evidence to cover up the incident.

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The office of the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a federal watchdog agency, revealed in its regular report that China has held more than 200 meetings with Taliban terrorists since their return to power, Afghanistan's Tolo News reported this weekend.

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On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) stated that “the Biden administration demonstrated incompetence in managing the migrant crisis,” President Joe Biden “had the unilateral ability to issue an executive order restricting migration at the border, and he waited two-and-a-half years,” because the order “was unpopular among far-left elites who have outsized power over the policymaking and messaging of the Democratic Party.” Torres said, “[O]n the subject of immigration, there was genuine political malpractice. Since 2022, there has been an unprecedented wave of migration, whose impact was felt, not only at the border, but in cities like New York, where the shelter system and our municipal finances were completely overwhelmed. … Despite clear signs of popular discontent, it took the Biden administration two-and-a-half years to issue an executive order restricting migration at the border, and by then it was too late. The Republicans had won the issue, had weaponized it against us. And when the President issued the executive order, polling revealed that it was popular among the American people, among people from every racial category, blacks and whites, Latinos and Asians. So, if it was effective at reducing migration at the border and if it was

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Donald Trump and the Republicans have a mandate for new economic policy.

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One of the leading contenders to be Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary cut his teeth in the belly of the beast: George Soros's hedge fund.

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Officials in New York City have quietly told hundreds of migrants that the city will stop funding hotels in upstate Albany in December.

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Caitlin Clark took more than her fair share of verbal abuse during the WNBA season. Now, even though the season has long since passed, she's still taking abuse.

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A federal judge sentenced Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member, to prison after he pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine.

The Supreme Court dealt a major legal blow to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Tuesday, refusing to move the Georgia election interference charges against him to federal court.

The three 1980s staples are new National Toy Hall of Fame inductees. Hess Toy Trucks, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the trampoline, and balloons were among the finalists.

Authorities say Nicholas Hamlett killed a man in Tennessee in an attempt to steal his identity, and reported it to police as a bear attack. He was arrested in South Carolina after a weekslong manhunt.

The new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked Tuesday. The judge said the law is "unconstitutional on its face."

Congress reconvenes this week with a top priority: electing the leaders of each chamber. Here's a look at the contenders. And, top priorities for Trump's Justice Department.

Wildfires have been raging in New York and New Jersey. People in some areas have been asked to prepare for possible evacuations.

Sharks less likely to interact as LED lights get brighter

Solar storms have the ability to harm astronauts and force massive blackouts

From the formation of inner ear bones to the rise of hair to cover our bodies, these developments made us distinct from other animals

The pathogen takes over the brains of its hosts and controls them for its own sinister ends

The storm decimated a region rich with dozens of species already struggling with habitat loss and disease

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space telescopes

By inoculating greenhouse na’u seedlings with mycorrhizal fungi, researchers hope to boost survival odds when the plants are returned to the wild

The science about whether mental health conditions can spread socially is uncertain, but exposure to an affected peer can drive awareness

From the busy cities to ocean waters, our need to illuminate the world has had some strange and tragic consequences

With no conclusive laboratory results, researchers are turning to other methods to find the elusive substance

Humans perfected how to identify wild animals over millennia, and now biologists are rediscovering the exceptional worth of the tracks and marks left behind

Though technically not a planet, it has as rich geology as any of its planetary siblings in the solar system

From fish smoothies to oral antibiotics, researchers are taking matters into their own hands in a radical effort to save New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguins

Latex balloons designed to collect high-altitude data can become a threat after they burst

A small team of local scientists are fighting rapid industrialization, misinformation and more to save Europe’s iconic cat

The huge spacecraft is headed toward the icy moon Europa, where it will use an array of instruments to survey for geologic activity, magnetism and more

An ecologist’s long walks and detailed observations allowed him to chronicle the shifts in an iconic habitat and grow a once-overlooked branch of science

Here's how the aerial acrobats are able to survive on a nearly all-sugar diet, fly higher than many helicopters can and migrate over the open ocean

Growing research indicates a pregnant woman’s stress level and overall mental well-being can affect fetal and child development, yet access to prenatal mental health care remains inadequate

While other bears battled over fish in a prime spot, Otis would sit off to the side and wait for the fish to come to him. But so far this year, he hasn’t been spotted in Katmai National Park and Preserve

Researchers suspect the marine mammals may have been communicating across the vast distance

New studies suggest smoke from western megafires may be damaging bird health and leading to strange behavior

From Aldebaran to Vega, these gleaming beacons dazzle Northern Hemisphere viewers at various times of the year and provide a useful entry point into amateur astronomy

Despite their often dangerous stings, these creatures create serene scenes as they float through the deep sea

Computer scientist and meteorologist Amy McGovern has studied the technology for two decades, and she weighs in with some answers

Fluff and fuzz helped the creatures keep warm, blend in and communicate

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit

Many offbeat research efforts were doomed to fail, from atomic subways to a city under the ice.

Scientists continue to learn new things about the planet, its sweeping rings and its many moons

More blazes break out where wild land and urban areas overlap.

It's not the reach of a fire that matters most; it's the speed. Understanding this can help society better prepare.

A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted before dawn into the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast.

A collaboration between a space company and a fashion company yields something elegant.

In his latest book, The Blue on Fire: Hawaii, photographer Enzo Barracco hopes to inspire the world to protect the ocean.