Elian Gonzalez, whose rescue at sea on Thanksgiving Day 1999 when he was 5 years old set off an international custody battle, was nominated to become a lawmaker in the Cuban National Assembly Monday.
Canada will send an ‘initial’ $10M for earthquake help as Turkey declares emergency
Nothing is off the table and federal officials are looking at options to help the Turkey earthquake response including sending medical and rescue teams.
15 Million People Live Under Threat of Sudden, Deadly Flooding as More Glaciers Melt
The countries most at risk from the disaster called “glacial lake outburst floods” are India, Pakistan, Peru, and China, finds a new study.
Russian court upholds closure of Kremlin-critical independent newspaper
Novaya Gazeta was Russia’s most renowned independent newspaper until the authorities ordered it shut last year.
Why the balloon and UFO affairs are a Sputnik moment
A suspected Chinese spy balloon flies above Charlotte, North Carolina, on February 4, 2023. | Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
As all these objects fall, a new space race is rising. Now that the US militar…
LGBTQ groups demand Japan adopt equal rights law by G7
Japanese LGBTQ people and rights groups condemned a recent discriminatory remark by a senior aide of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, demanding his government enact laws to ban discrimination against sexual minorities, legalize same-sex marriage and guara…
Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly required doctors after becoming ‘weak and tired’
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Woman suffers crushed skull after slipping as she waved to friends and getting trapped under train
Ava Harlow, 20, knocked on the window to tell her friends to get off the train when she lost her footing and fell under it
Watch: Survivors pulled from rubble after devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Rescuers in Turkey searched through the frigid night into Tuesday morning, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed thousands of people.