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PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images (EAST LONDON, South Africa) — More than a thousand people gathered in South Africa’s coastal town of East London on Wednesday to attend a funeral for 21 teenagers who died [Read More…]

PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Preparations are underway in South Africa’s coastal town of East London for Wednesday’s mass funeral service of 21 teenagers who died under mysterious circumstances at a bar last [Read More…]

Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency 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 [Read More…]

Kiran Ridley/Stringer via Getty Images (PARIS, FRANCE) — As construction crews race to meet the 2024 deadline set by French President Emmanuel Macron for the reopening of Notre-Dame, a jury chaired by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo [Read More…]

David Ramos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attending the World Cup in November? The Department of Homeland Security will be on hand to help make sure the soccer tournament is safe and secure, according to a senior department [Read More…]

GENYA SAVILOV/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…]

Mike Mattina/Getty Images (NEW YORK) – Brittney Griner appeared in a courtroom in Khimki, a suburb of Moscow, on Friday morning for the first day of the WNBA star’s trial in Russia, where she has been [Read More…]

Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the West has imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia, nearly crippling its economy and isolating it from all but a few allies. President Joe Biden [Read More…]

GENYA SAVILOV/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…]

Feng Li/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — When Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped off a high speed train into Hong Kong on Thursday to throngs of flag waving residents and a traditional lion dance performance, it [Read More…]

BENOIT PEYRUCQ/AFP via Getty Images (PARIS) — Wednesday marked the epilogue of a nearly 10-month-long and emotional trial for the Paris terror attacks of Nov. 13, 2015, with Salah Abdeslam — the only person directly [Read More…]

Henry Nicholls – Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the West has imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia, nearly crippling its economy and isolating it from all but a few [Read More…]

Peng Song/Getty Images (LONDON and PRETORIA) — The mysterious deaths of 21 teenagers at a popular nightclub in South Africa has swirled speculation and left many unanswered questions. The incident remains under investigation by South [Read More…]

Santiago Urquijo via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Americans head to crowded airports for a revival of European summer vacations, it looks like next year will be more expensive for those headed to the European [Read More…]

Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency 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 [Read More…]

Woohae Cho/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — A North Korean defector group in Seoul claimed on Tuesday to have launched air balloons carrying medical supplies near the inter-Korean border. The Fighters for Free North Korea, [Read More…]

Danielle Kiemel/Getty Images – FILE (LONDON) — Two women have been arrested in Thailand for allegedly attempting to smuggle at least 109 live animals in their luggage — including porcupines, armadillos, turtles, chameleons and snakes [Read More…]

John Shearer/Getty Images The Kid LAROI has been digitized for an all new augmented reality initiative that will see him performing virtually on Snapchat. The Australian singer wore a motion capture suit to choreograph the dance moves for his [Read More…]

Planet One Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — A Norwegian cruise ship has canceled its nine-night Alaskan trip after the ship crashed into an iceberg off of the Alaskan coast on [Read More…]

John Wreford/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (CAIRO, Egypt) — Ekhlas Helmy, 88, has spent decades waking up every morning to the scenery of the Nile flowing seamlessly beneath her houseboat, a stationary house moored to [Read More…]