Fire sweeps through Greece’s largest refugee camp
ATHENS — Fire swept through Greece’s largest refugee camp that had been placed on lockdown, leaving more than 12,000 migrants in emergency need of...
Presidential rivals Trump, Biden spar over COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been trading insults over each other’s position on a vaccine for coronavirus.
President Trump again hinted that...
China says Indian forces crossed border, fired warning shots
BEIJING — China said Indian forces crossed into territory it holds along their disputed border and fired warning shots at a Chinese patrol in...
Man nabbed for horse mutilation in France
ALSACE – French police have detained a man as part of investigations into a series of mystery horse mutilations across the country in recent...
A turtle with a permanent smile was brought back from extinction
Conservationists are not known for delivering a lot of good news. But in the Burmese roofed turtle — a giant Asian river turtle whose...
India now 2nd worst-hit country by coronavirus
NEW DELHI – India’s increasing coronavirus caseload made the Asian giant the pandemic’s second-worst-hit country behind the United States on Monday.
The 90,802 cases added...
Gender reveal party blamed for California wildfire
EL DORADO – Officials have blamed a gender reveal party for one of several wildfires raging in the US state of California.
A “smoke-generating pyrotechnic...
Typhoon lashes South Korea after pounding Japanese islands
SEOUL – A powerful typhoon damaged buildings, flooded roads and knocked out power to thousands of homes in South Korea on Monday after battering...
Melbourne lockdown to stay; 8 charged for rally
MELBOURNE – The premier of Australia’s Victoria state announced a slight easing of restrictions in Melbourne but the country’s second-largest city will remain in...
1 killed, 7 hurt in UK late-night stabbings
LONDON – A man was killed and seven people injured in late-night stabbings in a busy nightlife area of the central England city of...