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11 hours ago
Priscilla nears major hurricane status as new tropical storm forms in the Atlantic
Hurricane Priscilla neared Category 3 status on Tuesday in the Pacific as a new tropical storm formed in the Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
18 hours ago
Nobel Prize in Physics goes to 3 scientists whose work advanced quantum technology
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for research on the weird world of sub-atomic quantum tunneling that advances the power of everyday digital communications and computing.
1 day ago
Greta Thunberg is among flotilla activists deported from Israel. Others remain in prison
Israeli authorities said Monday they deported to Greece and Slovakia another 171 people detained for taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, including prominent Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
2 days ago
The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on the human immune system
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
5 days ago
Munich Airport temporarily shut after drone sightings, another mysterious overflight in EU airspace
Munich Airport was temporarily shut down overnight after several drone sightings in the area, the latest mysterious drone overflights in the airspace of European Union member countries, officials said.
6 days ago
A freed political prisoner refuses to be deported from Belarus and promptly vanishes
Human rights activists are demanding that Belarusian authorities reveal what has happened to the 69-year-old opposition politician and former presidential candidate.
6 days ago
Zelenskyy warns Russian drones endanger safety at Chernobyl and at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant
Russia's sustained bombardment of Ukraine's power grid is deepening concerns about the safety of the country's nuclear facilities after a drone knocked out power for more than three hours to the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
6 days ago
Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists
Israeli naval forces boarded most of the vessels in a flotilla attempting to break Israel's blockade of Gaza on Thursday and detained dozens aboard, including European lawmakers, drawing widespread condemnation.
6 days ago
Schwarzenegger downplays Trump and backs Vatican initiative to ‘terminate’ global warming
Arnold Schwarzenegger downplayed the Trump administration's climate skepticism Tuesday and threw his weight behind the Vatican's environmental initiative, saying individual choice, local regulations and the Catholic Church's moral leadership were far more important to "terminate" global warming.
7 days ago
Hurricane Imelda rumbles toward Bermuda as airport, schools and government offices close
Hurricane Imelda barreled toward Bermuda on Wednesday as forecasters warned that it could swipe past the tiny British territory as a Category 2 storm.
1 week ago
1 man killed in Cuba as Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda
Authorities in the Bahamas closed most schools Monday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including over Cuba where landslides killed at least one man.
2 weeks ago
Humberto becomes a hurricane in the Atlantic as Gabrielle moves away from the Azores
Hurricane Humberto formed in the Atlantic Ocean but is not currently threatening land as the former Hurricane Gabrielle moved away from the Azores on Friday, forecasters said.
2 weeks ago
Typhoon Ragasa batters Hong Kong and south China after killing dozens in Taiwan and the Philippines
Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest storms to hit Asia in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned seas rough on the southern Chinese coast on Wednesday after leaving deadly destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines.
2 weeks ago
For the first time in nearly six decades, a Syrian president steps up to speak at the UN
Turning the page on decades of distance, Syria's president addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, marking the first time any president from his country has done so in almost 60 years.
2 weeks ago
Putin says Russia will stick to nuclear arms limits for one more year after treaty with US expires
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Moscow will adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year under the last remaining nuclear pact with the United States that expires in February, and he urged Washington to follow suit.
3 weeks ago
The Taliban release British couple held for months in Afghanistan on undisclosed charges
The Taliban released on Friday a British couple held in Afghanistan for more than seven months on undisclosed charges, likely part of a wider effort to get their government recognized internationally, years after taking power.
3 weeks ago
Alexei Navalny’s widow says lab reports show her husband was poisoned
The widow of Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that two independent labs have found that her husband was poisoned shortly before his death in a Russian prison.
3 weeks ago
Israel’s military begins its ground offensive in Gaza City and thousands of residents flee
The Israeli military began its ground offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday, slowly closing in on the Palestinian territory's largest city in another escalation in the war. Thousands of people streamed out of the city in vehicles laden with their belongings, but hundreds of thousands more remain.
3 weeks ago
King Charles III to deploy tiara diplomacy as UK prepares to welcome Trump for second state visit
Windsor Castle staff are setting the 50-meter-long (164-feet-long) mahogany table. Grooms are buffing the hooves of the horses that will pull the royal carriages. And the military honor guard is drilling to ensure every step lands with precision.
4 weeks ago
Prince Harry has tea with his father, King Charles III, in their first meeting in over a year
Britain's Prince Harry joined his father, King Charles III, for tea on Wednesday at the monarch's London home, the first time they've met in well over a year.
