The German tennis star Boris Becker was discharged from English bankruptcy court after doing "all that he reasonably could do" to pay back what he owes.
A group of volunteer searchers claim to have discovered a clandestine crematorium on the outskirts of Mexico City. Authorities are investigating the area.
Authorities warned locals of possible super-hot volcanic clouds and a tsunami if the mountain falls into the sea following another eruption of Indonesia's Mount Ruang volcano.
Chinese scientist Zhang Yongzhen, the first person to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus, regained access to his lab after being locked out and staging a sit-in protest.
Athletes in the 2024 Paris Olympics can indulge in a culinary experience featuring gourmet dishes crafted by renowned French chefs, according to officials.
Ransom Riggs, known for the bestselling "Miss Peregrine" series, is set to release his new series "Sunderworld" this summer, published by Dutton Books for Young Readers.
Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska, a 98-year-old woman in Ukraine, escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking nearly 6 miles alone, according to officials.
One of the teenagers who was arrested and charged in the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney, Australia, has applied for release from custody due to exceptional circumstances.
Saudi Arabia sent a letter to the UN confirming that Manahel al-Otaibi, a popular online fitness influencer, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for "terrorism offenses."
Greece is bracing for an intense wildfire season as temperatures rise and fires start earlier each year by doubling the number of firefighters in specialized units.
A British police officer from West Yorkshire is facing a terror charge for allegedly sharing images supporting Hamas, a banned terrorist group in the UK.
Despite the good relationship between India and Australia, media reports claim Indian spies were caught in Australia four years ago. No government officials will comment on the matter.
Police say a 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after three people were assaulted at a secondary school in northern England.
Paul Auster, a renowned author and filmmaker known for his narratives, including works like "The New York Trilogy" and "4 3 2 1," has died at the age of 77.
An exhibition in Moscow organized by the Russian Defense Ministry showcases over 30 pieces of Western military equipment captured from Kyiv forces during the war in Ukraine.
Ecuador defended its actions in storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito last month. This move came after Mexico granted asylum to former Vice President Jorge Glas.
A panel of federal judges rejected Louisiana's new congressional map, which made two of the state's six districts majority-Black. This state's map from 2022 was also federally blocked.
24 people have been confirmed dead after a section of a highway in southern China's Guangdong province collapsed. The incident occurred early Wednesday.
The U.S. House has passed a bill to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list across 48 states. The Biden administration opposes the measure.
More than 500 baby sea turtles were left stranded on South African beaches after a rare and powerful storm, prompting their rescue by an aquarium, officials said.
A court in the Central African Republic has issued an international arrest warrant for former President François Bozizé over human rights abuses between 2009 and 2013.
The top U.N. court, in a 15-1 vote, has rejected Nicaragua's request to order that Germany halt aid to Israel and renew funding to the U.N. aid agency in Gaza.
A Portuguese-flagged container ship was targeted by a drone in the Arabian Sea, in what appears to be the first confirmed deep-sea attack that the Houthi rebels have claimed.
Hundreds of thousands of pieces of ammunition, including grenades and anti-tank missiles, have gone missing from Colombian military bases, according to President Gustavo Petro.
Alabama lawmakers proposed Tuesday a gambling legislation compromise that would for allow a state lottery and electronic gambling machines at multiple sites statewide.
Tunisia's main opposition coalition announced Tuesday it wouldn't participate in the country's upcoming presidential election unless incumbent Kais Saied frees his political rivals.
David Meehan's father, Daniel, testified against his son Tuesday. The younger Meehan alleges he was routinely beaten and raped at the Sununu Youth Services Center in New Hampshire.
Former Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes has been cleared of ethics charges alleging she abused her access to the state's voter rolls to benefit herself and her party.
15 people were injured Tuesday after an SUV crashed through the front wall of a Savers thrift shop in Las Cruces, New Mexico, according to authorities.
Two grandparents, alongside their infant grandchild, were killed in a six-vehicle collision involving a vehicle being chased by police in eastern Canada.
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have been charged with cutting down the famous Sycamore Gap tree that fell over on Hadrian's Wall in northern England last year.
The head of the U.N.'s migration agency warned the number of Syrian refugees leaving Lebanon will likely continue rising as donors cut back on aid; many refugees are heading to Cyprus.
Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, known for its photo spots, began constructing a screen to block the view of Mount Fuji; foreign tourists have triggered complaints from residents.
Philippine ships were blasted by water cannons from Chinese coast guard ships in the latest such incident as China asserts dominance in the South China Sea.
