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Dawam Syah / 500px/Getty Images (RUSSIA) — A Russian cosmonaut became the first person to spend a cumulative 1,000 days in space, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos announced Wednesday. Oleg Kononenko, 59, reached the record while [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK (LONDON) — Six people, including the alleged gunman, have been arrested in connection with a shooting Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, that injured a [Read More…]

the_burtons/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — This year’s World Environment Day comes with a sobering reminder about the severity of global warming, according to climate experts. New climate warnings were announced Wednesday, including that the planet [Read More…]

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]

Buena Vista Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, Mexico’s election institute said early Monday. “For [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A North Korean official on Sunday vowed that the secretive country would stop floating trash-carrying balloons over the border into South Korea, but warned that the campaign may resume if [Read More…]

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK (LONDON) — Sudanese army leaders are rejecting peace talks with the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group following U.S Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s call with Sudanese Army Chief General Abdel Fattah [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK (ZIMBABWE) — A remarkable fossil finding in Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe has led to a new dinosaur species being named by researchers: Musankwa sanyatiensis. The fossilized remains of the species’ single [Read More…]

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]

Smoke rises near a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in the area of Tel al-Sultan in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 30, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea and LONDON) — Around 260 air balloons carrying bags of manure and trash have been spotted across South Korea on Wednesday after they were sent over the border from North [Read More…]

DuKai photographer/Getty Images (LONDON) — A person has died after being sucked up into the running turbine engine of a plane at Amsterdam’s international airport, officials said. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines made the announcement on [Read More…]

Another volcanic eruption is seen from a helicopter flight Landhelgisgasla Islands for the fifth time since December on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland on May 29, 2024. (Almannavarnadeild/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]

Khames Alrefi/ Getty Images (RAFAH, GAZA) — World Central Kitchen (WCK) said it has paused its operations in Rafah due to “ongoing attacks” by Israeli forces as aid organizations warned the humanitarian response is on [Read More…]

Niharika Kulkarni/ Getty Images (NEW DELHI, INDIA) — One of the hottest countries on Earth has recorded its highest temperature ever. India recorded a temperature of 52.3 degrees Celsius — or about 126 degrees Fahrenheit [Read More…]

A mural of Hind Rajab, the 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza, along with several family members and paramedics, by artist Emmalene Blake in Dublin, May 15, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA Images via Getty [Read More…]

Voters queue outside a polling station in Juju Valley, Polokwane, on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. (Paul Botes/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON and PRETORIA, South Africa) — Millions of South Africans are [Read More…]