DALUAKANI, India - Since he was a boy, Soumyaranjan Biswal has kept a night vigil at the beach near his coastal Indian village where tens of thousands of tiny olive ridley turtles gather to lay their eggs.
JUNEAU, Alaska - The recent discovery of the USS Juneau in the depths of the South Pacific has provided some closure to people with connections to the ship, which was blown apart during World War II.
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing his biggest political crisis since taking office more than five years ago, as suspicions swirl about a land sale to a school operator with ties to his wife.
GREAT MILLS, Maryland - In the latest school shooting in the United States, the gunfire was over and done with in less than a minute.
LONDON - A Cambridge University academic who harvested data on millions of Facebook users said he has been made a scapegoat by the social network and a UK-based political consultancy that is accused of trying to sway public opinion for US President Donald Trump.
Rockets fired on a market in a government-controlled neighborhood of Damascus on Tuesday killed 35 people and wounded more than 20 others, Syrian state-run media said, marking one of the highest death tolls in a single attack targeting the capital.
The signing of an agreement to launch the African Continental Free Trade Area on Wednesday will not only boost intra-African trade but also increase mutual exchanges with international partners like China as well as improve competitiveness of the continent's products.
Politicians and business leaders have given a mixed reception to the news that Britain and the European Union have achieved their most significant breakthrough yet in negotiations over relations following Britain's exit from the EU in March 2019.
AUSTIN, Texas - A package bomb containing nails and shrapnel that was destined for an address in Austin, Texas, exploded at a FedEx Corp distribution center in San Antonio, injuring one employee, fire officials said.
ARIZONA - A self-driving Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in the first death involving a fully autonomous test vehicle, a crash that could have far-reaching consequences for the new technology.
LOS ANGELES - Even the richest black boys raised in the United States earn less in adulthood than white boys from similar backgrounds, according to a wide-ranging study published on Monday.
NAIROBI, Kenya - The world's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, has died after "age-related complications", researchers said on Tuesday, saying he "stole the heart of many with his dignity and strength".
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