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Winemaker discovers approximately 40,000-year-old mammoth bones in cellar
Yannik Merkl (GOBELSBURG, Austria) — While renovating his wine cellar, a man in Austria made a discovery far older than a vintage bottle of Merlot. Instead, he discovered a rare collection of mammoth bones, believed [Read More…]

Why British PM Rishi Sunak called snap election for July 4, according to expert
Henry Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for a snap general election in the United Kingdom on July 4, despite having until January of next year to [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel expands operations into central Rafah: IDF
Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between [Read More…]

Kenyan mountaineer dies on Everest as he attempts to summit without supplemental oxygen
Tents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 18, 2024. (Purnima Shrestha/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Kenyan mountaineer Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, who went [Read More…]

Ukrainian colonel presses for more US arms as his brigade battles Russian onslaught: Reporter’s notebook
ABC News (NEAR KHARKIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s 57th Motorized Brigade is one infantry unit among many battling the new Russian offensive North of Kharkiv, and it was also amongst the first to engage the Russians [Read More…]

UNRWA suspends aid to Rafah citing ‘insecurity, lack of supplies’ amid Israel-Hamas war
Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries in the southern border city [Read More…]

Twenty in ICUs after deadly turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight, Bangkok officials say
Officials enter the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER airplane parked on the tarmac at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on May 22, 2024. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images) (HONG KONG and LONDON) — Twenty passengers were [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Three European countries to recognize Palestinian state
Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between [Read More…]

Pentagon: Russia likely launched counter space weapon into low Earth orbit last week
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder holds a press conference at the Pentagon on Oct. 31, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The United States has assessed that Russia [Read More…]

One dead, six critically injured amid ‘severe’ turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight, carrier says
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (LONDON) — One person died and dozens of others were left injured after a Singapore Airlines flight encountered “severe” turbulence, the airline said in a social media post. The Boeing 777-300ER departed [Read More…]

What to know about Turks and Caicos’ strict gun laws after US tourists charged with possessing ammunition
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The plight of multiple Americans charged with bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos has drawn attention to the islands’ strict gun laws. Those convicted under the firearms ordinance of possessing [Read More…]

Andrew Tate, ‘King of Toxic Masculinity,’ faces 3 legal cases in 2 countries
DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — He claims to be the pinnacle of masculinity. Andrew Tate — “Top G.” The former kickboxer in the last four years has flooded social media, taking over newsfeeds, [Read More…]

1 dead, 7 critically injured amid ‘severe’ turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight, carrier says
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (LONDON) — One person is dead and dozens others injured after a Singapore Airlines flight encountered “severe” turbulence, the airline said in a social media post. The Boeing 777-300ER departed London’s Heathrow [Read More…]

‘Hit Job’: ICC prosecutor seeking arrest warrants for Israeli leaders is ‘absurd,’ Netanyahu says
ABC News (LONDON) — A plan by an International Criminal Court prosecutor to apply for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders is “absurd,” casting a “terrible stain” on the court, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. [Read More…]

One dead amid ‘severe’ turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight, carrier says
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (LONDON) — One person was dead and several others injured after a Singapore Airlines flight encountered “severe” turbulence, the airline said in a social media post. The Boeing 777-300ER departed London’s Heathrow [Read More…]

US delegation travels to Turks and Caicos after five tourists detained over ammunition
A United States Congressional delegation meets with government officials in Turks and Caicos, May 20, 2024. (Turks and Caicos Islands, Governor’s Office/Facebook) (NEW YORK) — A Congressional delegation traveled to Turks and Caicos over the [Read More…]

France releases scratch-and-sniff postage stamps that smell like French baguettes
La Poste (LONDON) — France’s postal service is expected to raise quite a bit of dough after releasing a brand new scratch-and-sniff stamp that smells like a baguette with just over two months to go [Read More…]

American mistakenly accused of involvement in Democratic Republic of Congo coup attempt
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. national has been mistakenly accused of involvement in last weekend’s attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cole Patrick Ducey, an engineer living in Eswatini, told ABC [Read More…]

Haiti’s Port-au-Prince airport reopens for first time since country hit with gang violence
KeithBinns/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Haiti’s Port-au-Prince airport has been reopened after being closed for nearly three months after unprecedented gang violence forced it to close, effectively sealing the capital city off from the rest [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Biden says what’s happening in Gaza ‘is not genocide’
Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ride with their belongings in the back of a truck, as they arrive to take shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central part of the Palestinian [Read More…]