GLASGOW, Scotland - A shipbuilding hub since the days of the British Empire, the Scottish city of Glasgow is now reaching for the stars with a growing space satellite industry.
LONDON - A mother who tricked her teenage daughter into traveling to Pakistan to marry an older man has become the first person in England to be convicted of forced marriage.
ALKEN ENGE, Denmark - Thousands of bones from boys and men likely killed in a ferocious battle 2,000 years ago have been unearthed from a bog in Denmark, researchers said on Monday.
ATLANTA, Georgia - Democratic voters rallied on Tuesday for the chance to make history in November by selecting a ticket filled with female candidates, including a bid to elect the first African-American female governor in the United States.
MARAWI, the Philippines - Asniah Sultan, 26, fled with her family from the southern Philippine city of Marawi when fighting between government security forces and pro-Islamic State fighters erupted in May last year.
PARIS - For decades, experts warned that eating eggs raises levels of unhealthy cholesterol. But a study on Tuesday said an egg a day may actually reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.
GENEVA - A senior Chinese health official told an international forum that China is willing to cooperate with other countries to reduce "health injustice" and achieve better services for everyone.
BOSTON - A Spanish galleon laden with gold that sank to the bottom of the Caribbean off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago was found three years ago with the help of an underwater autonomous vehicle operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the agency has disclosed for the first time.
AGRA, India - India's white-marble Taj Mahal is turning yellow and green as the 17th century mausoleum weathers filthy air in the world's eighth-most polluted city.
PAHOA, Hawaii - Molten lava from the erupting Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's Big Island crept onto a geothermal power plant site on Monday, as workers rushed to shut down the facility to prevent the uncontrollable release of toxic gases.
WASHINGTON - The former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama have signed a multiyear production deal with Netflix, it was announced on Monday.
WINDHOEK, Namibia - At a construction site at the port of Walvis Bay, a rare downpour on Friday grounded all the cranes and bulldozers, but inside the buildings, the action moved on undisturbed as workers busily paved floors and furnished the interiors.
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