GLASGOW, United KIngdom - A disease linked to poverty and malnutrition that once crippled the crowded slums of 19th-century Britain is on the rise in Scotland, according to data published at the weekend. A total of 442 cases of rickets -- a skeletal disease caused by a sustained lack of Vitamin D...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he was "confident" Russia would lose the war in Ukraine. "Today we are confident that Russia will lose this war... I'm sure that we will win because the truth is on our side," Zelensky said in a speech outside the Danish...
WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden heads to Hawaii on Monday to view the widespread damage from recent Maui wildfires, meet with survivors and fend off criticism that his government was too slow to respond to the disaster. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will arrive nearly two weeks...
ARAFO, Spain - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Monday he hoped a wildfire that has forced thousands of people to evacuate on the holiday island of Tenerife will be stabilised "in the coming days." The blaze broke out late Tuesday in a mountainous northeastern area, quickly morphing into...
MOSCOW, Russia - Three people were found dead and several others were feared missing after taking part in a guided tour of Moscow's sewer system on Sunday following heavy rain, state-run media said. "The body of an unidentified woman has been found in the Moskva River, making her the third person...
LONDON, United Kingdom - A British nurse was jailed for life on Monday, with no prospect of release, for murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to kill six others while they were in her care. Lucy Letby, 33, was convicted of killing five baby boys and two baby girls, making her the UK's most...
SKRYDSTRUP, Denmark - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Sunday a "historic" decision by the Netherlands and Denmark to provide American F-16 fighter jets, the latest move by Western allies to bolster his country's efforts to fend off Russia's invasion. Zelensky had sought the...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visited a navy unit and oversaw a strategic cruise missile test, state media reported on Monday, ahead of the start of joint military drills between South Korea and the United States. Kim inspected one of his fleets in the East Sea, also...
WASHINGTON, United States - Donald Trump said Sunday he will skip this week's first Republican presidential debate, arguing that Americans know him well so there's no need for a public showdown with his rivals for the White House. In a message on his platform Truth Social, Trump touted what he...
LOS ANGELES, United States - Heavy rains lashed California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary raced in from Mexico, bringing warnings of potentially life-threatening flooding in the typically arid southwestern United States. With people already on edge, nature struck in another scary way: a...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia said it thwarted Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow and its region on Sunday, a day after a "heinous" missile strike killed seven people and wounded 148 in Ukraine's Chernihiv. Both sides have reported regular drone incursions during the conflict, with strikes on...
MOSCOW, Russia -- The Luna-25 probe, Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident during pre-landing manoeuvres, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sunday. Communication with Luna-25 was lost at 2:57 pm (1157 GMT) on Saturday, Roscosmos said....
