SYDNEY, Australia -- Deep-sea explorers said Saturday they had located the wreck of a World War II Japanese transport ship, the Montevideo Maru, which was torpedoed off the Philippines, killing nearly 1,000 Australians aboard. The ship -- sunk on July 1, 1942, by a US submarine unaware it was...
TOKYO, Japan -- Dozens of bawling Japanese babies faced off Saturday in a traditional "crying sumo" ritual believed to bring the infants good health, which returned for the first time in four years after the pandemic. Pairs of toddlers wearing ceremonial sumo aprons were held up by their parents and...
PARIS, France -- Scientists have succeeded in saving samples of ancient Arctic ice for analysis in a race against time before it melts away due to climate change, they said this week. The eight French, Italian and Norwegian researchers camped in Norway's Svalbard archipelago in March and April,...
MADRID, Spain -- Two people died and ten were injured in a fire sparked when a waiter at a Madrid restaurant flambeed a dish, accidentally setting decorations ablaze, authorities and local media reported Saturday. Madrid's SAMUR emergency services "treated 12 people in this disaster," two of whom...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan ordered its military Saturday to prepare to shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile after Pyongyang said this week it was ready to launch its first military spy satellite. Placing the satellite into orbit would require a long-range projectile, which North Korea is banned...
SAVAR, Bangladesh -- Bangladeshi garment worker Sumi Akhter feared for her safety, but was told to start her shift or risk forfeiting her wages. An hour later she was pinned down under rubble and clinging to life. Akhter was 18 when she began working at Rana Plaza, a sprawling seven-storey factory...
BOCA CHICA AND MEDFORD COLONIA, United States -- Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded during its first flight on Thursday, but Elon Musk congratulated his SpaceX team on an "exciting" test of the next-generation spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond....
STRASBOURG, France -- The European Parliament approved the world's first comprehensive rules to regulate the "Wild West" world of cryptocurrencies on Thursday, hoping to protect investors against abuse and manipulation. EU member states have already backed the legislation covering cryptoassets,...
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leaves Thursday for his first trip to Europe since taking office in January, amid a row with Western nations over his recent comments on the Ukraine war. The veteran leftist will visit Portugal and Spain, looking to "relaunch Brazil's...
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a ceasefire in Sudan, as fighting between two rival generals showed no signs of abating ahead of festivities marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The UN chief urged a truce of "at least three days" to mark...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- Twitter began the mass removal of its blue ticks on Thursday, as the symbol previously used to signify a verified account vanished from users including the Pope, Donald Trump and Justin Bieber. Owner Elon Musk, who has seen his $44 billion investment in the site...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden and President Emmanuel Macron signaled efforts Thursday to ease tensions in the wake of the French leader's recent remarks on Taiwan and the European security relationship with Washington. The White House and Elysee said in separate statements...
