(PARIS) -- A team in northeastern France is busy rebuilding Notre Dame's famous spire, with construction ramping up ahead of next year's reopening. With the cathedral's grand reopening to the public set for Dec. 8, 2024 at 11:15 a.m., the first step in the restoration of the cathedral's spire is…
(HONG KONG and LONDON) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has held the first day of talks with Vladimir Putin during a closely watched state visit to Moscow, with the two leaders presenting a united front against the West just days after the Russian president was issued" target="_blank">indicted by the International…
(NEW YORK) -- An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger has been released, U.S. officials said Monday. Jeffery Woodke, a Christian humanitarian aid worker, was released on Monday after more than six years in captivity, the White House said. "I'm gratified & relieved to see the release of U.S.…
(NEW YORK) -- Greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to increase, exacerbating the challenge world leaders face in preventing the impacts of climate change from worsening, the United Nations warns in its latest climate report. Emissions in 2019 were about 12% higher than they were in 2010 and 54% higher than…
(LONDON) -- The Prince and Princess of Wales celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday by sharing new photos of Princess Catherine alongside Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Kensington Palace shared the photos in honor of Mother's Day in the U.K., celebrated on March 19. The photos, snapped by royal…
(MOSCOW) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow on Monday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be a significant moment, punching a hole in the international isolation that's surrounded Putin since the start of his invasion of Ukraine and signaling China now sees far less need to publicly…
(NEW YORK) -- Last month, the door to Yubrank Suazo's cell in a Nicaraguan prison flung open in the middle of the night as officers told him to put on his clothes and gather his personal items. Recalling that moment in a recent interview, Suazo said the officers did not…
(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. European Command has released dramatic declassified video taken by the MQ-9 Reaper drone that shows the moment that a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with it after attempting to spray the drone with jet fuel. The video was taken from a camera on the drone’s underside and…
(WASHINGTON) -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that he spoke with Russia's defense minister about what he called "risky" behavior by Russian fighter jet pilots who the U.S. says caused an American drone to crash into the Black Sea near Ukraine. "This hazardous episode is a part is part of…
(NEW YORK) -- Moments after a bomb explosion by a Russian drone in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, Benjamin Hall found himself on the ground covered in his own blood, his right leg barely hanging from his body. His colleagues were similarly injured, lying nearby and close to death. Despite the chaos, instinct…
