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Nearly two dozen children were killed last month during protests in Iran, according to a new report by a human rights watchdog that accuses the country’s security forces of targeting young people “with absolute impunity.” [Read More]

Two-time winning kākāpō absent from annual poll amid concerns the parrot may take the spotlight from less charismatic birds [Read More]

Israeli-Russian billionaire Yuri Milner said on Monday he has renounced his Russian citizenship after leaving the country in 2014. [Read More]

"I can promise you those children were her world, and if there was any inkling of danger, she would have never had those dogs near her kids," Canfield told the outlet. "Those children were everything to them, and they just have a really long journey ahead." [Read More]

Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in their water department quietly lowered fluoride levels nearly four years ago, giving rise to worries about their children’s dental health and transparent government — and highlighting the enduring misinformation around water fluoridation. [Read More]

The mother of a teenage girl who died during protests in Iran has accused authorities of murdering her daughter. [Read More]

Many were hoping Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson could be a potential rock for America, but instead, the beloved actor and businessman intends to be a rock for his daughters. [Read More]

A fire has damaged the enigmatic statues on Easter Island, with some of the charring said to be irreparable. [Read More]

Indian air force searches for remainder of group consisting of 34 mountaineering trainees and seven instructors [Read More]

"I had some reasons I just couldn't stay in that marriage anymore," the 58-year-old philanthropist said in an interview. "But the odd thing about Covid is that it gave me the privacy to do what I needed to do." [Read More]

Tianqiuping-style porcelain sells for nearly 4,000 times its estimated value after buyers are convinced it is a rare artefact [Read More]

Iranian security forces arrested a woman after a photo of her and another woman eating at a Tehran restaurant without their head scarves was widely circulated online, her family said Friday. The photo emerged Wednesday showing the two women having breakfast at a cafe that, like most coffeehouses in Iran, is traditionally patronized by men. [Read More]

Queen Elizabeth II died of old age, according to extracts from her death certificate. [Read More]

From the Middle East, Europe and across the United States, women around the globe have shown solidarity with Iranian women’s plight in rallies and demonstrations. Some have also cut or shaved their hair in public or while being filmed. [Read More]

Their abductors are demanding a ransom [Read More]

The US says it will ease internet curbs on Iran to counter Tehran's clampdown on protests which were sparked by a woman's death in police custody. [Read More]

Vladimir Putin's "partial mobilization" of citizens for his war in Ukraine has already set in motion sweeping changes for many Russians, as drafted men bid their families emotional goodbyes, while others attempt to flee, scrambling to make it across land border crossings or buy air tickets out. [Read More]

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol has acknowledged the country's stalking laws are insufficient and has ordered the Justice Ministry to strengthen them. [Read More]

Around 200 whales have died and just 35 remain alive following a mass stranding in Australia this week, rescue teams say. [Read More]

Western nations have condemned Moscow's plans to hold urgent so-called referendums in parts of Ukraine that are currently under Russian contr [Read More]

Researchers in China have cloned a wild Arctic wolf -- and they're hoping the controversial genetic technology can now be used to help save other species under threat as the world edges toward an extinction crisis. [Read More]

Blake Lively decided that if anyone was going to share her pregnancy photos it was going to be her. [Read More]

Leaders and monarchs from around the world gathered in London on Monday to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth at a state funeral of inimitable pageantry, marking the passing of a beloved figure who helped unify the nation through her 70-year reign. [Read More]

King Charles will be joined by his siblings to mount a silent vigil at the coffin of his late mother Queen Elizabeth on Friday as thousands of mourners stand in line for miles to pay their last respects to the monarch during her lying-in-state. [Read More]

A passenger car collided with the presidential vehicle and his escort in the capital Kyiv, Sergii Nykyforov said in a short statement. [Read More]

Mourners from all walks of life filed past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth through the night as she lay in state in London's ancient Westminster Hall, paying their final respects to Britain's longest-reigning monarch before her funeral on Monday. [Read More]

Pope Francis said on Wednesday that God does not guide religions towards war, an implicit criticism of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who backs the invasion of Ukraine and has boycotted a conference of faith leaders. [Read More]

Queen Elizabeth was upbeat, recalled childhood memories, and shared her anguish over the war in Ukraine, says a Scottish clergyman who dined with the monarch just days before her death. [Read More]

King Charles pledged on Saturday to follow the example of his late mother as he was officially proclaimed Britain's new monarch in a historic ceremony featuring centuries-old tradition and the pageantry of trumpets sounding amid gold brocade. [Read More]

The 38-year-old Tokyo resident charges 10,000 yen ($71) per booking to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion. [Read More]

Chennai A 13-year-old boy died in Puducherry’s Karaikal on Saturday allegedly due to poisoning, with the police suspecting that his classmate’s mother spiked his soft drink because he outperformed her daughter. [Read More]