South African police are probing whether former President Jacob Zuma’s new political party forged signatures to register for upcoming national elections.
Haiti's transitional council has appointed Fritz Belizaire, a former sports minister, as the new prime minister as the country faces severe violence and instability.
After a series of meetings to discuss a global treaty to end plastic pollution, negotiators have seen "monumental change" as they work toward the goal of adopting the treaty in 2025.
An annual survey of wildlife has been cut short as warm temperatures hit Isle Royale, but enough data has been documented to show the wolf population is stable while the moose population is declining.
The populous state of California has seen a major decline in population since 2019, but it is finally seeing the growth in the state's residential numbers according to a report.
Cheng "Charlie" Saephan has brought attention to his lu Mein culture, a southeast Asian ethnic group, in America after winning the $1.3 billion Powerball in Oregon.
A Finnish man has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison for hacking into a private psychotherapy center's database, according to authorities.
Georgia's second new nuclear reactor is now operational. Each can power 500,000 homes and businesses, but the project exceeded both cost and timeline projections.
Former Kazakh Interior Minister Erlan Turgumbayev has been arrested in connection with a deadly police crackdown on protests that erupted in 2022, officials say.
Zhang Yongzhen, the first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China, staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after being locked out by authorities.
Twenty years after joining the European Union, Poland has still not adopted the euro. The Polish finance minister said keeping the zloty helped avoid recession and weather other shocks.
Mexico has taken Ecuador to the top U.N. court, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy. The raid occurred on April 5.
Pakistani police say gunmen have fatally shot a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in the northwest. Police said Tuesday that the gunmen fired at a team.
Twenty people were killed and 11 were injured in a large explosion at a Cambodian army base that appears to have happened when soldiers were unloading ammunition from a truck.
A Taliban-run tourism and hotel management institute has opened its doors to students in an effort to attract more tourists to Afghanistan, officials say.
Ex-intelligence chief Aleksandar Vulin, who is thought to have close ties with Russia, will be one of several vice-premieres in Serbia's new government.
Mississippi legislators are set to vote on a Medicaid expansion plan this week would require new program recipients to be employed at least 100 hours a month.
New Jersey's attorney general and Local 54 of the Unite Here union are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit brought by another union aiming to ban smoking in Atlantic City's casinos.
A growing number of public health experts say if you choose to drink alcohol, you should drink as little as possible. Guidelines vary from country to country.
Colombia's armed forces said nine soldiers were killed after an army helicopter crashed in a rural area; the helicopter was carrying supplies to troops in the municipality of Santa Rosa del Sur.
The Mexican Council of Bishops has said a retired Roman Catholic bishop who tried to mediate between drug cartels was apparently kidnapped, but later located and brought to a hospital.
A ship in the Red Sea sustained damaged, though its crew remained unharmed, in a suspected missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels; vessels in the area were urged to exercise caution.
More than $1 billion in state funding will head to Louisville, the largest city in Kentucky, to support education, health care, downtown renewal and other priorities.
After Cartier mistakenly listed earrings for $14 instead of $14,000, Rogelio Villarreal ordered two sets; officials backed his position that the jewelry company should honor the advertised price.
Brenda Wouters, a former teacher at the Sununu Youth Services Center in New Hampshire, testified Monday that she reported suspicious bruises on at least half a dozen teenagers.
Flash floods and a landslide have left at least 45 people dead and dozens of others missing in Kenya, reportedly triggered by a clogged railway tunnel.
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race's iconic burled arch finish line has collapsed into a pile of wood; Nome Mayor John Handeland said the likely cause was wood rot.
New Mexico has reached a record $24.5 million settlement with Texas-based Ameredev over air pollution violations at natural gas sites in the Permian Basin.
Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, a left-wing power figurehead and ex-guerilla, announced Monday that he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
The British Army said one of the London military horses that escaped trainers and ran through the city's streets is expected to make a full recovery, while the other remains under close observation.
Deyvin Morales and Karla Lopez-Gutierrez, both 29, have been sentenced for their participation in the carjacking and kidnapping of an FBI employee in South Dakota.
Stars of fashion, music, film, politics, sports and social media will attend the Met Gala on May 6th to have dinner, sip cocktails and sample the new 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion' exhibit.
Six troops linked to a United Arab Emirates-backed secessionist group were killed in an explosion in southern Yemen on Monday. Al-Qaeda militants are blamed for the attack.
