WASHINGTON, United States - SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, must remain grounded while Elon Musk's company completes dozens of corrective actions to prevent a repeat of the spectacular explosion that marred its first orbital test flight, regulators said Friday. The 63...
WASHINGTON, United States - The manufacturer of a widely used abortion pill asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to toss out a lower court ruling that would restrict access to the drug. A US federal appeals court imposed restrictions last month on mifepristone but the ruling was put on hold...
NEW DELHI, India - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to forge consensus Saturday on a host of contentious issues from Ukraine to climate change, as G20 leaders hold their annual summit in New Delhi. Divided over Russia's war in Ukraine and gridlocked on finding agreement to slash...
BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazilian rescue workers were on Friday searching for almost 50 people still missing after a devastating cyclone unleashed torrential rain and flooding in the south of the country. ( Photo from AFP) Five days after the cyclone, which left 41 dead, the country is taking...
CASABLANCA, Morocco - A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake rattled Morocco late Friday, according to the US Geological Survey, causing people to flee their homes in a panic. The quake hit 44 miles (71 kilometres) southwest of Marrakesh at a depth of 18.5 kilometers at 11:11 pm (2211 GMT). It sent...
TBILISI, Georgia - Two people died in western Georgia where heavy rains triggered floods and landslides, officials said on Friday, as rescuers continued to evacuate dozens of trapped villagers. "Rescuers found the bodies of two dead, one of them a minor," the Caucasus nation's interior ministry...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - A disgraced Turkish crypto founder who fled to Albania and his two brothers have been sentenced to 11,196 years in jail each, the Anadolu state news agency reported Friday. Prosecutors had asked for Thodex boss Faruk Fatih Ozer, 29, to be sentenced to 40,562 years in prison for...
ROME - Italy's far-right government is clamping down on juvenile crime after a recent spate of gang rapes blamed on teenagers, but critics warned Friday that harsher penalties alone would not stamp out delinquency. The decree law published by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's cabinet late Thursday...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - A US explorer trapped deep in a Turkish cave with internal bleeding said in a video released to AFP on Friday that he needed "a lot of help" getting out. Mark Dickey, 40, reported falling sick last Saturday while exploring the Morca Cave in southern Turkey's Taurus Mountains with...
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a press conference during a stopover visit to Singapore on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) SINGAPORE, Singapore -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he would be willing to testify in an enquiry into allegations...
Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (R) and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) shake hands before a bilateral meeting at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Earvin Perias / POOL / AFP) MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines and Australia shored up...
Supporters of the legalization of abortion take part in a demonstration in the framework of the International Safe Abortion Day, in Guadalajara, Mexico on September 28, 2020. (Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP) MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday decriminalized abortion across the...
