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Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, may no longer have a residence in the United Kingdom to call home. Harry and Meghan, who now live full-time in California, have been asked by Harry’s father, King Charles III, to exit Frogmore Cottage, their home […]
pop_jop/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Finland has begun construction on a barrier fence along the border it shares with Russia, the country announced. Construction will begin on a pilot phase that’s 3 kilometers, or 1.8 miles, in length in order to test the barrier’s capabilities before completing the entire project. The full barrier is expected […]
Graeme Jennings – Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A review of ‘Havana syndrome” by the U.S. intelligence community finds it “very unlikely” that a foreign adversary or energy weapon is the cause, officials said Wednesday. That’s according to a new assessment from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released on Wednesday. Instead, Director of […]
Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre became Ghanaian citizens, the Justice for Greenwood Foundation, Inc. announced on Tuesday. Viola Ford Fletcher, 108, and Hughes Van Ellis, 102, are the oldest African Americans to be granted citizenship in Ghana. “The Justice for Greenwood Foundation was proud to […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The deep blue waters, shimmering cliffs and palm tree-lined beaches of Easter Island face a growing threat: plastic. “So now there are some things that belonged to this beach. For example, the rock belonged to this beach. The shell belonged to this beach. But the plastic, no,” said Rapa Nui […]
SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images (TEMPI, Greece) — At least 57 people were killed and more than 80 others were injured in a head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train in Greece late Tuesday, which officials said was mainly due to human error. The crash occurred shortly before midnight in the town […]
Dimitris Lampropoulos/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (TEMPI, Greece) — A station manager faces manslaughter charges following a deadly high-speed train collision that killed dozens of people in central Greece, his attorney said Thursday. At least 57 people have been confirmed dead and more than 80 others injured in the head-on collision between a freight train […]
GMA (NEW YORK) — Mahani Teave was 19-years-old when she left her home on Easter Island to pursue a career as a pianist. Now, she’s returned home, bringing instruments with her to spread music across the island and help preserve its culture. Teave said she was 9-years-old when the island got its first piano. “It […]
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, both sides are still fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian troops have liberated nearly 30,000 square miles of their territory from Russian forces since the invasion began on Feb. 24, […]
Smartshots International/Getty Images (CAIRO) — A nine-meter long hidden passageway was discovered inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Egyptian tourism and antiquities minister announced on Thursday. The function of corridor inside the Pyramid of Khufu, the largest of the Great Pyramids of Giza, was not immediately known but officials said it could lead to […]