Astronomers and expert stargazers share their top skywatching tips for beginners

Expert advice for new stargazers: How to begin your amateur astronomy journey

Birds and dinosaurs lived together for millions of years, but only toothless birds survived the asteroid impact that upended life on Earth.

How did birds survive while dinosaurs went extinct?

Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains belonging to an enormous ‘toothed’ bird that lived for a period of about 60 million years after dinosaurs.

Giant ‘toothed’ birds flew over Antarctica 40 million to 50 million years ago

On Episode 186 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Jim Green, NASA's former chief scientist, about snow on the moon.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 186 — Snow on the Moon?

There’s hardly a country on the planet that doesn’t turn to some type of bread with something stuffed inside it to cure a craving. Here are some of the world’s very best sandwiches.

25 of the world’s best sandwiches

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday thanked the Italian migrants, once known as "guest workers," who helped rebuild Germany after World War II. Italian guest workers made an important contribution to Germany's economic rise, Steinmeier said at a joint event with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Berlin.

Steinmeier honours Italian 'guest workers' who rebuilt German economy

The ship, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker named Talara, is not the first ship the IRGC has hijacked, but it had stepped back from such threats recently. Iran has taken credit for seizing a ship on Friday that was off the coast of the UAE near the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran defends ship seizure as a legal action, but tensions continue in the Gulf

The International Auschwitz Committee (IAK) has called on an auction house in western Germany to cancel its auction of Holocaust artefacts scheduled for Monday. The auction of personal documents belonging to victims of Nazi Germany is considered by Holocaust survivors and their relatives to be a "cynical and shameless undertaking," said IAK executive vice president Christoph Heubner in Berlin on Saturday.

Auschwitz Committee wants German auction of Holocaust items scrapped

A few thousand people took to the streets of Mexico City on Saturday to protest growing crime, corruption and impunity in a protest organized by members of Generation Z, but which ended with strong backing from older supporters of opposition parties.  In several countries this year, members of the demographic group born between the late 90s and early 2010s have organized protests against inequality, democratic backsliding and corruption.  The largest "Gen Z” protests took place in Nepal in Septe

Protest inspired by 'Gen Z' movement draws few young people in Mexico and many government critics

The two discussed Gaza in the context of the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, the status of Iran's nuclear program, and more. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed developments in the Middle East in a phone call on Saturday, the Prime Minister's Office and the Kremlin said in a joint statement.

Putin, Netanyahu discuss Middle East in phone call, Kremlin says

Palestinian families call for help as Israel’s two-year military assault has left hundreds of thousands vulnerable.

Palestinians reel under winter rains as Israel blocks Gaza shelter supplies

Brazil’s federal police formally accused President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s former human rights minister Silvio Almeida of sexual misconduct after he was fired over the allegations last year, a police official said Saturday.  If they do so, the Supreme Court will either throw them out or accept them, in which case Almeida would face a trial.  Local media outlets reported that police had formally accused Almeida on Friday.

Lula’s former human rights minister formally accused of sexual misconduct

A British court ruled Friday that Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially paving the way for billions of dollars in compensation. BHP on Friday said it would appeal the ruling.

BHP liable for 2015 Brazil mine disaster: UK court

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after getting stuck on China's space station for more than a week due to their spacecraft sustaining

Explainer-What has happened to the damaged spacecraft at China's space station?

Palestinians call for better tents and other supplies as Israel maintains restrictions on aid to war-ravaged Gaza Strip.

Displaced Palestinian families suffer as heavy rains flood Gaza tent camps

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has accused the German government of suppressing opposition voices amid controversy over a planned visit to Russia by several politicians from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. "I think that the Alternative for Germany as a political force - and by the way, a very significant one - is now under colossal pressure in Germany," the state news agency TASS cited Medvedev as saying on Friday.

Moscow accuses Berlin of stifling the opposition

One of 153 Palestinians who left Gaza without knowing the final destination, says Israel helped facilitate transfer.

‘Trip of suffering’: Gaza evacuee details 24-hour journey to South Africa

Six people are killed in Kyiv, and Ukraine targets one of Russia's biggest oil ports on the Black Sea coast.

Russian drone slams into block of flats in deadly wave of strikes across Kyiv

Tourism to Japan has increased significantly in recent years, and soon, travelers to this major historic destination will see an increase in prices.

Visiting This Japanese City Just Got A Little More Expensive (Here's What Travelers Should Know)

Germany's Bundestag, or lower house of parliament, on Thursday extended two overseas missions of the country's armed forces in the Mediterranean, the EU's Med Irini mission and NATO's Sea Guardian mission. The European Union Naval Force Mediterranean Operation Irini, or Med Irini, mission enforces the UN arms embargo on Libya.

Germany's Bundestag extends two armed forces missions abroad

"If the president is fond of radio stations, he can set one up at the President's Residence," a source close to Katz said, as reported by Israeli media. A source close to Defense Minister Israel Katz slammed President Isaac Herzog for his Thursday statement against Army Radio's closure.

'Set up an Army Radio station at President’s Residence': Source close to Katz slams Herzog

The Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas has handed over another body to staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Gaza Strip. The remains are said to be of a hostage abducted from Israel, Hamas said on Thursday.

Hamas hands over another body in the Gaza Strip

The new Unmanned Systems Forces was created to oversee Russia's drone operations, development, testing and training.

Russia Creates New Military Branch Dedicated To Drone Warfare

Earlier, Likud MK Tally Gotliv publicly revealed his identity, in defiance of a court-issued gag order. Assistant-Chief Meni Benjamin, the head of the Israel Police’s Lahav 433 - The National Crime Unit, is currently under investigation by the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigative Department (PID) on suspicion of breach of trust and abuse of power, Israeli media reported on Thursday.

