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Vice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's next president after Congress voted out President Pedro Castillo shortly after he dissolved the legislative body.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warning that the world is "on a highway to climate hell" and urged the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States, to work together to avert it.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be a major topic at this week's annual meeting of leaders at the United Nations.

From 2017 to 2021, Sir Mark Lowcock was the U.N.'s "relief chief," the world's most senior humanitarian official. He talks to NPR about what inspired him and why crises are getting worse.

Fast-moving thunderstorms with lightning and little rain are moving across Northern California and raising the risk of new wildfires in the drought-stricken region.

Some California lawmakers want to use taxpayer money to purchase water rights from farmers.

Two major California water agencies have settled a dispute that once threatened to derail a multi-state agreement to protect the Colorado River.

Firefighters have made more progress against a huge California forest fire that forced evacuations for thousands of people and destroyed 41 homes and other buildings near Yosemite National Park.

A fire in the Los Angeles suburb of Whittier broke out Thursday afternoon and gutted two homes but firefighters say they're getting a handle on it. Another blaze erupted above the community of Emerald Bay near Laguna Beach before dawn.

The African natural gas industry is booming as Europe looks to replace Russian supplies. But some worry new African gas projects don't make financial sense in a warming world.