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Interpol announces that more than 200 people have been arrested and more than US$1.6 billion of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals seized as part of a two-month operation against narcotics trafficking conducted across Europe, North America, and Africa.
2024-07-30

Researchers announce the discovery the "Lokiceratops rangiformis", a dinosaur species named after the Norse god Loki, in North America. The findings are published in the journal "PeerJ".
2024-06-20

A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs, with the full moon dimming slightly as it passes through the Earth's penumbral shadow. It is visible from most of North America, the Pacific Ocean, parts of East Asia, and New Zealand.
2020-11-30

Eleven countries in Asia, North America, Oceania, and South America sign the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
2018-03-8

Biologists have determined that the only 'true' species of wolf in North America is the gray wolf while the red wolf is a wolf hybridized with a coyote.
2016-07-27

Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America, officially regains its original Alaska Native name through an executive order issued by American President Barack Obama. Previously, since 1917, it had been known as Mount McKinley.
2015-08-31

People in North America, Australia, western South America and parts of East Asia will be able to see a lunar eclipse today.
2014-10-8

First-person shooter video game "Modern Warfare 3", published by Activision, sells over 6.5 million copies in North America and United Kingdom, setting a new record.
2011-11-11

According to scientists, one million little brown bats ("Myotis lucifugus") have contracted white nose syndrome (WNS) and died in North America.
2010-08-6

Most flights between Europe and North America face delays today.
2010-05-8