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SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our communities. Rising seas and flooding are swallowing our homes. And record-breaking heat waves are reshaping our way of life. […]

Eyad Baba / AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, which Israeli officials say are responses to ceasefire violations by the Iranian-backed militant group. The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the […]

Anna Barclay/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. officials suspect that a recently discovered Chinese hacking and espionage campaign scooped up data on hundreds of thousands of American mobile phone users, likely stealing information about more than 1 million customers, ABC News has learned. Sources familiar with the investigation gave ABC News a detailed sense of the […]

Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — The hunt is on to find three climbers who disappeared while trying to get to the top of New Zealand’s tallest mountain, authorities said. The three men — 56-year-old Kurt Blair and 50-year-old Carlos Romero from the United States, along with one Canadian national — were visiting New […]

Patrick van Katwijk/WireImage (LONDON) — The South Korean State Council passed a resolution to officially lift martial law, according to the South Korean Prime Minister’s office. Shortly before the vote, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said troops have been withdrawn, hours after he declared an “emergency martial law.” Yoon had declared martial law in a […]

Patrick van Katwijk/WireImage (LONDON) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law” in a televised speech on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported. Yoon said the measure was necessary due to the actions of the country’s liberal opposition, which he accused of controlling parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government. […]

Patrick van Katwijk/WireImage (LONDON) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law” in a televised speech on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported. Yoon said the measure was necessary due to the actions of the country’s opposition, which he accused of controlling parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government. “I […]

U.S.Navy Janae Chambers/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Two U.S. Navy destroyers shot down incoming Houthi missiles and drones that were targeting three U.S.-flagged commercial ships that the destroyers were escorting in the Gulf of Aden, the U.S. military said. There was no damage to the ships involved, the U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, said […]

Orna and Ronen Neutra, parents of Omer Neutra; Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LONDON) — Omer Maxim Neutra, an American-Israeli soldier, was among those killed on Oct. 7, 2023, as Hamas terrorists poured into southern Israel, officials said on Monday. Neutra, 21, had been believed to have been taken alive to Gaza as a hostage, but […]

Eyad Baba / AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, which Israeli officials say are responses to ceasefire violations by the Iranian-backed militant group. The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the […]