Janus, a Greek tortoise named after the two-headed Roman god of beginnings and transitions, also has a special party to look forward to this weekend. [Read More]

Truth Social, the social media platform backed by former president Donald Trump, aims to provide an "open, free and honest global conversation." But one place would-be users won't be free to access the service is on Google's Play store. The internet giant says it isn't allowing downloads of the app due to violent content. [Read More]

In the middle of a debate in Liechtenstein's Landtag on Thursday afternoon, a 4.1 magnitude earthquake was felt -- just as the MPs discussed whether the small European nation needs to mandate insurance in the event of quakes. [Read More]

Ceremony held at School No 2 in Borodianka, north of Kyiv, but classes will be conducted online [Read More]

An Australian man who became the subject of a popular crime podcast has been found guilty of his wife's cold case murder. [Read More]

Police investigating how man got into restricted area at Accra zoo [Read More]

Dozens of vets and volunteers are caring for Irrawaddy dolphin calf that was too weak to swim after suffering lung infection [Read More]

Dozens of people were left stranded for hours inside the Channel Tunnel after a train from Calais to Folkestone appeared to have broken down. [Read More]

Discontent grows over Finland’s visa policy as country becomes key transit route for Russian travellers [Read More]

The world's largest and most powerful space telescope has revealed unprecedented views of Jupiter. [Read More]

Chemists have identified how to destroy "forever chemicals" in a low-cost way for the first time, new research says. [Read More]

Salman Rushdie's agent has said "the news is not good" after the author was stabbed at an event in New York state [Read More]

Polish and German authorities are working "flat-out" to establish the cause behind a mass fish die-off in the river Oder, German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke said on Friday, warning of an environmental catastrophe. [Read More]

Anne Heche's son paid tribute to his mother Friday saying the family had lost "a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend." [Read More]

Seoul has vowed to move some of the city's poorest families out of underground and semi-subterranean homes after 13 people were killed in flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall this week, sparking public horror and calls for government accountability. [Read More]

Metro system riders in California's San Francisco Bay Area may have noticed a new station guard in recent months. [Read More]

A beluga whale which was lifted out of Frances Seine River earlier on Wednesday has died despite the mission to save it, according to local authorities. [Read More]

Londoners basking under Britain's hottest ever summer are getting the chance to find out, and sample a range of other flavours more readily associated with savoury winter dishes - including porridge oats and HP sauce. [Read More]

"Bibi gave birth around 10 p.m. and all seems to be going well for Mom and baby so far," the zoo said. "They will remain off habitat for about 2 weeks to bond." [Read More]

A ship carrying grain left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for foreign markets on Monday under a safe passage agreement, a Ukrainian minister said, the first departure since the Russian invasion blocked shipping through the Black Sea five months ago. [Read More]

Named the "Lulo Rose," the diamond was found at the Lulo alluvial diamond mine in the Lunda Norte region of Angola in Africa, the company said in a statement on Wednesday, with its partners, state-run diamond miner Endiama and Rosas & Petalas, a private Angolan company. [Read More]

Pope Francis landed in Canada on Sunday to kick off a week-long trip that will center around his apology on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for the abuse that indigenous children endured at mostlychurch-run residential schools. [Read More]

Speaking about the impact of the five-month-long war with Russia on her son, she said: "Before the war, my son used to go to the folk dance ensemble. He played piano. He learned English." [Read More]

‘Bizarre’ pink lights seen in the sky above Victorian town of Mildura were not an alien invasion after all [Read More]

The New Zealand government said on Wednesday that it had created a new investor migrant visa to attract experienced, high-value investors to invest in domestic businesses. [Read More]

Malaysian authorities have seized a massive haul of trafficked animal parts, including elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and tiger bones worth around 80 million ringgit ($17.9 million). [Read More]

More than 400 sign open letter expressing opposition to tie-in with green energy subsidiary of coalminer [Read More]

Ivana Trump, the Czech American businesswoman and ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, died Thursday in Manhattan. She was 73. [Read More]

A Columbus man has been charged with impregnating a 10-year-old Ohio girl, whose travel to Indiana to seek an abortion led to international attention following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade and activation of Ohio's abortion law. [Read More]

Focus on market has led to climate crises, with spiritual, cultural and emotional benefits of nature ignored [Read More]

"What if I go to a college in a state where abortion is banned and I get raped and then I don’t have the option to have an abortion?" [Read More]

Chinese authorities on Sunday violently dispersed a peaceful protest by hundreds of depositors, who sought in vain to demand their life savings back from banks that have run into a deepening cash crisis. [Read More]

Actor writes two songs for album with British guitarist Beck that ‘ignited our youthful spirit and creativity’ [Read More]