Chyell Park, 15, was reported dead following a shooting at a post-prom party in Fitzgerald, Georgia, early Saturday. Three others were wounded and a suspect has been charged.
John Krasinski's new movie 'IF,' which blends animation and live-action, is about a girl and her neighbor who can see imaginary friends; it features Ryan Reynolds and Cailey Fleming.
Hundreds of mourners gathered along a funeral procession route in Chicago to say farewell to police officer Luis M. Huesca, who was shot to death while leaving work.
American athlete groups are calling for an independent investigation into the case of nearly 2 dozen Chinese swimmers who were not sanctioned after having positive tests for a banned heart medication.
Libyan authorities are demanding improvements after photographs leaked of the underground cell in Lebanon where the son of Libya’s late dictator Moammar Gadhafi has been held for years.
Two Polk County, Florida, sheriff's deputies were seriously injured and their assailant killed in an exchange of gunfire, Sheriff Grady Judd confirmed over the weekend.
Ecuador has filed a complaint at the United Nations' top court over Mexico's move to grant political asylum to former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas.
Vermont resident Kory Lee George has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for conspiring with his mother to kill his stepfather, David Auclair, in 2019.
The Belarusian service of the German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle has been labeled an 'extremist organization' by authorities in Belarus; all of its activities have been banned in the country.
Dozens of Sorbonne university students were removed from campus grounds by French police after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the elite institution's main courtyard.
Togolese voters headed to the polls for parliamentary elections that gauge support for a proposed new constitution that would give lawmakers the ability to choose the country's president.
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution met on Monday to begin the process of writing out a global treaty to end plastic pollution.
Pope Francis attended the Venice Biennale of Arts and visited the Vatican's exhibit, which was inside of a women's prison and created with the help of some prisoners.
Millions of students in public schools across the Philippines are being ordered to stay home after urgent health warnings spread throughout Southeast Asia as major heatwave continues to hit region.
The European Union has announced stricter visa requirements for Ethiopian nationals. EU countries will no longer be permitted to waive requirements, officials say.
A 16-year-old gunman wounded 10 people during a private event at Cabana Live, a party venue in Florida. The shooting followed a fistfight, authorities say.
South Korea’s opposition leader has urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to accept special investigations into allegations involving top officials and his wife.
Solomon Islands pro-Bejing Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will not remain head of the South Pacific island nation’s government following general elections.
Five former firefighting and disaster response officials have been convicted by a Greek court for criminal negligence in connection with a deadly wildfire in 2018.
Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned rather than face a no-confidence vote following the end of a coalition between his Scottish National Party and the Green Party.
Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father and former coach of Olympic champion runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen, has been charged with abusing one of his other children.
Thailand's foreign minister, Parnpree Bahiddha-Nugara, has resigned after being removed as one of the country's deputy prime ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle.
Trent Staggs was chosen as the Utah Republican Party's nominee to replace Mitt Romney in the Senate, but other, more moderate Republican candidates will still compete at the primary.
The reopening of schools in Kenya has been postponed by one week due to heavy rains and flooding. Over 100 schools have been flooded, according to officials.
The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has announced that a pair of giant pandas will soon be transferred from China to the U.S. as part of a conservation partnership.
U.S. police departments have reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers for the first time in years. Many larger departments have increased officer pay.
Richelle Dietz is among 17 people suing the U.S. over jet fuel leaks and health problems allegedly linked to contaminated water on their military base.
A trial has opened in Germany for nine members of the Reich Citizens movement, who have called for bringing down the government and subscribe to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
At least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in western Kenya, police have confirmed. Ongoing rains have caused flooding that has already killed nearly 100 people.
Police said three Louisiana police officers were wounded by gunfire Sunday in a standoff with a man suspected of shooting three other people in the past week.
The United Nations has said Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the city of El Fasher in the western Darfur region, and warned that 'an attack would have devastating consequences.'
A 2-year-old killer whale has reached an inlet that could take it to the open ocean, after being trapped in a lagoon on Vancouver Island for more than a month.
Oregon man Donald McQuade, convicted in the 1978 murder of a 16-year-old girl in Alaska, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison; he maintains his innocence.
New York will begin levying a $15 toll on most drivers entering Manhattan's bustling central business district on June 30, according to transit officials.
Before the Kansas Legislature's scheduled adjournment for the year, Republican state senators blocked efforts to force debates on expanding Medicaid programs and the medical use of marijuana.
