A soldier of Ukraine's 141st separate infantry brigade rides in a pickup truck at the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities struggled Tuesday to put out a massive fire in the southern Rostov region...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken steps out of a vehicle as he departs for Egypt, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Kevin Mohatt/Pool Photo via AP) JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that...
Indians protesting against the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata, hold placards in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Tuesday set up a national task force of doctors who will make...
President Joe Biden waves to the crowd during the Democratic National Convention, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (Mike Segar/Pool Photo via AP) CHICAGO (AP) — President Joe Biden delivered his valedictory address to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, saying, “I gave my best...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Monday's supermoon is the first of four this year. During a supermoon, the full moon inches a little closer than usual to Earth. A supermoon isn’t bigger, but it can appear that way in the night sky, although scientists say the difference can be barely perceptible....
Academic workers protest at the University of California (UC), Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on May 28, 2024. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua) LOS ANGELES (Xinhua) -- The president of the University of California (UC) announced on Monday that the top public university...
SYDNEY (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Sydney said on Tuesday they have detected cancer-linked "forever chemicals" in several of Sydney's drinking water catchments for the first time. Sydney Water confirmed that testing conducted in June and July detected per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
People from different parts of the world enjoyed the beauty of the full moon, the first of the year's four consecutive supermoons, even with naked eyes. Here are some of the spectacular photographs taken of the full moon on Monday night, August 19, 2024: People are silhouetted against a full moon...
People watch hot air balloons flying over Cappadocia in Nevsehir, Türkiye on May 5, 2024. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua) ANKARA (Xinhua) -- The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) released its happiness rankings for Türkiye's cities on Monday, with Sinop in the Black Sea region...
NEW PROPOSAL – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem, on Aug. 19, 2024. Israel has accepted a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages. (Haim Zach-GPO/Handout via Xinhua) TEL AVIV,...
A child with mpox gets treatment at a hospital in the Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Aug. 15, 2024. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua) KINSHASA (Xinhua) -- The ongoing mpox outbreak has been declared a "continental...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. and South Korean troops kicked off a large-scale exercise Monday aimed at strengthening their combined defense capabilities against nuclear-armed North Korea, which again accused the allies of practicing an invasion. A U.S. Army's M1A2 Abrams tank from the 1st...
