Explosions rocked several Ukraine cities, including the capital Kyiv, as Russia launched an invasion with simultaneous attacks coming from south, east and north, by land and by air.
Read articleA 57-year-old Maryland man is doing well three days after receiving a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant surgery, University of Maryland Medicine said in a news release Monday.
Read articleMagdalena Andersson's rise to power has been nothing short of a political soap opera, and the season finale may be yet to come.
Read articleAustralia and several other countries joined nations imposing restrictions on travel from southern Africa on Saturday after the discovery of the new Omicron coronavirus variant sparked global concern and triggered a market sell-off.
Read articleMore countries are tightening their travel restrictions after a new coronavirus variant was identified in southern Africa earlier this week.
Read articleNorth Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile into waters off the coast of Japan, South Korea's military has said.
Read articleU.S. forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule braced for more attacks on Friday after an Islamic State suicide bomber killed 85 people, including 13 U.S. soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport.
Read articleChina reported no new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Monday for the first time since July, according to its National Health Commission (NHC), as authorities double down on the country's stringent zero-Covid approach.
Read articleMillions prepared for damage and power outages after big Central Park concert abandoned
Read articleConservative talk radio host Phil Valentine has died following a lengthy battle with COVID-19. He was 61 years old.
Read articleArmed members of the Taliban kept people desperate to flee Afghanistan from reaching Kabul's airport on Wednesday, witnesses said, while President Joe Biden vowed to keep U.S. troops in the country until all Americans are evacuated.
Read articlePresident Joe Biden has said he stands "squarely" behind the US exit from Afghanistan as he faces withering criticism over the Taliban's lightning conquest of the war-torn country.
Read articleThe U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, is instructing U.S. citizens to shelter in place amid reports that the city’s airport is under fire.
Read articlePope Francis called on Sunday for dialogue to end the conflict in Afghanistan so that its people can live in peace, security and reciprocal respect.
Read articleThe Taliban have moved closer to retaking full control of Afghanistan, with the capital Kabul now the only major city left in government hands.
Read articleAs coronavirus infections rise again, U.S. companies mandating vaccinations are confronting an uncomfortable question rarely asked by an employer - what is an employee's religious belief?
Read articleFive people were missing and several injured after an explosion rocked an industrial park in the western German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday, sending up plumes of smoke and prompting police to ask nearby residents to remain in their homes.
Read articleThe Tokyo Olympic Games are upon us. They look and feel different to any other Games of times gone by, but they are here. At last.
Read articleBillionaire Jeff Bezos blasted into space on Tuesday, in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard.
Read articleRescue crews have been racing to find survivors of floods that have wreaked havoc across western Europe, killing more than 150 people.
Read articleThe number of people who lost their lives in the heavy floods in the western part of Germany increased to at least 81 on Friday, according to German broadcaster ARD, in what is Germany's worst mass loss of life in years.
Read articleAs England's so-called "freedom day" draws near, excitement at the impending end of COVID-19 restrictions is tempered by worries of rising cases and downright fear among the vulnerable.
Read articleFour weeks ago, Israel was celebrating a return to normal life in its battle with COVID-19.
Read articleThe devastating heat wave that ravaged British Columbia last week is being blamed for a massive die-off of mussels, clams and other marine animals that live on the beaches of Western Canada.
Read articleUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out his plan to lift most of England's remaining coronavirus restrictions by mid-July, despite warnings from some experts that the current surge of Delta variant cases across the country means such a move is premature.
Read articleRescuers in Japan searched desperately on Monday for survivors among 80 people believed to be still missing two days after landslides tore through the seaside city of Atami, destroying houses and burying roads under mud and rock.
Read articleThe tiny town of Lytton has come to hold a grim record. On Tuesday, it experienced Canada's highest-ever temperature, in an unprecedented heat wave that has over a week killed hundreds of people and triggered more than 150 wildfires across British Columbia, most of which are still burning.
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