Japanese police have admitted there were flaws in the security for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead in the southern city of Nara on Friday. [Read More]

Brandy Bottone of Plano says she received a citation for driving alone in the two-or-more occupant lane after arguing her fetus should be considered a person. [Read More]

Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO and world's richest man, welcomed twins last year with an executive at one of his other companies, Neuralink, Business Insider reported on Wednesday. [Read More]

A top Kremlin official has warned the United States against seizing or freezing Russian assets abroad amid the war, adding that it should remember that Russia could reclaim the state of Alaska. [Read More]

Some customers of Russia's rebranded McDonald's are not loving it according to images by social media users of orders that have contained some unexpected ingredients. [Read More]

Pope Francis has dismissed reports that he plans to resign in the near future, saying he is on track to visit Canada this month and hopes to be able to go to Moscow and Kyiv as soon as possible after that. [Read More]

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, following his conviction last year on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges stemming from his efforts over years to use his fame to ensnare victims he sexually abused. [Read More]

Millions of Australian bees are in "lockdown" and thousands will be destroyed after a deadly parasite was detected in the country. [Read More]

An employee at a Subway restaurant in Atlanta was shot and killed Sunday after a customer got upset about a condiment on his sandwich, Atlanta Police said. [Read More]

An 8-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed a 1-year-old girl and injured a 2-year-old girl at a Florida motel on Sunday, authorities said. [Read More]

US actor Ben Stiller has described the scenes in war-torn Ukraine as "distressing", "shocking" and on a bigger scale than any movie. [Read More]

Cambodian villagers on the Mekong River have caught what researchers say is the world's biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, a stingray that weighed in at 300kg (661 lb) and took around a dozen men to haul to shore. [Read More]

A man once married to singer Britney Spears - for 55 hours - has been charged with felony stalking after showing up unannounced during her wedding to Sam Asghari. [Read More]

Two previously unknown shipwrecks have been found near a famous Spanish galleon laden with an estimated $17 billion in gold that was sunk by the British in 1708. [Read More]

"Sorry, that was the last bottle of Czech beer we had," said a waiter at a central Moscow restaurant, a month after Russia sent troops into Ukraine and the West imposed sweeping sanctions. [Read More]

South Korea and the United States responded to North Korea's launch of eight missiles Sunday by firing eight more missiles into waters off the east coast of the Korean peninsula Monday morning. [Read More]

Move to ease inflation threatens city-state’s de-facto national dish of poached chicken and rice [Read More]

A rare glimpse of Ukraine's losses during Russia's invasion [Read More]

For the next three months, Germans will be able to travel the country for just €9 (£7.50; $9.50) a month in a drive to tackle the soaring cost of living. [Read More]

The sacked garment workers had fought for fair compensation since the factory closed in March 2021 [Read More]

Police made the "wrong decision" by failing to storm a primary school classroom in Uvalde, Texas, as a gunman killed 19 children inside, the top safety official has said. [Read More]

The husband of one of the teachers slain in Tuesday's mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has reportedly died of a heart attack. [Read More]

A Russian official who demanded that President Vladimir Putin end the war against Ukraine was branded a traitor, escorted out of a high-level meeting and denied the right to vote, according to local media reports. [Read More]

In the days since Tuesday's attack, Mrs Garcia and Ms Mireles' bravery has been praised - they were seen trying to shelter their students from the bullets. [Read More]

Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said Wednesday [Read More]

Lake District-based Kendamil steps in after largest producer in US had nationwide recall [Read More]

India has decided to restrict the sale of sugar on international markets, just days after it banned wheat exports [Read More]

After 15 years operating in Russia, Starbucks will exit the market, joining companies like McDonald’s, Exxon Mobil and British American Tobacco in withdrawing from the country completely. [Read More]

Malaysian shoppers have seen chicken prices surge in recent months, while some retailers have put limits on how much of the meat customers can buy. [Read More]

Tymofiy’s village near Kharkiv is ruined, but thanks to a Guardian-reading benefactor he is heading to Switzerland [Read More]

Food supplies are being rocked by Russia's invasion of the 'breadbasket of Europe' [Read More]

The ICC is sending a team of 42 investigators, forensics experts and support staff to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine has also set up a team to preserve evidence to enable future prosecutions. [Read More]

Man ‘lucky to have escaped with his life’ after reptile latched on to his arm while swimming in the gorge at Adel’s Grove [Read More]

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the opening of Parliament on Tuesday due to mobility problems, Buckingham Palace said in a Monday statement. [Read More]

Denmark has become the first country to halt its Covid vaccination program, saying it is doing so because the virus is now under control. [Read More]

A bizarre art installation made up of one word: "ZAMESTIM" ("We will replace"). [Read More]

