Rare ancient tree discovery has scientists ‘gobsmacked’
Trees are believed to have originated hundreds of millions of years ago. Ever since, evidence of these ancient plant sentinels has been in short supply. Now, a new discovery of…
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Top UN court says Ukraine case over Russia’s invasion can go ahead
The United Nations’ top court on Friday said that it will move forward with a case brought by Ukraine over Russia’s justification of its February 2022 invasion. Kyiv had asked…
A Houthi missile was just seconds from hitting a US warship. The Navy used its ‘last line of defense’
A US warship’s destruction of an incoming Houthi missile in the Red Sea this week marks the first use in this conflict of an advanced weapons system dubbed the Navy’s “last line…
Italian mafia boss who escaped prison by tying bed sheets together arrested during romantic dinner in France
An Italian mafia boss who escaped from a maximum security prison last year by using bed sheets to scale the walls has been captured in France, authorities say. Marco Raduano,…
Huge gas explosion and fire kills at least 3, injures hundreds in Kenyan capital
A gas explosion at an unlicensed cooking gas filling plant in Kenya’s capital on Thursday night killed at least three people and injured 280 others, according to authorities in the East…
Malaysia cuts prison sentence of disgraced former Prime Minister Najib Razak
Malaysia has cut former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12-year prison sentence for corruption in half, according to authorities in the Southeast Asian country. Najib, who served as prime minister from…
Spanish region of Catalonia declares drought emergency
About six million people in more than 200 towns, villages and cities in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia will be banned from washing their cars or filling swimming pools…
New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it
Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends…
Bones found in 8-meter-deep pit may ‘fundamentally change’ history of humans in Europe
Microscopic fragments of protein and DNA recovered from bones discovered in 8-meter-deep cave dirt have revealed Neanderthals and humans likely lived alongside one another in northern Europe as far back…
A suspect in the killing of a Boston nurse eluded authorities for months. Then police spotted him at a Kenyan nightclub
It had been three months since Maggie Mbitu was found dead at Boston’s airport, and authorities seemed no closer to finding the man suspected of killing her and fleeing the…