(LONDON) -- The trial of Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist charged with espionage in Russia, began on Wednesday behind closed doors, as U.S. officials accused the Kremlin of using the case "to achieve its political objectives."The proceedings in Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg, a city hundreds of miles from Moscow,…
Even when she was barely old enough to walk, Ariana Grande was giving it her all as a performer.Wednesday is Ari's 31st birthday, and she marked the occasion by posting an adorable video on Instagram of herself singing and dancing her heart out when she was just a toddler. Wearing a…
(SPAIN) -- Fossils from the skull of a Neanderthal child that likely had Down syndrome shed light into the collaborative and communal caregiving that likely aided the child to survive to about age 6 -- unlikely for early hominins with congenital defects, according to new research.The fossil fragments, excavated from…
(NEW YORK) -- In a major turn of events, Kenyan President William Ruto announced Wednesday afternoon from the State House in Nairobi, Kenya, that he is withdrawing the contentious 2024 finance bill."I will decline to assent to the bill," Ruto said. "Listening keenly to the people of Kenya, who have…
(NEW YORK) -- Julian Assange arrived on Wednesday in his native Australia, with the WikiLeaks founder stepping off the plane in Canberra and hugging his wife, Stella."Touchdown!" WikiLeaks said on social media. "After enduring nearly 14 years of arbitrary detention in the UK, 5 years in maximum security prison, for…
(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. officials are defending President Joe Biden's decision to build a $230 million temporary pier off Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid as a better-than-nothing solution to the worsening crisis there, even as rough waves have forced its closure several times in the past month and aid workers on…
(NEW YORK) -- An American who traveled to the Bahamas to attend a yoga retreat has been missing for nearly a week, her family and police said.Taylor Casey, 41, of Chicago, was last seen on June 19 in the area of Paradise Island, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.The…
(LONDON) -- Julian Assange pleaded guilty to a felony at a United States federal courthouse in the Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday and walked out of court a free man.The Justice Department had reached an agreement for Assange to plead guilty to a single felony count of conspiring to unlawfully…
(NEW YORK) -- China's Chang'e-6 lunar lander returned to Earth this week with the first-ever rock and soil samples collected from the far side of the moon.After a 53-day mission, the return vehicle successfully landed in Inner Mongolia at 2:07 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to the China National…
(LONDON) -- When Wikileaks founder Julian Assange sets foot in his native Australia Wednesday, he will be a free man for the first time after 14 years spent in some form of confinement while attempting to avoid U.S. prosecution.He will also meet his two young sons for the first time…
