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A group of tourists fell in a Venice canal when their gondola capsized after they reportedly ignored orders to stop taking selfies.

The decision to release the movie profiling the American scientist follows criticism that the film largely ignored the impact of the bombings that killed more than 200,000 people in Japan. (Image credit: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images)

A newly discovered pathway between the heart and brain can cause fainting, at least in mice. (Image credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

With a record number of oil, gas and coal representatives at this year’s COP28 climate talks, climate scientists worry industry influence could water down language on fossil fuels. (Image credit: Giuseppe Cacace /AFP via Getty Images)

Since the collapse of nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington in 2019, analysts see a major shift in North Korea’s foreign relations. It has turned increasingly to Moscow. (Image credit: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images)

A new WSJ poll shows the former U.N. ambassador, who was the focus of attention on Wednesday night’s stage, has edged into second place behind Trump.

The U.S. said Israel should create safe zones to minimize civilian deaths from Israeli airstrikes. But Palestinians and international aid groups say the zones have been inadequate or nonexistent. (Image credit: Anas Baba/NPR)

The UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai is witnessing “a last gasp from the fossil fuel industry,” according to German Development Minister Svenja Schulze. “But ultimately, the oil countries themselves have long known that their business model will disappear and

China became the first country to begin operating a fourth-generation nuclear power plant, placing it at the cutting edge of atomic power just as climate change is bringing it back into vogue.