Impeachment hearings: Read Gordon Sondland's full testimony
Here's the full transcript from U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland's testimony.
Prince Andrew to step back from public duties
Britain's Prince Andrew said Wednesday he is stepping back from public duties with the queen's permission.
Ambassador Sondland says he ‘followed president’s order’ to work with Giuliani on Ukraine
Ambassador Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators Wednesday that Rudy Giuliani was pushing a “quid pro quo” with Ukraine that he had to go along with it because it’s what President Donald Trump wanted.
Taliban say they freed American, Australian hostage for 3 Taliban
The Taliban said they freed on Tuesday an American and an Australian hostage held since 2016 in exchange for three top Taliban figures who were released by the Kabul government and flown out of Afghanistan the previous day.
Researchers from Japan use AI to discover 143 ancient drawings in Peru that can be seen from space
A cultural anthropology team at Yamagata University in Japan recently announced the discovery of 143 huge ancient drawings etched in Peruvian soil known as “geoglyphs.”
China sees 3rd plague case after man, 55, eats wild rabbit
A 55-year-old man in China has become the country’s third case of plague in recent weeks.
US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety, AP reports
Despite his denials, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was feeling pressure from the Trump Administration to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden before his July phone call with President Donald Trump that has led to impeachment hearings.
Venice hit by record third exceptional tide in a week; other parts of Italy struggle with weather woes
Venice was hit Sunday by a record third exceptional tide in the same week while other parts of Italy struggled with a series of weather woes, from rain-swollen rivers to high winds to an out-of-season avalanche.
Iran raises gas prices by 50%, protesters called 'thugs' by President Khamenei
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran's supreme leader on Sunday backed the government's decision to raise gasoline prices and called angry protesters who have been setting fire to public property over the hike "thugs," signaling a potential crackdown on the demonstrations. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments came as authorities shut down the internet across Iran to smother the protests in some two dozen cities and towns over the rise of government-set prices by 50% as of Friday. One firm said it was the biggest internet outage ever seen in Iran. Since the hike, demonstrators have abandoned their cars along major highways and joined mass protests in the capital, Tehran, and elsewhere. Some protests turned violent, with demonstrators setting fires and there was also gunfire. It remains to be seen how many people have been injured, killed and arrested as videos from the protests have shown people gravely wounded. Iranian authorities on Sunday raised the official death toll in the violence surrounding the unrest to at least two. Attackers targeting a police station in Kermanshah on Saturday killed one officer there, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Sunday. Earlier, one man was reported killed.
Cartel blockades, gunfire leave 1 dead in northern Mexico border city
Gangsters have unleashed mayhem in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Texas, blocking major avenues, burning vehicles and engaging soldiers in shootouts that left one suspected gunman dead.
Toddler becomes lonely street musician’s number one fan in adorable video
Sometimes all you need is one fan.
White House releases rough transcript of first Trump-Zelenskiy call
President Donald Trump on Friday released the summary transcript of an April congratulatory call with Ukraine President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the latest salvo in the White House struggle to blunt Democrats’ contention that Trump abused his power in calling on a foreign leader to involve himself in the U.S. presidential election.
Trump administration seeks to drastically raise cost of various citizenship applications
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a substantial price hike in the cost of citizenship, prompting some application fees to go up as much as 83 percent.
Spider and insect populations are declining at ‘frightening’ rates, scientists say
Insect and spider populations are falling dramatically across the globe, spurring concern throughout the scientific community, and a new study suggests that the decline may be happening more quickly and extensively than previously suspected.
2 wounded in apparent pirate attack on ship in Gulf of Mexico
The Mexican navy says two Italian crew members were wounded in an attack by armed assailants who boarded their ship in the Gulf of Mexico.
Two people diagnosed with plague in China
Two people were reportedly diagnosed with the highly infectious, potentially fatal pneumonic plague, which is also known as the Black Death, in a Beijing hospital, Chinese authorities revealed Tuesday.
Venice declares state of emergency, 'on its knees' after second-worst flooding ever recorded
The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials calculated hundreds of millions of euros in damages.
Mexican official: Arrests made in killings of US citizens
Mexico's top security official says arrests have been made in last week's killings of nine U.S. women and children by suspected cartel gunmen in northern Mexico.
This panda has some serious, and adorable, attachment issues
It’s not every day that you receive bear hugs while at work, unless it’s your job to take care of pandas.