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iStock/Doc_Steele(LONDON) — Dinh Thi Thanh was just 18 months old when she and her mother left Vietnam in 1989, hoping for a better life abroad. Forsaking an unfaithful husband and their famine-threatened homeland, which was […]

Cpl. Matthew DeVirgilio/U.S. Army(SHERZAD, Afghanistan) — The Pentagon identified two U.S. soldiers who were killed in a firefight in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, along with one Afghan National Army member. The incident is being investigated […]

ABC News(WUHAN, China) — The death toll from the coronavirus surpassed the number of people who were killed by the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak, Chinese health officials said. As of Sunday, 812 people died in China […]

KeithBinns/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. military service members and one Afghan National Army member were killed in a firefight in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, according to military statements. The incident is being investigated as a possible […]

KeithBinns/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. military service members were killed and six others were wounded in a firefight in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, according to a U.S. military statement. The incident is being investigated as a […]

kali9/iStock(NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand) — A soldier in Thailand who killed at least 26 and injured several others has been shot dead inside a mall, according to multiple reports. The exact circumstances surrounding the suspect’s death […]

Powerofflowers/iStock(NEW YORK) — World Health Organization officials said that the death toll in China jumped to 725 death overnight on Saturday. It is set to pass the 774 deaths recorded globally during the 2002-2003 pandemic […]

kali9/iStock(NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand) —  At least 20 people are dead and 31 injured in Thailand, allegedly at the hands of a Thai soldier, according to police and local media outlets. Police said the shooting took […]

kali9/iStock(NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand) —  At least 17 people are dead and 21 injured in Thailand, allegedly at the hands of a Thai soldier, according to police and local media outlets. Police said the shooting took […]

mrtom-uk/iStock(WUHAN, China) — A U.S. citizen has died of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, in what appears to be the first death of an American from the virus. The 60-year-old victim died at Jinyintian Hospital […]

Carl Court/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — At least 11 Americans are among the dozens of people aboard a cruise ship moored in Japan who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said. Since arriving at […]

Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Friday he is not concerned that China might be covering up the full extent of the coronavirus after speaking on Thursday with China’s […]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — In life, Dr. Li Wenliang was one of China’s first health professionals who tried to warn colleagues of the coronavirus and was quickly silenced and reprimanded by police for “spreading untruthful information […]

designbase/iStock(NEW YORK) — Antarctic temperatures may have reached a new high in the peninsula region, prompting a formal evaluation into the conditions surrounding the event. The Esperanza Base, a year-round Argentine research center on the […]

Carl Court/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Eleven Americans are among the dozens of people aboard a cruise ship moored in Japan who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said. Since arriving at the Japanese […]

Lemanieh/iStock(NEW YORK) — After a second freight train carrying crude oil derailed in Saskatchewan in just two months, Canada’s transport minister announced a 30-day speed limit for similar shipments. Effective at midnight Feb. 7, trains […]

kylieellway/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The leader of al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in Yemen, according to a statement issued by the White House on Thursday. “At the direction of President Donald […]

Courtesy Kerem Akar(NEW YORK) — A 7-year-old from Germany is already establishing himself as a world-renowned artist. Born in Cologne, Germany, Mikail Akar is an artistic prodigy who was first dubbed the “preschool Picasso,” by […]

CochiseVista/iStock(NEW YORK) — The moon will hit your eye like a giant snowball this weekend. The “snow moon,” which is the first of four super moons scheduled to take place this year, will rise this […]

iStock/mrtom-uk(WUHAN, China) — A Chinese doctor reprimanded by local authorities for trying to sound the alarm on the coronavirus, which has infected more than 28,000 and killed more than 560, has died after contracting the […]