France plans $800M makeover for the Louvre, Mona Lisa's overcrowded home

Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American visitors will have to help pay for it.

• Feb 7

USAID shutdown ripples worldwide: "Huge impact on actual human lives"

Grassroots groups around the world have lost funding for a range of humanitarian projects, including medical aid and fighting human trafficking.

• Feb 6

"Narco sub" loaded with 5,000 pounds of cocaine seized off Colombian coast

Officials said a total of 111 bundles were found, containing 2,276 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of about $76 million.

• Feb 6

U.S. service member, 3 defense contractors killed in plane crash

Officials are investigating after a small plane crash in the Philippines left four dead.

• Feb 6

102 venomous snakes found in homeowner's backyard in Australia

An animal rescue service in Australia expected to remove four red-bellied snakes from the backyard of a Sydney home. Instead, they uncovered more than 100.

• Feb 6

Fury in India over U.S. deportees allegedly being leg-chained on flight

Indian lawmakers have voiced rage over the U.S. allegedly flying dozens of deportees halfway around the world in handcuffs and leg chains.

• Feb 6

U.K. firm finds way to turn damaging greenhouse gas into useful products

Methane is one of the climate-damaging gases emitted by industry, but a British firm has found a way to give it a major makeover.

• Feb 6

Panama's president rejects U.S. claim of a deal for free canal passage

Panama's president says the State Department's claim of an agreement granting U.S. warships free canal passage was "based on a falsity. And that's intolerable."

• Feb 6

Investigation targets online groups accused of child sex abuse, torture

Two men have been arrested for their roles in what authorities called "extremist" online communities.

• Feb 6

What Rubio told U.S. diplomats about the future of foreign aid, as most programs paused

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told U.S. diplomats behind closed doors about how foreign aid will be distributed by the Trump administration.

• Feb 6

Cocaine "no worse than whiskey," Colombia's president says

Cocaine "is no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whose nation is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter.

• Feb 6

One of Europe's most-wanted fugitives spotted at religious service

Jos Leijdekkers — also known as "Omar Sheriff" and "Chubby Jos" — is accused of trafficking cocaine and ordering a murder.

• Feb 6

January 2025 was hottest January on record despite factors working against it

The world set yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly U.S., a cooling La Nina​​ and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, the European climate service Copernicus says.

• Feb 6

Scientists say they've produced world's first IVF kangaroo embryo

Australia-based scientists say they've produced the world's first kangaroo embryo through IVF and hailed it as a key step toward saving endangered marsupials.

• Feb 6

Aid workers warn Trump's aid freeze could hit Sudan's starving children

Sudan's civil war is starving millions of civilians, who rely largely on foreign aid that has come from the U.S. more than anywhere else.

• Feb 6

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