SYDNEY, Australia -- Western Australia Police Force said Monday that a joint investigation has been launched into the origins of an "unidentified item" washed up on a remote beach in Green Head, north of Perth. Â Â Â "In order to maintain the integrity of the investigation, officers from the...
KYIV, Ukraine - The Ukrainian navy and SBU security service carried out an overnight attack on the Russian-built bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia, a Ukrainian source told AFP Monday. "Today's attack on the Crimean bridge is a special operation of the SBU and the navy," the security service...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Monday said a Ukrainian attack on the Moscow-built bridge linking annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland killed a civilian couple and wounded their child. Moscow said two drones had hit the bridge in the early hours of Monday and blamed "the Kyiv regime." Traffic on the...
A flood rescue drill conducted on Friday in north China's Tianjin. (Xinhua) BEIJING, China --Â Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated in southern China and Vietnam on Monday, and dozens of flights cancelled as a typhoon barreled towards land. Powerful winds, storm surges and lashing...
(https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/SOKOR_PHOTO_f14e85dd9b/SOKOR_PHOTO_f14e85dd9b.jfif) A search operation is under way on July 17, in a flooded underground tunnel in the central town of Osong. (Yonhap) Four more bodies have been recovered from a once-flooded underground...
KYIV, Ukraine— Ukraine said Sunday its forces were on the defensive against Russian assaults near the eastern city of Kupiansk, while noting gradual progress near the hotspot city of Bakhmut. "For two days in a row, the enemy has been actively attacking in the Kupiansk sector in the Kharkiv...
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- More than 11,000 dengue patients were hospitalized in Bangladesh in the first half of July, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The South Asian country experienced its highest spike in cases on Saturday, with 1,623 new infections and seven additional...
WASHINGTON, United States -Â A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaskan peninsula late Saturday local time, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, briefly sparking a tsunami warning. The USGS revised the quake's magnitude down from an initial 7.4. The shallow quake hit at 10:48...
GENEVA, Switzerland– An explosion in generative AI content since ChatGPT launched late last year has left authorities scrambling to figure out how to regulate such chatbots and ensure the technology does not endanger humanity. In its first look at the development of AI, the UN's top rights...
WASHINGTON, United States– A Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for soliciting sexually explicit photos and videos from young girls in the Philippines. Karl Quilter, 58, pleaded guilty last year to sexual exploitation of children, the US Attorney's Office for the North...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro (C) walks after a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for talks on the protection of the Amazon Forest, in Leticia, Colombia, on the border with Brazil, on July 8, 2023. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP) Bogotá, Colombia–Four...
TOKYO, Japan -- A Tokyo court on Friday sentenced a 37-year-old man to 19 years' imprisonment for stabbing three passengers in a random knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train in August 2021. Â Â Â Tokyo District Court said in its ruling that Yusuke Tsushima, who had admitted to the charge of...
