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Tourist minibus plunges off cliff in Peru killing 4, injuring 16 others
Roman Delorme / EyeEm / Getty Images (LONDON) — A tourist bus fell off a cliff in Peru on Sunday night, killing four people and injuring 16, authorities said. The bus was traveling in the [Read More…]
Prince William, Kate’s children to attend new school outside of London
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images (LONDON) — A new era is beginning for Prince William and his family. Prince William and his wife, Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have chosen to move from Kensington Palace [Read More…]
Illegal weapons smuggling from US to Haiti surges: Officials
Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images (MIAMI) — U.S. authorities in South Florida are stepping up efforts to crackdown on a recent surge in weapons smuggling to Haiti and the Caribbean, according to Homeland Security officials. [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Air raid sirens sound across Ukraine
OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia shuts down gas pipeline to Europe for maintenance
OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
Ukrainian children’s book author imagines the war through their eyes
ABC News (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 and children’s book author Kateryna Yehorushkina decided that she would write a book to help the country’s children cope with the trauma of the [Read More…]
Severe European drought reveals sunken World War II warships on Danube River
Arpad Kurucz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (LONDON) — Europe’s scorching drought has revealed the hulks of dozens of German warships that became submerged during World War Two near Serbia’s river port town of Prahovo. [Read More…]
Napa Valley restaurant apologizes to South African musician Jonathan Butler after he said he was racially profiled
Erika Goldring/Getty Images (NAPA VALLEY, CA) — Famed California restaurant Goose & Gander has apologized to South African musician Jonathan Kenneth Butler after an incident over the weekend in which a manager followed the singer-songwriter [Read More…]
Nine-year-old Kabul street peddler finds temporary safe haven in kids cafe
ABC News (KABUL, Afghanistan) — /Nine-year-old Zarlasht says she cried when her mother first cut her hair. She says she felt uncomfortable in the clothes her older brothers lent her, but pulling the sweatshirt hood [Read More…]
‘Spanish Stonehenge’ has reemerged amid Europe’s sizzling drought
Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Spanish “stonehenge” has reemerged amid the country’s devastating drought, officials said. The historic marvel, officially called the Dolmen of Guadalperal, has only been visible four times, according [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Nuclear power plant workers reportedly told to stay home
ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Moscow refuses to create demilitarized zone around plant
ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Firefighter describes destruction after Kharkiv strikes
ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
Forest fires destroyed nearly 23 million acres of land in 2021, and it’s expected to get worse, experts say
Lucas Ninno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The planet continues to experience a massive loss in forest land as the world warms and allows severe wildfires to run rampant in regions spanning the globe. Overall, forest [Read More…]
Worker at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant warns of potential catastrophe
Westend61/Getty Images (ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine) — As Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, a worker there told ABC News he fears not only for the safety of his family [Read More…]
Pyongyang fires two cruise missiles as South Korean president marks 100th day in office
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired two cruise missiles on Wednesday as South Korea’s president marked his 100th day in office. Pyongyang has test-fired its missile system 19 times this year alone, [Read More…]
Former U.S. ambassador is ‘optimistic’ on Griner, Whelan prisoner exchange
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The saga of WNBA star Brittney Griner continued Monday after her attorneys filed an appeal over her conviction and nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession. The move comes as [Read More…]
A fatwa against author Salman Rushdie led to more than 30 years of terror: a timeline
Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (LONDON and CAIRO) — Since 1989, when the Iranian supreme leader of the time, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued an apostasy fatwa against the Indian-British Salman Rushdie, it has not been [Read More…]
Afghanistan one year later
Nava Jamshidi/Stringer via Getty Images (KABUL) — It’s exactly one year since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, barring most women from having jobs, and all girls from seeking more than a sixth [Read More…]
Meghan Markle to deliver keynote address at One Young World Summit in UK next month
Chris Jackson/Getty Images, FILE (LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are heading back to Europe in September. The couple, who support several charities, will attend the One Young World [Read More…]