(RUSSIA) -- A Russian-Ukrainian national suspected of being involved in a terrorist conspiracy was taken into custody after being injured in an explosion in France earlier this week, officials announced Wednesday.The 26-year-old man was "picked up by firefighters in a hotel near Paris for severe burns following an explosion," the…
(RUSSIA) -- A Russian cosmonaut became the first person to spend a cumulative 1,000 days in space, Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced Wednesday.Oleg Kononenko, 59, reached the record while on his current mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Kononenko's current mission to the ISS began Sept. 15, 2023, and is…
(LONDON) -- Six people, including the alleged gunman, have been arrested in connection with a shooting Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, that injured a Lebanese guard, authorities said.Shots from "small arms" were heard at about 8:34 a.m. local time, the embassy said.The alleged…
(NEW YORK) -- This year's World Environment Day comes with a sobering reminder about the severity of global warming, according to climate experts.New climate warnings were announced Wednesday, including that the planet is experiencing its warmest May on record – in turn bringing the tally to twelve consecutive months of…
(NEW YORK) -- This year's World Environment Day comes with a sobering reminder about the severity of global warming, according to climate experts.New climate warnings were announced Wednesday, including that the planet is experiencing its warmest May on record – in turn bringing the tally to twelve consecutive months of…
(LONDON) -- There were "serious breaches" of international law and crimes against humanity were committed during the two-year Tigray War, according to a report released by U.S think tank New Lines Institute.The report said it found "reasonable basis" that all parties in the conflict committed war crimes and "serious" breaches…
(LONDON) -- Gunfire was heard Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, officials said, adding that "our team are safe.""All American personnel in Lebanon are safe and accounted for," Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, said on ABC News' Good Morning America on Wednesday. "One…
(FLORENCE, Italy and LONDON) -- An Italian court on Wednesday re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander, upholding the only conviction still standing in association with the brutal murder of her roommate in 2007.The Florence court on Wednesday sentenced Knox to three years for slandering Patrick Lumumba, a Congolese bar owner, in…
(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Cambodia's prime minister Tuesday amid concerns in Washington over the kingdom's relationship with China, which may look to the country as a foothold in southeast Asia.The Pentagon chief, who met with Prime Minister Hun Manet for the first time since…
(NEW YORK) -- Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, Mexico's election institute announced early Monday."For the first time in 200 years of the Republic, there will be a woman president and she will be transformative,"…