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ABC News(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will be spending more and more time in Canada as they begin a “period of transition” in their royal lives. Harry’s grandmother, […]

roccomontoya/iStock(NEW YORK) — The director of the art collection in Rome’s jewel-like villa museum Galleria Borghese has launched a fundraising campaign to buy an important sculpture by Baroque genius Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The sculpture, a […]

Nastco/iStock(UNITED NATIONS) — A United Nations agency has released a plan on biodiversity that seeks to mitigate a possible mass extinction in upcoming decades. The framework, outlined by the Convention on Biological Diversity, applies a […]

Nawadoln/iStock(LONDON) — Saudi Arabia executed the highest number of prisoners in recent years in 2019, a year that saw the kingdom come under intense scrutiny over its human rights record, a new report says. In […]

Leit_Wolf/iStock(LONDON) — Iran’s judiciary spokesman on Tuesday announced the arrests of an unspecified number of suspects in connection with the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger jet that killed all 176 people on board shortly […]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has sanctioned seven Venezuelan officials accused of colluding with President Nicolás Maduro to take over the country’s legislature, the last opposition-controlled institution in the country torn apart by political […]

NataliaCatalina/iStock(LONDON) — Queen Elizabeth issued a new statement Monday on the future of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, after a high-stakes family summit at Sandringham, her country estate in Norfolk, England. “Today […]

oxinoxi/iStock(LONDON) — Anti-government protests turned violent in Iran over the weekend as security forces opened fire on demonstrators after the shooting down of the Ukrainian passenger plane that killed all 176 people on board. Despite […]

Matt Kean MP/Facebook (SYDNEY) — The Australian government is using helicopters and airplanes to help feed starving animals displaced by the country’s wildfire crisis. The New South Wales government used aircraft to drop more than […]

Ken Roth/Twitter(HONG KONG) — Hong Kong authorities on Sunday denied entry to the executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), according to the international watchdog group. Kenneth Roth planned to launch the group’s World Report […]

File photo. (joreasonable/iStock)(NEW YORK) — A Galapagos giant tortoise estimated to be about 130 years old is returning home after having so much sex that he saved his species. Diego, part of the Chelonoidis hoodensis […]

Sylvain GAUTIER/iStock(SYDNEY) — The estimated deaths of more than 25,000 koalas have left Australians fearful that the fate of the country’s native animals may end in functional extinction. Bushfires have transformed Australia’s scenic landscape to […]

iStock/pxhidalgo(NEW YORK) — Officials in the Philippines have warned residents of a possible “volcanic tsunami” following the eruption of a small volcano near the capital of Manila. The main crater for the Taal Volcano in […]

iStock(TORONTO) — A Canadian utility company has retracted an alert stating that a nuclear power incident occurred at a power plant east of Toronto. The “emergency bulletin” was sent to residents in the province of […]

iStock/oversnap(LONDON) — The royal family will gather on Monday at Queen Elizabeth’s Sandringham estate to discuss “next steps” following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s announcement that they will “step back as senior members” of […]

iStockKimia Alizadeh, the sole woman to ever have won a medal at the Olympics for the country of Iran, has defected from the country and moved to Europe, she announced on social media. The 21-year-old, […]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a crash team was en route to Iran to participate in the investigation of the plane crash that killed 176 people, including 57 Canadians. The crash of […]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Iranians are taking to social media to express their grief, shock and anger after authorities admitted that the Iranian military had “unintentionally” shot down the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran […]

iStock(LONDON) — Authorities in Britain have formally requested the extradition of Anne Sacoolas, the wife of an American diplomat, who was charged in the death of a British teenager. A spokesman for the Home Office, […]

iStock(SAN DIEGO) — A student at a San Diego university was among those killed in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, which Iranian officials announced Saturday had been accidentally shot down by the […]