Water levels at the lagoon which will host rowing and canoeing competitions in the 2016 Olympics drop as Brazil grapples with its worst drought in 80 years. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
The decision by Columbia University’s president to call in the New York Police Department to clear pro-Palestinian protesters from the campus last week appears to have sparked the spate of increasingly strident demonstrations.
Employees of Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen & Market are filing a class action lawsuit after sudden layoffs. Here's what we know.
Authorities are searching for a man and his corgi after they went missing at the Grand Canyon National Park while possibly trying to travel the Colorado River on a homemade wooden raft.
Palestinian militant group Hamas and Iran's supreme leader are throwing their support behind the growing number of anti-Gaza war protests in colleges.
A state grand jury in Arizona on Wednesday indicted so-called "fake electors" who backed then-President Donald Trump in 2020.
After fleeing famine in North Korea, Kim Cheol Ok laid low in China for decades -- until a doomed run for freedom got her sent back to her repressive homeland, her family says.She told her family she was being sent back to North Korea two hours later and was never heard from again.
Asian equities were mixed Thursday as investors turned cautious after the past three days' sizeable gains, with Meta's warning that it will spend far more than expected this year fuelling worries that the latest tech-led rally may have gone too far.Tech titans Microsoft and Alphabet are due to report later in the day.
Dozens of pilot whales beached on the western Australian coast and wildlife authorities were trying to rescue them, officials said Thursday. Between 50 and 100 whales were stranded at Toby’s Inlet near the tourist town of Dunsborough, the Parks and Wildlife Service of Western Australia state said in a statement. Dunsborough is 285 kilometers (177 miles) by road south of Perth, the state’s capital and largest city.
Throwflame, a Cleveland-based company, has unveiled a new invention aptly named Thermonator, a flame-thrower and robot dog all in one.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday on the United States and China to manage their differences "responsibly" as he went on a charm offensive ahead of expected tough talks.China has accused the United States of unfair economic coercion.
Police began peacefully arresting student protesters at the University of Southern California.
The Seine will play a starring role in this summer's Paris Olympics, with the opening ceremony set to take place on the river, which will also host swimming events.- From Vikings to D-Day - From wars to revolutions and the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the seismic events in French history have played out along the banks of the Seine.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened his first full day of meetings in China on Thursday by talking with local government officials in Shanghai. Blinken discussed local and regional issues with Chen Jining, the Chinese Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai. Blinken arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday shortly before President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion foreign aid package that has several elements likely to anger the Chinese, including $8 billion to counter China’s growing aggressiveness toward Taiwan and in the South China Sea.
A Montana dad and TikToker recorded two kind teenagers helping his young son at a trampoline park, and just wanted to say thanks.
The University of Southern California also closed its campus Wednesday evening following clashes between Los Angeles police and pro-Palestinian protesters.
A grand jury in Arizona has handed up an indictment against former President Donald Trump’s allies over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, including the fake electors from that state and several individuals connected to his campaign.
The river Seine, the centrepiece of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in July, starts with a few drops of water in a mossy grotto deep in the woods of central France.The Olympic flame is due to be carried past the site on July 12 on its way to Paris.
Just yesterday, NBC News foreign correspondent Molly Hunter told the TODAY anchors on air that her “royal baby” will be arriving soon.
Xiaolei Wu allegedly reported his victim to the Chinese government after they posted a flier on or near the Berklee College of Music campus.
Sisters Danielle and Samantha Schleese live in neighboring houses in rural Ontario, Canada. They surprised their parents with a double pregnancy announcement.
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