Residents in Kyiv told to stay indoors as air pollution blankets the Ukrainian capital
Authorities in Ukraine advised residents in the capital Kyiv to stay indoors Friday as air pollution, partly caused by fires in the region, blanketed the city. Ukraine’s ...
Tourists can finally visit the Oval Office. A replica is opening near the White House on Monday
Washington is getting a new tourist stop that offers visitors the next best thing to being in the Oval Office: an identical replica of President Joe Biden ‘s office, right ...
Israeli strike on Beirut kills at least 3 and wounds 17 others after Hezbollah rocket attack
An Israeli strike on Beirut on Friday killed at least three people and wounded more than a dozen others, Lebanese health officials said, the first Israeli attack on the Lebanese ...
Israel-Hamas war latest: 15 killed overnight in Gaza in multiple attacks
Palestinian authorities say 15 people were killed overnight in the Gaza Strip in multiple Israeli attacks. An airstrike early Friday morning in Gaza City hit a family home, killing six people ...
‘Water is flooding everywhere’ as torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa
Houses swept away to the very last brick. Inmates frantically fleeing the city’s main prison as its walls got washed away by water rising from an overflowing dam.
Harris focusing on personal stories as she campaigns on abortion rights
For the first time since she ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris is set to give a speech focused squarely on abortion rights and ...
Five takeaways from the latest flurry of Harris-Trump polls
More than 20 swing-state polls entirely conducted after the Sep. 10 debate between Vice President Harris and former President Trump are now in the public domain.
Huge Australian king penguin chick Pesto grows into social media star
A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian ...
Dutch police seek witnesses to Rotterdam stabbing that left 1 dead and another seriously wounded
Dutch police appealed for witnesses Friday as they investigated a stabbing in which one man was killed and another seriously ...
French cult film ‘La Haine’ returns as hip-hop musical with tensions persisting in poor suburbs
Watching “La Haine” nearly 30 years ago, there was a sense of something inexorable about violence in the French suburbs. French director Mathieu Kassovitz’s critically acclaimed black-and-white ...
Japan celebrates as Ohtani becomes the first major leaguer to reach 50-50 milestone
Shohei Ohtani’s feat of becoming the first major leaguer with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season was met with extra editions of newspapers for fans to read on their ...
The EU’s chief is trying to help Ukraine prepare for winter. Half its energy network is destroyed.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Ukraine on Friday focused on helping the country to repair and reconnect its war-damaged electricity grid and ...