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kdow/Getty Images (LONDON) — Fighting in Sudan between forces loyal to two rival generals has triggered a mass exodus of foreigners, while locals struggle to escape. A number of countries — including the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, Italy, Germany, France and Canada — airlifted and evacuated diplomats, embassy staff […]

ABC News (KOSTYANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE) — Alina Ivanchenko and her 9-year-old daughter, Zlata, waited as long as they could before leaving the city of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine. Preparing to leave the relative safety of the central city of Dnipro along with a dozen other locals, the overriding emotion is bittersweet. “We were postponing till the […]

ABC News (KHARTOUM, Sudan) — Under pitch black conditions and amid fighting, U.S. military forces swooped into war-torn Sudan in two Chinook helicopters and evacuated the American embassy in a “fast and clean” operation, military officials said late Saturday evening. President Joe Biden confirmed the evacuation of U.S. government personnel from Khartoum under his orders […]

Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States is sending additional military forces and equipment to a base in Djibouti to pre-position in case they are needed for the possible evacuation of Americans from Sudan, two U.S. officials told ABC News. Fierce fighting between the Sudanese Army and a paramilitary force has raged in […]

Salim Tas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sea level rise is likely presenting more threats to an already vulnerable marine species, according to new research. As waters from the ocean push further and further onto shore, the flooding is washing away the nesting sites for sea turtles in places like the United States, Australia, […]

Jeff Spicer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just over two weeks before Camilla, the queen consort is crowned alongside her husband King Charles III at the coronation, one of her children is speaking out. Tom Parker Bowles, the eldest of Camilla’s two children, said that he is keeping perspective even as his mom ascends to the […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — High in the hills of the San Juan Tlacotenco Forest, the worth of water is revealed as nearby villagers make the arduous journey to the Zacasonapan Spring. For generations, the pilgrimage has been a regular tradition for many who live in the area and rely on the natural water source […]

Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — Members of Britain’s royal family are honoring the late Queen Elizabeth II on what would have been her 97th birthday. Prince William and Kate, the princess of Wales, shared a photo on social media of the queen posing with 10 of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The photo […]

Wildlife Conservation Society/Government of Chad (LONDON) — A lion has been spotted in Chad’s Sena Oura National Park for the first time in almost two decades. A team of conservationists from the Chadian government and the New York City-based nonprofit Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released an image on Thursday showing what they described as “a […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (TORONTO) — Authorities are looking for about $14.77 million (20 million Canadian dollars) worth of gold and other high-value goods that were stolen from a holding cargo facility at Toronto Pearson International Airport, according to police. A “high-value container” was stolen from a holding cargo facility after it was taken off a […]