Dr. Daniel Davidow, the former medical director at the Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents, was acquitted Friday of sexually abusing two teenage patients.
Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed a suite of gun safety legislation into law, after the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history left 18 people dead and 13 people injured.
A man killed by Porter County, Indiana, police on Thursday has been identified as 20-year-old Caden Mura, who had a history of resisting law enforcement.
Jeremy Cooper, a former paramedic who administered a dose of ketamine to Elijah McClain, has been sentenced to probation after his homicide conviction in the 23-year-old Black man's death.
As part of a pro-Palestinian protest, students at the Paris Institute of Political Studies blocked access to a campus building on Friday; administrators decided to move all classes online.
A judge ordered Friday that Marine Corps veteran Russell Vane of Vienna, Virginia remain jailed pending trial on charges that he attempted to make ricin.
Peter Magyar, a new voice of opposition to Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, led a protest of thousands of people on Friday demanding greater protection for children.
Trinidad & Tobago closed a marine park and 7 beaches on Friday after a shark attacked a British tourist at Turtle Beach along Great Courland Bay; the man was hospitalized after the attack.
Guatemalan prosecutors have raided the offices of humanitarian organization Save the Children, citing a complaint alleging the charity violated the rights of migrant children.
Mexican film 'Shame' has won the top prize at the Moscow International Film Festival, as major studios in the U.S. and many European countries boycott the Russian market over its war in Ukraine.
Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations over their coverage of a report on the mass killing of civilians by the country's military junta.
Egypt sent on Friday a high-level delegation to Israel, seeking to discuss a prolonged cease-fire agreement with Hamas and avert an Israeli offensive on the town of Rafah in Gaza.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced that Pope Francis will attend the G7 Summit in June and will participate in the session on artificial intelligence.
New Jersey has announced an emergency beach replenishment project in North Wildwood, a southern shore town at the center of a political showdown over its badly-eroded dunes.
A Nebraska grand jury has indicted former Seward County Deputy Anthony Gann on suspicion of manslaughter in the Oct. 23 shooting of Jorge Santana-Ramirez.
The University of Louisiana System announced Thursday that McNeese State University's executive vice president, Wade Rousse, has been tapped to helm the entire school.
A government spokesperson in Kenya said on Friday that at least 70 people have been killed by flooding and heavy rains in the East African country since mid-March.
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Friday that New York may proceed with a law requiring internet service providers to offer heavy discounts to low-income residents.
Mark Rutte, the outgoing PM of the Netherlands, was seeking support in his bid for the position of NATO secretary general from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday.
Several thousand Spanish journalists and writers signed an online manifesto in support of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife after Sánchez announced he was considering resignation.
Scotland's First Minister, Humza Yousaf, is facing intense political pressure after breaking a power-sharing agreement. Yousaf replaced Nicola Sturgeon in March 2023.
A Romanian court has ruled that a trial can proceed in the case involving Andrew Tate, who is accused of human trafficking, rape and leading a criminal group.
A fire started in a small hotel in Porto Alegre, Brazil, resulting in the deaths of at least 10 people. The hotel was known to provide affordable housing.
A 20-year-old British man has been charged with conducting hostile activity to benefit Russia. He is accused of plotting to torch a London business connected to Ukraine.
A journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes magazine has been arrested in Khabarovsk on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military.
South Korean police on Friday conducted a raid on the office of Lim Hyun-taek, the incoming leader of the Korean Medical Association, according to authorities.
A premature baby girl who was rescued from her mother's womb after her mother was killed in an Israeli airstrike has died in a Gaza hospital, her uncle said.
Sean Hodgson, an Army reservist, testified on Thursday about his friend Robert Card's mental decline leading up to Maine's deadliest mass shooting, officials say.
A Syrian woman has received a life sentence for her role in a 2022 explosion in Istanbul, Turkey, which killed six people and injured 99, officials say.
Sweden's parliamentary committee has recommended increasing the military budget by nearly $5 billion until 2030 to improve air defenses and expand conscription.
A former U.K. Parliament researcher and his alleged accomplice have been granted bail after being charged with espionage for China, according to officials.
Vuong Dinh Hue, the head of Vietnam’s parliament, has resigned as the country faces an ongoing anti-corruption campaign, according to state media reports.
A cargo ship has navigated through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore, ending its weeks-long immobilization due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The head of Mexico’s detective service has apologized for calling Mexico "the champion" of fentanyl and meth production this week, according to his office.
