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Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The images, taken in by Copernicus satellites in October 2023 and October 2024, appear to show the construction of the Avenida […]

Mazhar Chandio/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — At least 190 people have been rescued from a train in Pakistan as of Wednesday after it was attacked one day prior and hundreds were taken hostage by the militant Balochistan Liberation Army, according to a Pakistani military official. At least 17 people have been injured and 30 […]

Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images (LONDON) — The European Union and Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on Wednesday after the Trump administration’s metals duties went into effect, broadening a trade war with several of America’s top trading partners. The U.S. at midnight began imposing 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports from all trading partners, with no […]

Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images (ROME) — The pope rested peacefully overnight as he begins his 27th consecutive day in hospital this morning, the Vatican said. The pope’s prognosis was “lifted” on Monday, meaning he is no longer in imminent danger, but the clinical picture still remains complex. The 88-year-old pontiff will continue “for additional […]

Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images (LONDON) — The European Union responded on Wednesday to the Trump administration’s metals tariffs, saying member states would place countermeasures on some 26 billion euros, or about $28 billion, worth of U.S. goods. The U.S. at midnight began imposing 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports from […]

State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The prospects for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine are “in Moscow’s hands,” a top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said following successful U.S.-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Andriy Yermak — the head of Zelenskyy’s office — was part of the Ukrainian […]

(LONDON) — There have been 104 passengers rescued from a train in Pakistan on Tuesday after it was attacked and hundreds were taken hostage by the militant Balochistan Liberation Army, according to a Pakistani military official. At least 17 people have been injured and 16 terrorists have been killed as a military operation continues, according […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has officially revoked access to the President’s Daily Brief, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard posted on Monday. Former President Joe Biden — who barred Trump from receiving classified briefings after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob — will no […]

Sudiksha Konanki is seen in this undated photo shared to Meta. (Sudiksha Konanki via Meta) (PUNTA CANA, DR) — Missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki’s clothes were found on the Dominican Republic beach where authorities believe she was last seen going for a swim, two police sources with knowledge of the investigation told ABC […]

NASA (NEW YORK) — An upcoming SpaceX mission on Wednesday will bring the next crew set to work on the International Space Station (ISS), but also return a pair of astronauts back to Earth. Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams have been in space since June 2024 after they performed the first crewed test […]