Charities describe logistical problems delivering morning-after pills and medical abortion drugs, and stress time is of the essence [Read More]

Children in Kyiv, including evacuees from other parts of the country, decorated traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs on Friday - but this year they have taken on a more patriotic tone. [Read More]

Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are in a contentious defamation trial in a Virginia court, with proceedings set to resume on Monday. [Read More]

The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, whose backing for Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine has dismayed many fellow Christians, said on Saturday he hoped it would end quickly but again did not condemn it. [Read More]

Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and partner Georgina Rodriguez have announced the death of their baby boy, saying it is the "greatest pain that any parents can feel". [Read More]

Police are looking for a woman who pepper-sprayed a man who was taking photos of his own children in Arlington, Virginia, authorities said. [Read More]

A Russian warship that was damaged by an explosion on Wednesday has sunk, Russia's defence ministry has said. [Read More]

Nestle (NESN.S) and PepsiCo (PEP.O) face staff defections in Ukraine and pushback from workers in eastern Europe angered by the companies' decisions to maintain some business in Russia, according to internal corporate communications reviewed by Reuters and interviews with six workers. [Read More]

Executives and founders of private equity companies, of which there are 43 on the list, can get taxed at a lower rate through a loophole that allows them to report fees from managing clients’ money as an investment income, which is taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income. [Read More]

Pope Francis said on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine was marked by "the forces of evil" because it was leaving in its wake abominations such as the massacre of civilians. [Read More]

Charlee Disney, a high school science teacher, regrets not having done more to advocate against Florida’s bill limiting LGBTQ classroom discussion. [Read More]

Some residents of Shanghai stepped out of their homes for the first time in more than two weeks on Tuesday, as the city took tentative steps towards easing a COVID-19 lockdown amid mounting worries over the economic impact of the strict curbs. [Read More]

"Those shiny tanks are being set ablaze -- Bayraktar -- that's the new craze," go the lyrics of a popular Ukrainian song dedicated to a drone that has become one of many symbols of the nation's resistance. [Read More]

The Board of Governors accepted Smith's resignation and banned him from attending any Academy events for 10 years starting April 8. [Read More]

Plunging prices for Russian crab have South Koreans flocking to seafood markets and restaurants but some consumers are questioning whether to boycott the imports on concerns the purchases indirectly support Russia's invasion of Ukraine. [Read More]

Russia has released a 'blacklist' of New Zealand figures, including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and other MPs, banning them from entering the country. [Read More]

In one drawing, dozens of men sit crammed into a single room, hunched with their knees together, every inch of space occupied. In another, they lie back to back on the floor, their faces straining with discomfort. [Read More]

A superyacht linked to Roman Abramovich has had to leave a port in Turkey, as Western powers ramp up pressure on Russian oligarchs. [Read More]

Speaking in the second person, he said, "You have this unending amount of energy to go work on something, and if you point that at any given team, you will just burn them" [Read More]

It was a small accident that turned out to be worth millions. [Read More]

After Russian shelling destroys enclosures,A zoo in Kharviv, Ukraine says it may have to to euthanize some animals. Feldman Ecopark is trying to relocate animals, but if that option fails, some animals, like lions and tigers, will have to be put to sleep. [Read More]

The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it was introducing a 35% tariff on all imports from Russia and would extend existing export prohibitions to industrial products closely connected to strategic Russian industries. [Read More]

Chris Rock's brother would like to see Will Smith stripped of his new best actor Oscar. [Read More]

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Kenny Rock discussed his feelings about his brother being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars. [Read More]

Kyiv says no aid or evacuation convoys can reach besieged city itself, where up to 170,000 still trapped [Read More]

On a stormy Independence Day in Wichita, Kansas, in 2005, flamingo No. 492 went rogue. The bird was spotted around 600 miles away Monday in Texas-- nearly 17 years later -- by fishing guide and angler David Foreman, according to the Texas Parks & Wildlife department [Read More]

A Beijing court is holding a closed-door trial for Australian journalist and former TV anchor Cheng Lei, in a high-profile diplomatic case. [Read More]

Ukraine reacted with skepticism to Russia's promise in negotiations to scale down military operations around Kyiv and another city as some Western countries expected Moscow to intensify its offensive in other parts of the country. [Read More]

Apology sought after over 1,300 unmarked graves discovered since last May at church-run schools attended by Indigenous children [Read More]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says impact of conflict on food prices and hunger could be substantial [Read More]

Millions of dollars worth of the timepieces were taken by agents from the FSB, according to a Swiss paper [Read More]

Scott has thus far given away over $12 billion of her personal wealth in four rounds, according to Forbes. [Read More]

Difficulties in obtaining blood tests and paperwork when fleeing war mean some animals could spend four months in quarantine [Read More]

