Prince Charles arrives in New Zealand for week-long visit

Britain's Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall Camilla arrived in New Zealand on Sunday for a week-long royal visit.
Medicines pose global environmental risk, experts warn
Residues from billions of doses of antibiotics, painkillers and antidepressants pose a significant risk to freshwater ecosystems and the global food chain, a new analysis said Thursday.
Three women drown rescuing dogs in Slovakia floods
Three women drowned in a flash flood as they tried to rescue dogs from an inundated animal shelter in central Slovakia, the prime minister said on Thursday.
Severe winter storms slamming Hokkaido
Weather officials warn that a winter-like atmospheric pressure pattern may bring blizzards to Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido through Saturday, and that transportation could be disrupted.
Israeli warplanes resume airstrikes on Gaza after rockets firing
 Israeli warplanes resumed airstrikes early Friday on facilities that belong to the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in response to new rockets fired into Israel.
Indonesia lifts tsunami alert following M7.1 quake
The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off Sulawesi Island in Indonesia early Friday. A tsunami alert was issued but later lifted.
Two students killed in California school shooting
A gunman opened fire at a high school in the US state of California on Thursday morning, leaving two students dead and three others wounded.