Lahav 433 head Asst.-Ch. Meni Benjamin named as police officer investigated for breach of trust

HAVANA () -Cuba is fighting a wave of mosquito-borne illnesses including dengue and chikungunya virus that have swept the island in recent ​weeks, affecting nearly one-third of the population and sickening swaths of workers,‌ the country's top epidimiologist said late on Wednesday. Dengue fever has long plagued Cuba but has grown worse ‌as an economic crisis hampers the government's ability to fumigate, clean roadside trash and patch leaky pipes.

Cuba fights to contain spread of mosquito-borne chikungunya virus

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -With more than a half-million people worldwide dying from heat-related causes every year, a group of philanthropies is putting $300 million into developing ​life-saving solutions as global temperatures continue to rise. The money, announced this week at the COP30 climate negotiations in ‌Brazil, is aimed at developing data and figuring out the best investments for tackling rising risks from extreme heat, air pollution and infectious disease.

Deadly heat worldwide prompts $300 million for climate health research at COP30

A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing outbreaks in other countries. The CDC hasn't provided any insights on what's happening in the U.S. in weeks.

Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K.

For each of the past several years, scientists, analysts and officials have been hoping that it would be the year when emissions from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas would stop going up.  For the second straight year, emissions from fossil fuels rose 1.1% in 2025, scientists reported Wednesday at United Nations climate negotiations.  “It’s disappointing that we haven’t brought down carbon dioxide emissions,” said University of Exeter scientist Stephen Sitch, a member of the Global Carbo

Relentless rise in carbon pollution from fossil fuels slightly dampens climate-fighting hopes

"The family appreciates all prayers at this time," according to a statement.

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized

Coordinated terrorist attacks turned Paris into a theater of blood and calamity 10 years ago Thursday, with gunfire on café terraces, explosions by a stadium and a nighttime massacre at the Bataclan concert hall leaving 132 people dead and hundreds injured.  The night reshaped France’s sense of safety and purpose, hardening security while deepening a civic reflex for solidarity that endures a decade on.  Paris is marking the Thursday anniversary with a sequence of tributes led by President Emman

France honors the victims of the Paris attacks' night of terror 10 years on

Do all the collapsed bridge photos on social media really show the Nov. 11, 2025 collapse of the Hongqi bridge in southwest China? No, that's not true: The new Hongqi bridge did collapse, one day after it was closed to...

Fact Check: Some Bridge Photos Circulating Do NOT Show The Hongqi Bridge That Collapsed In Southwest China Nov. 11, 2025

A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani won Iraq's parliamentary election, according to local media on Wednesday. After counting more than 99% of the votes, al-Sudani's Reconstruction and Development Coalition secured more than 1.

Coalition led by Iraqi PM al-Sudani wins parliamentary elections

Australia has seen a spike in misinformation related to fabricated traffic rules -- the latest includes a purported new national law that requires drivers to keep their headlights on at all times. A review of each state's and territory's latest traffic regulations reveals there have been no changes to when motorists should turn on their headlights -- at night and in bad weather.

Fake new headlights rule steer Australian drivers astray

Rivalries between major Bangladeshi political parties have simmered ahead of elections scheduled in February 2026. After supporters of Bangladesh's two main parties brawled at a mosque in October, old photos circulated online with a false claim they showed the aftermath of the fight. One of the pictures was in fact taken in Afghanistan, while the rest show the aftermath of a gas explosion at a mosque in Bangladesh in 2020.

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Steinmeier honours Italian 'guest workers' who rebuilt German economy

Tehran defends ship seizure as a legal action, but tensions continue in the Gulf

Auschwitz Committee wants German auction of Holocaust items scrapped

Protest inspired by 'Gen Z' movement draws few young people in Mexico and many government critics

Putin, Netanyahu discuss Middle East in phone call, Kremlin says

Palestinians reel under winter rains as Israel blocks Gaza shelter supplies

Lula’s former human rights minister formally accused of sexual misconduct

BHP liable for 2015 Brazil mine disaster: UK court

Explainer-What has happened to the damaged spacecraft at China's space station?

Displaced Palestinian families suffer as heavy rains flood Gaza tent camps

Moscow accuses Berlin of stifling the opposition

‘Trip of suffering’: Gaza evacuee details 24-hour journey to South Africa

Russian drone slams into block of flats in deadly wave of strikes across Kyiv

Visiting This Japanese City Just Got A Little More Expensive (Here's What Travelers Should Know)

Germany's Bundestag extends two armed forces missions abroad

'Set up an Army Radio station at President’s Residence': Source close to Katz slams Herzog

Hamas hands over another body in the Gaza Strip

Russia Creates New Military Branch Dedicated To Drone Warfare

Lahav 433 head Asst.-Ch. Meni Benjamin named as police officer investigated for breach of trust

Cuba fights to contain spread of mosquito-borne chikungunya virus

Deadly heat worldwide prompts $300 million for climate health research at COP30

Deadly heat worldwide prompts $300 million for climate health research at COP30

Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K.

Relentless rise in carbon pollution from fossil fuels slightly dampens climate-fighting hopes

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized

France honors the victims of the Paris attacks' night of terror 10 years on

Fact Check: Some Bridge Photos Circulating Do NOT Show The Hongqi Bridge That Collapsed In Southwest China Nov. 11, 2025

Coalition led by Iraqi PM al-Sudani wins parliamentary elections

Fake new headlights rule steer Australian drivers astray

Old photos misrepresented as aftermath of political party supporters' brawl in Bangladesh