The "Matrix" star's filmography has been scrubbed from Chinese streaming platforms after Reeves attended a pro-Tibet benefit concert. [Read More]

That success was fleeting. The Kremlin had planned on a swift capture of Kyiv and the immediate collapse of the Ukrainian government, all within two or three days. When that didn’t happen, the flaws in the Russian army’s planning became apparent. [Read More]

The Hollywood action star and former Governor of California shared the passionate, nine-minute video on Thursday in which he urged Russian citizens and military members to hear “the truth”. [Read More]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Israel was undertaking many efforts to arrange top-level peace talks between his country and Russia and suggested they might take place in Jerusalem. [Read More]

There was no family around Dmytro Kotenko when they put him in the ground. His parents did not hear the gunshots that rang out over his grave. They did not hear the sound of the ribbon tied to the wooden cross above him as it fluttered in the wind. [Read More]

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan is the country's first female president and Africa's only female leader. As she marks one year in office, women in the region judge her performance. [Read More]

Walt Disney World apologises after Texas high school drill team chants ‘Scalp ’em, Indians, scalp ’em’ during performance [Read More]

Pope Francis on Saturday made a surprise visit to young Ukrainian war refugees being treated in a paediatric hospital in Rome. [Read More]

Many who find themselves on the opposite side of that split to the Russian state have had their lives turned upside down by the war in Ukraine. Some have lost their jobs, others have resigned in protest. Family ties have become strained, often along generational lines. [Read More]

Wang Jixian didn't set out to become the Chinese voice of resistance in Ukraine. The 36-year-old resident of Odesa, a key target in Russia's invasion of the country, simply wanted to show his parents he was fine. [Read More]

Russian State Duma Deputy Yevgeny Fedorov has proposed a 10-year ban on the work of foreign companies that will not return to the country`s market until May 1. [Read More]

A video address by Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Russian people was trending on Russian Twitter on Friday and has sparked reaction. [Read More]

Nearly three months after buying a Megabucks lottery ticket and quickly forgetting about it, an Oregon man is a multimillionaire. [Read More]

Two young indigenous boys rescued after almost four weeks lost in Brazil's Amazon rainforest have been found and taken to hospital. [Read More]

A leading Bolshoi prima ballerina, who recently denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine, is leaving the country to join Dutch National Ballet. [Read More]

A Russian-owned superyacht can't leave a dock in Norway — not because of sanctions, but because no one in the port will sell it fuel. The Ragnar is owned by Russian oligarch Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, a former KGB agent who has long been linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin. [Read More]

Engineers have linked Ukraine to an electricity grid spanning much of continental Europe, allowing the country to decouple its power system from hostile Russia, officials said Wednesday. [Read More]

Pierre Zakrzewski had been travelling in a vehicle near Kyiv with correspondent Benjamin Hall, who was injured, and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshinova, who was also killed. [Read More]

North Korea recently conducted its ninth weapons test of 2022 but the latest appears to have misfired [Read More]

Hundreds of people are crammed into the basement of a large public building in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, but are running out of food, with many also in need of urgent medical help. [Read More]

A Russian state television journalist who protested the invasion of Ukraine during a live news broadcast was found guilty Tuesday of organizing an "unauthorized public event." [Read More]

Aid agencies warn of ‘ripple effect’ as soaring wheat prices hit countries already facing inflation, food insecurity and conflict [Read More]

This isn’t a picture from 1941. It’s a picture from 2022. [Read More]

A pregnant woman photographed escaping from the wreckage of a hospital bombed by Russia has given birth to a daughter, reports say. [Read More]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy having a meal with his soldiers. A genuine leader for the people. [Read More]

A whole reconnaissance platoon of the 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade surrendered near Chernihiv. [Read More]

The breathtaking bravery of Russian citizens who know they’ll be arrested, and worse, for protesting the war and do it anyway. [Read More]

A photo of a wounded woman standing outside her apartment that was bombed in Russia’s first assault on Ukraine [Read More]

Colombia became the latest country in Latin America to partially decriminalize abortion on Monday, marking a major victory for the nation's feminist movements and reflecting a wider shift in views toward the procedure across the region. [Read More]

Do underwater cremation memorials help people regenerate marine habitats in death or are they a ‘greenwashing’ gimmick? [Read More]

Michelle Bachelet reveals she met Latifa in Paris a year after videos aired of the princess claiming she was being held hostage [Read More]

A US Navy engineer's wife has pleaded guilty to helping her husband try to sell secrets about nuclear-powered submarines to a foreign country. [Read More]

Two White men are facing criminal charges after a Black FedEx Express driver alleged that he was chased and shot at while delivering packages in Brookhaven, Mississippi. [Read More]

