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The impacts of climate change could shave up to seven percent off Kenya's economic output by 2050 compared to baseline forecasts, unless it adapts, the World Bank warned on Friday.

France's largest wildfire since 1949 has been brought under control, a minister said Saturday, more than a week since the fire erupted in a pine forest near the southwestern city of Bordeaux.

South Korea's baseball league cancelled two professional games Saturday to ensure the safety of players and fans in a heatwave.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wanted to "forgive" protesters who abused him during recent youth-led demonstrations that dealt a rare political setback to his government.

In California, repeated heat waves have sent Americans running to the beaches to seek relief, but more and more swimmers are finding themselves in troubled waters as strong waves whip the coast and fuel powerful rip currents.

The US federal government on Friday unveiled its plan for future management of the beleaguered Colorado River, with significant water reductions ahead for several western states in response to record-breaking droughts worsened by climate change.

Wall Street stocks charged higher Friday behind strong earnings from Amazon that offset the drag from higher US Treasury yields.

US petroleum giants ExxonMobil and Chevron released blowout profits Friday due to the Middle East war, as executives cautioned that elevated gasoline prices will probably continue to strain consumers.

Hungary's sole nuclear power plant will be shut down next week because of low water levels in the river Danube, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said Friday as central Europe slogs through the latest in a series of heatwaves.

Google announced a new feature allowing Google Earth users to generate AI visualizations on top of the service's satellite imagery, sparking concerns from researchers and open-source intelligence experts about the potential for disinformation.

Asian stock markets rallied Friday, led by a record surge of almost 18 percent for Seoul as technology firms performed a blistering recovery from an extended sell-off.

All three US Federal Reserve policymakers who dissented from the central bank's decision to keep interest rates steady earlier this week said Friday that rate hikes were needed now in order to avoid entrenched inflation.

Alarm is growing among German shipping and industry about low rainfall sapping major waterways, with one stretch of the Rhine briefly dipping to its previous record low on Friday.

New York's attorney general sued betting platform Kalshi on Friday, accusing it of running an illegal gambling operation in a case that could shed a spotlight on the lightly regulated and controversial world of prediction markets.

Commerzbank CEO Bettina Orlopp has called for the opening of talks with UniCredit regarding the German bank's future, deeming a "constructive dialogue" necessary after the Italian group secured nearly half of the voting rights.

US petroleum giants ExxonMobil and Chevron released blowout profits Friday, reflecting a major lift in business conditions from the Middle East war that easily offset negative effects at both companies.

Fornaro Legal announced the publication of new guidance designed to help business owners maintain accurate ownership records and governance documentation as their companies expand. The guidance outlines practical considerations for businesses preparing for investment, ownership transitions, strategic partnerships, or future acquisition opportunities.

Global stock markets rallied Friday, led by a record surge of almost 18 percent for Seoul as technology firms performed a blistering recovery from an extended sell-off.

BP has launched moves to sell its North Sea business, the British oil and gas giant announced Friday, as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces pressure to ease drilling restrictions in the area.

Greek firefighters faced another day of battling flames in high-risk conditions for new ignitions on Friday as France and Spain hoped for reprieve from massive infernos that blackened swathes of terrain.

BP has launched moves to sell its North Sea business, the British oil and gas giant announced Friday, as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces pressure to ease drilling restrictions in the area.

Ferocious AI-driven demand delivered quarterly net profit more than 45 times higher than last year's figure for Japanese chipmaker Kioxia, the company said Friday.

World football's governing body FIFA vowed on Friday to press ahead with an "open and democratic" consultation on a proposed private investment plan despite widespread opposition to the proposal.

China's factory activity unexpectedly slid in July, official data showed Friday, as leaders in the world's second-largest economy struggle to reignite domestic demand.

One recent day in Berlin, a few hundred Pride demonstrators with rainbow flags rallied in eastern Marzahn district, a sweep of communist-era residential blocs that is a hotspot of far-right AfD support.

South Korean stocks soared a record 17 percent Friday as global tech firms performed a blistering recovery from an extended sell-off, with beaten-down chip giant SK hynix rocketing more than a quarter as the AI boom roared back.

The last three elephants still in a traditional South African zoo entered their enclosure in single file, fruit and vegetables scattered on the ground to encourage natural foraging.

At a bustling factory in western India, technicians work around the clock to turn glass into hair-thin fibre-optic strands destined for data centres powering the global artificial intelligence boom.

US oil giants are set to report blowout profits Friday at a time when lofty gasoline prices are stressing consumers and exacerbating President Donald Trump's worries about upcoming midterm elections.

Amazon beat analysts' expectations on Thursday when it reported growth in overall revenue and sales, particularly in its cloud, artificial intelligence and chips divisions.

Wall Street stocks rebounded Thursday as blowout Microsoft results and moderating oil prices blunted worries about higher US Treasury yields.

Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday imposed a bar on foreigners who express "hate" toward the Latin American country, which he claims is the target of a sinister campaign.