Officials in Indonesia say a passenger ship carrying hundreds of people has caught fire at sea off Sulawesi island.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels have signed a declaration of principles for a permanent ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ethnic tensions and quest for rich minerals have resulted ...

Russia is open to peace with Ukraine, but achieving “our goals” remains a priority, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday, days after U.S. President Donald Trump gave Moscow a 50-day deadline to ...

In the race to develop AI, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water, which has led to problems for people ...

To avoid scrutiny, companies are asking for fewer trainings focused on race and gender and more on neurodivergence and ...

Where does the water from a home come from? It is important to gauge the climate vulnerability of a property, which includes ...

Discomfort can came from what some call “tech neck.” Experts say it’s not necessarily one position that is a problem, but the ...

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Local scene Current bestsellers from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Hardcover fiction . 1. Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid. 2. My Friends, Fredrik Backman. 3. The E ...

Over 24 hours after a tanker truck crashed into a tributary of the Elwha River, the fallout remained murky — for salmon, ...

The two County Council members, both progressive Democrats, are facing off in the first open race for county executive since ...

Will the Sonics ever return? The carrot has been dangling perpetually for Seattle hoops fans, but after more than a decade ...