Long Island Newsday: World

Schools closed across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and France's president warned of a "very explosive" situation in the territory, after protests against COVID-19 rules and vaccinations descended into days of rioting and looting.

Milton Andrew Munson's obituary recalled his life as an Air Force veteran, a pharmacist, husband and father, and as a Nebraska football fan

A multimillionaire dog named Gunther VI is selling his Miami mansion that was once owned by Madonna

Austria will go into a national lockdown to contain a fourth wave of coronavirus cases, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Friday, as new COVID-19 infections hit a record high amid a pandemic surge across Europe.

Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world's population.

As the two leaders prepare to hold their first presidential meeting, the troubled U.S.-China relationship is demonstrating that the power of one of Biden's greatest professed strengths as a politician — the ability to connect — has its limits.

The world's top carbon polluters, China and the United States, agreed Wednesday to increase their cooperation and speed up action to rein in climate-damaging emissions, signaling a mutual effort on global warming at a time of tension over their other disputes.

Tens of thousands of climate activists marched through the Scottish city hosting the UN climate summit, physically close to the global negotiators inside but separated by a vast gulf in expectations.

Italy has pledged to defend the name of the popular sparkling wine Prosecco as Croatia petitions the EU to allow its winemakers to call their sweet dessert wine Prosek.  

Instead of a message in a bottle, it was the decals on a trash can that tell the story of a 3,500-mile voyage, from South Carolina to Ireland