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Cruise ship rescues 68 migrants hundreds of miles off Spanish coast
Authorities on Thursday said it rescued 63 people from a boat in the vicinity of Port La Restinga on the south of El Hierro island. That same day it announced a cruise ship rescued…
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Defense Department says Gaza aid pier to be back in place this week
The temporary Gaza aid pier that had been removed to avoid further seas damage is expected to return to operation later this week, the Defense Department said Tuesday. After being…
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Just Stop Oil activists paint Stonehenge orange; two arrested
1 of 3 | “It’s time for us to think about what our civilization will leave behind -- what is our legacy?” Niamh Lynch, an Oxford University student, said. “Standing…
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Amid lowered inflation Switzerland cuts interest rates again, Britain holds steady
The Bank of England Thursday held interest rates steady at 5.25% while the Swiss National Bank cut rates by a quarter-point to 1.25%. Both nations have seen inflation drop, down to…
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European Union imposes sanctions on Russian LNG for first time
A gravity platform for the production of liquefied natural gas under construction last summer at the Novatek-Murmansk company's Arctic Circle marine yard in Murmansk in Russia's far…
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will become NATO secretary-general
Dutch outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte (R), will become NATO secretary-general in October after Romanian President Klaus Iohannis withdrew his candidacy for the job. File photo by…
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Romania agrees to send Patriot air defense system to Ukraine
President of Romania Klaus Iohannis meets President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House on May 7. The Romanian presidency's office said on Thursday it will give a…
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Study finds deadly heat waves in Mexico made 35 times more likely by human-induced climate change
A person cools off near the fountain at Washington Square Park in New York City on Wednesday. Extreme heat has killed 125 in Mexico, officials said. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI |…
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Excruciating heat blamed as hundreds of pilgrims die on journey to Mecca
Pilgrims circle the Kaaba at the Masjidil Haram, Islam's holiest site, during the Tawaf Al-Qudum (Tawaf of Arrival) on the first day of Hajj 2020, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Reports…
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Putin arrives in Vietnam as Russia courts support amid war in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Vietnamese President To Lam attend a welcoming ceremony outside the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday. Putin is on an…
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