Colts quarterback Wentz traded to Washington
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Carson Wentz is joining the Washington Commanders in exchange for multiple draft picks, US reports said on Wednesday.
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Outside New York, a warehouse becomes rear base for Ukraine aid
In a large warehouse near New York, dozens of volunteers and workers open, sort and tape up boxes -- in a hurry.
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US veterans sick after burn pit exposure want recognition -- and compensation
Back in 2006, US National Guard sergeant Heath Robinson oversaw the burning of waste at a military base in Iraq.
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Air strike on Ukraine hospital sparks uproar on eve of talks
An apparent Russian air strike destroyed a paediatric and maternity hospital in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Wednesday, triggering global outrage.
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Conservative Yoon wins tight South Korean presidential race
The opposition conservative Yoon Suk-yeol has won South Korea's presidential election, Yonhap reported early Thursday, propelling a political novice and avowed anti-feminist to the helm of Asia's fourth largest economy.
Read moreSacked Russian F1 driver Mazepin and oligarch father added to EU blacklist
Motor racing driver Nikita Mazepin, sacked by the Haas Formula One team after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, on Wednesday was added to the list of Russians sanctioned by the European Union.
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Forget mammoths, study shows how to resurrect Christmas Island rats
Ever since the movie Jurassic Park, the idea of bringing extinct animals back to life has captured the public's imagination -- but what might scientists turn their attention towards first?
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In rare pandemic upside, NY Phil expedites $550-million revamp
As the pandemic reduced the performing arts to streamed concerts and quarantine albums, New York's Philharmonic found a glimmer of hope in their darkened hall, accelerating plans to gut, renovate and upgrade it with a whole new sound.
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Some Russians say 'good riddance' as McDonald's closes up shop
When the Soviet Union's first McDonald's opened on January 31, 1990, it drew huge crowds and became a powerful symbol of an isolated country opening up to the West.
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Buzz Aldrin's famous 1969 moon walk picture sells at auction
More than 70 original NASA photographs including a celebrated image of Buzz Aldrin's moon walk taken by Neil Armstrong were sold at auction in Copenhagen on Wednesday for more than 155,000 euros ($172,000).
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