(NEW YORK) -- When Mariya Grigoryeva found out she was pregnant with her second child days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, she prepared to flee.She and her young daughter left for Moldova in March 2022 while her husband stayed behind in Odesa to continue work as a seaman, she said.…
(TEL-AVIV, Israel) -- The number of humanitarian aid trucks entering the war-torn Gaza Strip has decreased over the past few weeks, with the delivery of food aid to the north almost completely stopped, according to the United Nations and the Israeli government.The causes were not immediately clear but were likely…
(NEW YORK) -- A discovery on how baleen whales are able to sing under water is giving scientists a better understanding on how noise pollution from shipping activity can alter marine mammal's ability to communicate -- and therefore thrive as a species.When the ancient ancestors of whales returned to the…
(NEW YORK) -- An image of a mother holding her dead infant in her arms outside a hospital in Gaza went viral last year but it was denied in online posts viewed millions of times online.The baby's name was Muhammad Hani Al-Zahar. He was just shy of 5 months old…
(LONDON) -- Eleven lions rescued from conflict-hit Sudan have found a new home in South Africa, animal welfare organization Four Paws has announced.The lions -- rescued among a total of 48 animals from Sudan's capital, Khartoum, the heart of the conflict -- have been transferred to the LionsRock Big Cat…
(LONDON) -- Kremlin officials rejected on Tuesday a call for an independent postmortem examination on the remains of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.The Council of the European Union had on Monday called for the independent review, saying Russia "must allow an independent and transparent international investigation into circumstances of his sudden…
Noah Kahan is a chart-topping, Grammy-nominated star, but he admits that his recent success is giving him more anxiety as well as a bad case of imposter syndrome.When he was at the Grammys, Noah told The Guardian, “I was sitting by myself, like: ‘Whoa, I am the least cool guy at…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. conducted what it called self-defense strikes on five targets in the Houthi-controlled area of Yemen after the Houthis employed an unmanned submarine for the first time since attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden began, the Pentagon said.The submarine, an unmanned underwater vessel, or…
(PARIS) -- Tourists looking to explore Paris' most famous landmark were turned away from the Eiffel Tower on Monday as workers went on strike over what they contend is mismanagement that could jeopardize the 135-year-old monument as the city prepares to host the summer Olympic Games.Visitors to the wrought-iron lattice…
(NEW YORK) -- Patients are being evacuated from Gaza's second-largest hospital, which has been under attack from Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.At least 14 patients have been moved from Nasser Hospital -- located in the southern city of Khan Younis -- with the help of…
