(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. ranking for gender equality worldwide fell significantly over the past year due to a widening gap in political empowerment and health outcomes between men and women, according to a study released on Tuesday by the World Economic Forum. The report, which assesses equity between men…
(NEW YORK) -- Andrew Tate, the influencer detained in December by Romanian officials, has been charged with rape, human trafficking and creating an organized crime group, local prosecutors said in a statement on Tuesday. Tate faces the charges along with his brother, Tristan, another internet personality, and two other women,…
(BERLIN) -- Nearly six million people have fled Ukraine since Russian forces invaded the country nearly 16 months ago, according to the UN Refugee Agency. Among those millions were a handful of refugees who spoke to ABC News' Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts in Berlin to share how they…
(PARIS) -- Police were searching offices associated with organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday as part of two financial investigations, French officials said. "A police search is currently underway at the headquarters of the Organising Committee," the Paris 2024 committee, COJOP, said in a statement. "Paris 2024 is…
(NEW YORK) -- The United States Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defense Force called off its search on Sunday for an American free diver who went missing off the coast of Bimini, Bahamas. Ryan Proulx, 31, was last seen near the Bimini Barge Wreck on Friday, a diving location roughly…
(NEW YORK) -- Climate change is taking a major human, economic and environmental toll in Europe, which has now been dubbed the fastest warming continent of the world, according to a new report. Europe has been warming twice as much as the global average since the 1980s, the report, released…
(BEIJING) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, concluding a high-stakes visit. An official with the U.S. Department of State confirmed that Blinken would meet with Xi at 4:30 p.m. local time just an hour beforehand. The meeting comes amid…
(MEXICO CITY) -- When responding to the scene where two American tourists were found dead in their luxury hotel room in Mexico this week, paramedics told ABC News that they began to feel "intoxication symptoms such as hypoxia and racing heartbeat." The paramedics said they decided to leave because they…
(NEW YORK) -- At least 15 people are dead and 10 injured in a "mass casualty collision" that occurred Thursday on a highway in Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. The crash happened on the Trans-Canada Highway between a semi-trailer truck and a bus near the town of Carberry in…
(BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, Mexico) -- Two Americans were found dead in their luxury hotel room in Baja California Sur, Mexico, local police told ABC News. Police and paramedics arrived at the Hotel Rancho Pescadero in El Pescadero around 9 p.m. local time Tuesday and found a man and a woman…