'It's another case where the cops didn't know the law. They feel it's a crime to not ID yourself to a cop,' said an attorney for David Andrews [Read More]

Hudson Mayor Craig Shubert, whose baseless claims that school board members were peddling child pornography led to a rebuke from the Summit County prosecutor, is now garnering attention for suggesting ice fishing in the city could lead to prostitution. [Read More]

A New Mexico man who allegedly broke into a home, took a bath, ate some shrimp and drank a beer before being confronted by the homeowner has been arrested. [Read More]

Flood wall in Austria holding back water. [Read More]

Jessica Harvey Galloway has always embraced her father’s Italian heritage and in planning a trip to Europe with her husband in 2020, she put a plan in motion to find distant relatives in Italy. [Read More]

Rotterdam will partly dismantle its iconic Koningshaven Bridge, better known as "De Hef" among locals, so that a new pleasure yacht for Jeff Bezos can pass through it, Rijnmond reports. [Read More]

An Alabama anti-vaxxer who recently suggested urine as a COVID cure now says that he doesn’t need a driver’s license to operate his car as it’s his “wagon, with wagon wheels.” [Read More]

The lucky winner had purchased a Mega Millions ticket on the Michigan Lottery website for the December 31, 2021, drawing. She matched five numbers to win $1 million, plus had the Megaplier to multiply her prize by three. [Read More]

A cruise ship that was supposed to dock in Miami sailed to the Bahamas instead after a U.S. judge granted an order to seize the vessel as part of a lawsuit over unpaid fuel. [Read More]

Contrary to mythical depictions of the iconic steeds as towering beasts, most in England were less than 14.2 hands high [Read More]

"There's a time before their arrival, and there's a time after their arrival. And after their arrival, nothing's ever going to be the same again. As far as the movies are concerned, there was pre-Poitier, and there was Hollywood post-Poitier."- Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino [Read More]

Tasty bits of bread did the trick for about 700 sheep and goats to join Germany's drive to encourage more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 [Read More]

Thousands of people left messages on the social media account of the late Chinese COVID-19 whistleblower Li Wenliang on the anniversary of the day he learned of possible pneumonia-causing virus cases in Wuhan and shared the information with fellow doctors. [Read More]

Police are trying to fill in the gaps to that mystery after a 58-foot-brige was reported stolen from a field behind Harwick Standard Corp. on South Seiberling Street in East Akron. [Read More]

Starbucks baristas at two Boston cafes filed for union elections on Monday, becoming the coffee giant’s third U.S. market this year to organize. [Read More]

For two years, Laura Oglesby paraded herself as a university student, with a job at the city library and boyfriends who believed she was 22 [Read More]

Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologised for going clubbing after coming into contact with a COVID-19 positive patient. [Read More]

A couple in southern China were reunited with their missing teenage son in an emotional ceremony on Monday, ending their 14-year-search which inspired a hit movie. [Read More]

The boss of a US mortgage company, who fired hundreds of his staff in a Zoom meeting has said he is "deeply sorry" for the way the lay-offs were handled. [Read More]

The monolith will sit on an empty plain in Tasmania, Australia -- but there's still work to do yet. [Read More]

What started as an attempt to get rid of pesky creatures ended with an entire house going up in flames. [Read More]

CNN is suspending prime time anchor Chris Cuomo "indefinitely, pending further evaluation," after new documents revealed the cozy and improper nature of his relationship with aides to his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. [Read More]

South Africa's president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron. [Read More]

Swiss voters have given clear backing to legislation that introduced special COVID-19 certificates under which only people who have been vaccinated, recovered or tested negative can attend public events and gatherings [Read More]

Alec Baldwin was pointing gun at camera in Rust rehearsal, legal papers say [Read More]

Popular British musician Ed Sheeran has tested positive for COVID-19, but will continue performing from home. [Read More]

The gun that actor Alec Baldwin fired on set, killing a woman, was handed to him by an assistant director who told him it was safe, court records show. [Read More]

Human remains found in a Florida park on Wednesday have been confirmed to belong to the missing fiancé of a murdered blogger, the FBI says. [Read More]

Dame Sandra Mason, 72, is set to be sworn in on 30 November, which will mark the country's 55th anniversary of independence from Britain. [Read More]

In widely shared footage of the incident, the man can be seen snatching the reporter’s phone during a live broadcast in Egypt [Read More]

Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84. [Read More]

The inaugural winners of Prince William's Earthshot Prize include the country of Costa Rica, an Indian organization that creates fuel from agricultural waste and a coral farming group in the Bahamas. [Read More]

Canon USA is being sued for not allowing owners of certain printers to use the scanner or faxing functions if they run out of ink. [Read More]

A 37-year-old Danish citizen is suspected of killing five people with a bow-and-arrow and other weapons in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg in a rare incident of mass killing in Norway, police said on Thursday. [Read More]

