The bridge made famous in the Winnie the Pooh books -- where the bear and his friends played "pooh sticks" -- is up for sale by the British auction house Summers Place.The bridge in Ashdown Forest in England was the…
After 18 turbulent months spent tackling the global Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) is being broadly tipped as the frontrunner to take this year's Nobel Peace Prize.The United Nations agency, which runs the vaccine-sharing program COVAX, is certainly…
When Italy first went into a coronavirus lockdown last year, Khabane Lame had just lost his job at a factory near the northern city of Turin.He spent his days holed up at his parents' home in Chivasso with his three…
Smile, Mercury!The smallest planet in our solar system was getting photographed Friday by a European-Japanese space probe making its closest trip past the sphere on its seven-year mission.The BepiColombo mission made its first flyby of Mercury around 7:34 p.m. ET…
Things are about to get a little quiet between NASA and its fleet of robotic Mars explorers. That's because an expected communication breakdown is about to happen, all thanks to the sun.The Mars solar conjunction takes place between October 2…
The United States is aiming to launch a group of small satellites to fill a critical gap in the ability to foresee precipitation dangers, like the deluge that overwhelmed Northeastern cities at the start of September.The US Air Force announced…
The coronavirus pandemic has focused attention on the role of science in society like never before -- and the pace of scientific discovery has been blistering.The greatest minds in physics, chemistry and medicine will be honored when the Nobel Prizes,…
The long Covid problem might be bigger than we thought.A large study has revealed that one in three Covid-19 survivors have suffered symptoms three to six months after getting infected, with breathing problems, abdominal symptoms such as abdominal pain, change of bowel habit…
A heated back-and-forth between China and Canada kicked off in the final hours of the UN General Assembly Monday, after Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau referenced the "two Michaels" recently released from detention in China.Garneau suggested Canadian nationals Michael Spavor…
The earliest bird reared by humans may have been a cassowary -- often called the world's most dangerous bird because of its long, dagger-like toe.Territorial, aggressive and often compared to a dinosaur in looks, the bird is a surprising candidate…
Afghanistan and Myanmar have withdrawn from their speaking slots at the United Nations General Assembly at the last minute, amid disputes over who should represent those countries. Both saw their elected governments overthrown earlier this year.Afghanistan's UN representative Ghulam Isaczai…
Barbers in Afghanistan's Helmand Province are now prohibited from shaving men's beards and playing music in their shops, according to a statement issued by the province's Taliban-led department of virtue and vice.The new regulations mark the latest in a series…
Mali plans to hire private Russian mercenaries to assist with security in the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday."Given the external support has been diminished from those who assumed an obligation to help eradicate terrorism there, they have…
Dinosaurs loom large in the imagination of many kids and, for some, it's an obsession they never really grow out of.My passion for dinosaurs arrived much later in life. As a journalist in Hong Kong, I was lucky enough to…
Marines' gesture moves a woman to tears, Nicole Richie's birthday celebration got hotter than expected, and a "very well behaved" pup interrupts a reporter's live shot. These are the must-watch videos of the week.'The most American thing ever' A group…
Health officials in the United States have said Covid-19 vaccine boosters can begin for older and higher-risk people there. But at least 15 countries around the world -- most of them in Africa -- have yet to give at least…
The eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan has seen a spate of attacks against the Taliban this week by the group IS Khorasan (ISIS-K), an affiliate of ISIS.ISIS-K claimed three attacks in the city on Wednesday and Thursday. Through ISIS'…
Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont was arrested on the Italian island of Sardinia on Thursday on charges related to his activities in Catalonia's failed bid in 2017 to secede from Spain, a court official and his lawyer told CNN.His lawyer,…
Tyrannosaurus rex battled parasites and got gout from its meat-rich diet. Duck-billed hadrosaurs suffered cancerous tumors, and a towering sauropod in China survived a nasty pus-filled infection from a predator bite.Dinosaurs, like us, got sick and injured. By detecting these…
The COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow, which begin on October 31, couldn't come at a more crucial time.A state-of-the-science report published by the UN in August showed that the world is warming faster than scientists previously thought, and that…
