‘Flying giant’ returning to Ireland after centuries
DUBLIN – A giant bird that has been part of Irish folklore and was often kept as a pet in medieval times could be...
China’s Zhurong rover lands on Mars
BEIJING – China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, state media announced early on Saturday.
The six-wheeled Zhurong robot was targeting Utopia Planitia, a...
Police move Barcelona crowds along amid post-curbs parties
BARCLONA – Police intervened to move along thousands of people drinking and dancing here and on the nearby beach, seeking to prevent dangerous overcrowding...
Chinese county bans birthdays
BEIJING – A county in southwest China has banned birthday parties and other celebrations, following calls from the central government to be more frugal.
It...
Ohio lottery offers residents shot at $1 million
OHIO – The US state of Ohio will award cash prizes of $1 million to five recipients of COVID-19 vaccines as part of a...
Gaza rockets pound Israel
TEL AVIV – Hamas militants have launched dozens of rockets at Israel after Israeli air strikes killed senior commanders and felled another tower block...
Israel declares city emergency
TEL AVIV – Israel has declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod after rioting by Israeli Arabs, as conflict between...
France to US: Drop vaccine export bans
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the US to drop its restrictions on the export of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines...
Children, teacher killed in Russia school shooting
MOSCOW – Seven children and two adults have been killed in a shooting at a school in the Russian city of Kazan, officials say.
Twenty-one...
India COVID variant a ‘global concern’
NEW DELHI – The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the coronavirus variant first found in India last year as a “variant of global...