A 22-year-old "van life" blogger who went missing on a road trip with her fiancé was strangled to death, a Wyoming coroner has ruled. [Read More]

A dementia suffering pianist whose spontaneous composition went viral last year has fulfilled a lifelong dream of conducting a symphony orchestra—which played his own songs. [Read More]

The man regarded as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, has died aged 85 after being hospitalised with Covid-19. [Read More]

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, who braved the wrath of the leaders of the Philippines and Russia to expose corruption and misrule, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in an endorsement of free speech under fire worldwide. [Read More]

Ndakasi, a mountain gorilla whose image went viral when she photobombed her caretaker's selfie, has died at the age of 14. [Read More]

Report from the ombudsman found that the guards who failed to help were offered bereavement support but not the grieving teenager [Read More]

Autopsy results have confirmed that the remains found Sunday in the Bridger-Teton National Forest are those of Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old woman who disappeared while on a trip exploring national parks with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, according to the FBI in Denver. [Read More]

Randolph, a model from Layton, Utah, is the victim of a scam. But the scam artist wasn't after her money so much as her dignity — and her hair. [Read More]

The UK, US and Australia have announced a historic security pact in the Asia-Pacific, in what's seen as an effort to counter China. [Read More]

Not in his wildest dreams did he think he would get a call to say he had been left the huge sum [Read More]

Five women from Afghanistan's renowned robotics team arrived in Mexico on Tuesday, following the country's takeover by the Taliban. [Read More]

A woman evacuated from Afghanistan amid the continuing chaos in the country has given birth on an evacuation flight. [Read More]

A grocery run turned into a snake rescue for an Australian woman when she was greeted by a python poking out from a supermarket shelf. [Read More]

In a viral video, Taliban fighters were seen enjoying in an amusement park a day after taking over Kabul. Watch videos. [Read More]

A man who tried to rob a bank in Eastbourne with a hand-written note has been jailed, according to police. [Read More]

Two South African police officers from Maitland, in Cape Town, were arrested on kidnapping charges, after they grabbed an innocent stranger off the street to replace a prisoner who had escaped under their guard! [Read More]

Going out to eat might feel a little different these days. Maybe you're waiting longer for a table, even though the restaurant doesn't appear full. Or maybe your service is slower, and your server seems anxious. [Read More]

The Suez Canal Authority has held the Ever Given and its crew in a lake between two stretches of the waterway since it was dislodged on 29 March [Read More]

A man has been charged with rape because he entered his own DNA into a genealogy database [Read More]

The U.S. drug regulator on Friday added a warning to the literature that accompanies Pfizer Inc (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE) and Moderna (MRNA.O) COVID vaccine shots to indicate the rare risk of heart inflammation after its use. [Read More]

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated another $2.7bn (£1.9bn) to a range of charities. [Read More]

Negative spam reviews are destroying bars and restaurants as they attempt to re-open safely. [Read More]

A Mandan man skipped his niece’s wedding for a Las Vegas poker tournament and came home $367,800 richer. [Read More]

A Cape Cod lobster diver is safe Friday, following a fluke encounter with a humpback whale that nearly made him the leviathan's lunch. [Read More]

A global sting in which organised crime gangs were sold encrypted phones that law enforcement officials could monitor has led to more than 800 arrests in 17 countries, officials said on Tuesday. [Read More]

Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday he and his brother Mark will fly on the first crewed space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin next month. [Read More]

In Greece's best-known party island, white houses, blue shutters and scarlet bougainvillea all glimmer in the sun. [Read More]

Singapore is opening up its COVID-19 vaccination programme to adolescents from Tuesday to help contain the latest outbreak that has infected some students, and will step up testing and tracing. [Read More]

A top World Health Organization official said Friday that investigations into the origins of Covid-19 are being “poisoned by politics.” [Read More]

Abbey Bugenske said she doesn’t know how she plans to spend the money, but some will go toward the car. The rest will likely be donated and invested, she said. [Read More]

At the Musee d'Orsay in Paris on Monday, workers were hanging a priceless Renoir painting in preparation for the museum's re-opening after six months with no visitors because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read More]

Madame Tussauds in London has revealed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's waxworks are -- like their real-life counterparts -- beginning a new chapter among the Hollywood elite. [Read More]

Set of government measures will include halting most live animal exports and a ban on hunting trophy imports [Read More]

Hundreds of people were seen partying in several cities across Spain in the early hours of Sunday, as the country ended its 11 p.m. curfew, which was lifted in 13 of the country's 17 regions at midnight. [Read More]

Scientists in the Netherlands have trained bees to identify COVID-19 through their sense of smell, according to a press release from Wageningen University. [Read More]