The Burgers' Zoo in the Netherlands recently welcomed a pair of self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project into Europe's largest coral reef.
A transitional council, made up of eight men and one woman who will appoint Haiti's new cabinet and PM, was installed on Thursday as the country faces soaring hunger and gang violence.
The Alabama House of Representatives has voted 72-28 for a bill that could see librarians prosecuted for providing 'harmful materials to minors;' the legislation now moves to the Alabama Senate.
Mexico City prosecutors on Thursday sought to downplay a suspected serial killer's case; he allegedly targeted women for more than a decade and kept women's bones in his room.
Republican U.S. Sen. John Hoeven said Thursday that wild horses will remain in North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park amid fears that park officials would remove the animals.
Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a ship in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, in the latest assault over Israel's war on Hamas; a Houthi missile targeting a vessel was shot down the day before.
Lawyers for Ryan Corbett, a New York man believed to be detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan for almost 2 years, are asking for help from a UN human rights investigator.
Thousands of Indigenous people marched in Brazil's capital of Brasília on Thursday; they called on the government to protect territories and officially recognize lands.
Kurdish-led authorities in Syria handed over 17 women and 33 children, related to Islamic State militants, on Thursday to a delegation from Tajikistan for repatriation.
The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival began Thursday, and the Rolling Stones are set to headline the event with a long-sold-out performance on May 2.
An autopsy report released on Thursday shows that a 26-year-old Chicago man killed in a traffic stop in March was shot 13 times; police officers fired their guns almost 100 times.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday that the country's gangs and cartels generally "respect the citizenry" in favor of killing each other.
Top-ranking Belarusian security official Ivan Tertel said Thursday that the country had stopped attempted drone strikes by Lithuania, which has denied the claim's validity.
Early in-person voting began Tuesday across North Carolina for the runoff elections being held next month, including Republican primaries for one congressional and two statewide seats.
Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said Thursday that anti-terrorism measures put in place to safeguard the Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony will 'apply to all buildings along the route.'
Bernie Williams, who signed with the NY Yankees in 1985 and later became a four-time World Series champion, has made his New York Philharmonic debut as a classical guitarist.
Candace Chapman Scott, a 37-year-old former mortuary worker from Arkansas, has pleaded guilty to selling 24 boxes of body parts stolen from medical school cadavers.
Nine migrants from Mali and Mauritania were buried Thursday in a solemn ceremony in the Brazilian city of Belem; fishermen found the boat carrying the bodies on April 13 in Brazil.
The Pentagon said Thursday that the majority of U.S. troops in Niger and Chad will be withdrawn as the U.S. works to restore agreements with the countries as to the American military's role there.
People travelling to and from Paris were subject to significant disruptions on Thursday, despite air traffic controllers having declined to commence an anticipated strike.
The death of Dr. John Forsyth, whose body was pulled from a northwest Arkansas lake last year with a gunshot wound to the head, has been ruled a suicide.
Scottish leader Humza Yousaf's decision Thursday to end a power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Green Party has triggered events that could see him lose his job next week.
Ahmed Alid, 45, was convicted Thursday of fatally stabbing 70-year-old Terence Carney in Hartlepool, England. Alid reportedly told police he killed Carney "for the people of Gaza."
Ukraine's entrants into the Eurovision Song Contest, the female duo of alyona alyona and Jerry Heil, set off from Kyiv for the pan-continental music competition on Thursday.
Jerron Lightfoot, 20, of Tonganoxie, Kansas, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the 2023 car crash deaths of a police officer and a bystander.
A body discovered Wednesday in an Iowa field is believed to be that of 53-year-old Wall Lake resident David Schultz, a truck driver who went missing just before Thanksgiving.
Lawyers representing Congo said they are questioning Apple about its knowledge of 'blood minerals' from the country's east that could be smuggled into the tech company's supply chains.
Portugal on Thursday commemorated the 50th anniversary of the army coup that brought democracy to the European country; the Carnation Revolution ended a four-decade dictatorship.
France and the Philippines are set to initiate discussions next month for a defense pact that would allow troops to conduct exercises on each other's soil.
A new report says nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023. The increase was due to deterioration in food security, officials say.
A rapper in Iran who rose to fame after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and criticizing the Islamic Republic has been sentenced to death, his lawyer said.
The TN House tabled until next year legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to study or distribute money for reparations for slavery.
A C54D-DC airplane caught fire and crashed, killing both people on board, on its way to deliver over 3,000 gallons of fuel to a remote Alaska Native village.
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