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Omar Marques/Getty Images (TORONTO) — A high-altitude object tracked over northern Canada has been shot down over the Yukon, officials said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered the takedown of “an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace.” “Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object,” he […]

Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is sanctioning what is says are seven members of a Russian hacker group who have targeted the hospitals, companies and the U.S. government, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. “Cyber criminals, particularly those based in Russia, seek to attack critical infrastructure, target U.S. businesses, and exploit the international […]

ABC News (NACIMIENTO, Chile) — Wildfires that have been raging across Chile for more than a week have now killed at least 26 people and left more than 2,000 injured. Over 1,500 homes have also been completely destroyed by the fires, leaving thousands more homeless as a heatwave has enveloped the region with temperatures reaching […]

Omar Marques/Getty Images (TORONTO) — A high-altitude object tracked over northern Canada has been shot down over the Yukon, officials said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered the takedown of “an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace.” “Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object,” he […]

Courtesy Cheetah Conservation Fund (NEW YORK) — Some 70 years after humans drove cheetahs to extinction in India, the country now seeks to bring them back. In efforts to reestablish a population, South Africa will ship about 100 of the carnivorous cats to India over the next decade with the first batch of felines set […]

Aziz Karimov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell has been traveling throughout Turkey to some of the areas most devastated by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck early Monday. He spoke with ABC’s “Start Here,” about what he has seen so far. START HERE: Ian joins us from the road, I […]

Courtesy of Adnan Muhammet Korkut (NEW YORK) — A 17-year-old boy is sharing his story of survival after spending 94 hours trapped in rubble in the wake of the devastating earthquake that rocked Turkey early Monday. Speaking via FaceTime from his hospital bed in Gaziantep, Turkey, Adnan Muhammet Korkut told ABC News he was asleep […]

Flavia Morlachetti/Getty Images (LONDON) — King Charles III’s highly anticipated coronation will take place on May 6 at Westminster Abbey. Charles will be the 40th monarch to be crowned at the church; William the Conqueror was the first on Christmas Day in 1066. The most recent was Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953. The […]

SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Putin’s forces pulled out of key positions in November, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops led […]

RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 22,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria early Monday, according to officials. The pre-dawn quake was centered in the town of Pazarcik in Turkey’s southeastern Kahramanmaras province and was followed by several powerful aftershocks. Thousands of […]