The board said that Facebook was "justified in suspending Mr. Trump’s accounts," but that the company should reassess its decision to ban him "indefinitely." [Read More]

Pope Francis promised Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri on Thursday that he would visit the country but only after political forces put aside differences for the good of the people. [Read More]

Crowds will return to Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic next month for a charity bullfight to raise money for matadors left jobless by COVID-19, officials said on Saturday. [Read More]

National security adviser Jake Sullivan's meeting with top officials from Japan and South Korea on Friday will focus primarily on North Korea and maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, according to a senior administration official. [Read More]

Rubbish piled up on the streets of Myanmar’s main city on Tuesday after activists launched a “garbage strike” to oppose military rule as the toll of pro-democracy protesters killed by the security forces since a Feb. 1 coup rose to more than 500. [Read More]

Jerry Blackwell told jury that ex-officer used excessive and unreasonable force ‘without regard for Floyd’s life’ [Read More]

Heatwaves and wildfires will be more likely and winter will be squeezed to just 31 days [Read More]

The World Health Organization's vaccine safety experts were due to meet Tuesday to discuss the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, as the list of countries temporarily halting its rollout over blood clot concerns continued to grow. [Read More]

Young Syrians have suffered heavy personal losses in a decade of war and still have to face rebuilding their shattered homeland, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday. [Read More]

After plunging into recession for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, India's economy should come roaring back to life in 2021. [Read More]

Pope Francis is holding a symbolic meeting with one of the most powerful figures in Shia Islam on the second day of his landmark trip to Iraq. [Read More]

As the Covid-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on economic growth, concerns about hunger and malnutrition are rising around the world. [Read More]

A 30-year-old Northern California man undergoing a mental health episode died days after police officers kneeled on the back of his neck for nearly five minutes to subdue him, lawyers for his family said. [Read More]

The number of new Covid-19 cases reported across the globe has declined for a fourth week in a row, according to data from the World Health Organization, offering a glimmer of hope that the world is turning a corner in its efforts to contain the pandemic. [Read More]

Police in Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw have used water cannon on workers conducting a nationwide strike against a military coup. [Read More]

A civil disobedience movement in Myanmar is gaining momentum with teachers and students protesting against Monday's military coup. [Read More]

Brothel windows in red light district to be closed and ‘erotic centre’ set up elsewhere instead [Read More]

A World Health Organization (WHO) team has come out of quarantine and will start on-the-ground investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan. [Read More]

Experts have uncovered the remains of a gigantic dinosaur in Argentina, and believe it could be one of the largest creatures to have ever walked the Earth. [Read More]

Billions unlikely to get jabs as rich countries secure 53% of most promising vaccines [Read More]

The global push to develop a coronavirus vaccine is gathering pace, but much to the likely frustration of US President Donald Trump, caution exercised by American drug makers and regulators has put China out in front ... for now. [Read More]

President Donald Trump's failure yet again to unequivocally condemn White supremacy Wednesday -- to clear up a chilling moment from his debate clash with Democratic nominee Joe Biden -- shows how he may find it impossible to reboot for their next crucial contest. [Read More]

The mayor of Portland has ordered police in Oregon's largest city to stop using tear gas for crowd control during often violent protests that have racked the city for months [Read More]

Rescue teams in Beirut are digging deeper into rubble Friday where signs of life were detected 30 days after a massive explosion destroyed much of the city's downtown coastal area. [Read More]

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine called for the abolishment of seasonal time changes last week [Read More]

Vladimir Putin has offered to send military assistance to support Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko as up to 200,000 protestors gather to demand his removal [Read More]

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a “lie,” despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region. [Read More]

Hong Kong will postpone legislative elections due to be held in September because of the coronavirus outbreak, the city's leader said Friday. [Read More]

Authorities say John Colletti disguised himself as an elderly man when he allegedly stole from people visiting casinos in Michigan and Kansas. [Read More]

Rescue workers in Japan are beginning a desperate search for survivors after dozens were left dead or missing following widespread flash flooding triggered by record rainfall on the southern island of Kyushu. [Read More]

President Donald Trump said part of the reason he doesn't regularly wear a mask is "everyone's tested" before they see him. But multiple studies have raised questions about the accuracy of a coronavirus test the White House has used, and the Food and Drug Administration has received dozens of reports of potential problems with that test. [Read More]

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week that the pandemic was not even close to being over, but in the Czech Republic, a party has been held to give the coronavirus a "symbolic farewell". [Read More]

Majid Esmaeili of Zaksee bird sanctuary has been "trapped" for three months due to a property dispute. [Read More]

Relatively small, dynamic countries now dominate the list of the most competitive economies. [Read More]

The Scottish Parliament voted in favor of immediately halting the export of rubber bullets, tear gas, and riot gear to the United States on Thursday. [Read More]