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Bioluminescence phenomenon has long eluded scientific inquiry owing to its remote and infrequent nature Waking at 10pm, a sailor looked out from the deck of the superyacht Ganesha to see that the ocean had turned white. ...

A teenage boy has been sentenced to a minimum of 13 years for killing a 12-year-old girl after a row over a Snapchat video.

The fury, the sadness, the shame: nothing compares to the brutality of 'girlfriend divorce' I am at the stage in my life where, if I don't like something or someone, I am absolutely fine with editing them out. If it's wr...

Gregory Robinson was enjoying another job when NASA persuaded him to take on an enormous astronomy project that was billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule.

The Texas House Investigative Committee's preliminary report into the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde could be released within the next 10 days, and the chairman of the committee is pushing for the report to...

At least 15 people have been killed after Russian rockets pummeled apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine. Live updates.      

The group of 10 people, including nine from UK, managed to take shelter when avalanche struck Ten people, including nine Britons, are reported to have survived after a huge avalanche swept over them in the Tian Shan moun...

Police investigating if attacks linked, citing similarities as gunmen in both cases said to have fired at people 'randomly' Four people have been killed and eight wounded in a bar in eastern South Africa after two men fi...

A woman has been stabbed in the back by a cyclist in Ilford, east London, police have said.

Patricia Castillo, 48, allegedly doused a man in gasoline as he lay on the grass in a park in Sanger, California and then set him on fire.

Marcelo Arruda, a Workers' Party (PT) official and municipal guard, was celebrating his birthday, when the suspect Jorge Jose da Rocha Guaranho entered the private event and shot him dead.

The Washburn fire in Yosemite National Park is continuing to threaten the Mariposa Grove, home to about 500 ancient sequoias, including Grizzly Giant. Grizzly Giant is 200 feet tall and the second-largest tree in Yosemit...

"We felt that this individual needed to be held accountable for his actions," said the St. Louis County Prosecutor's Office.

The FBI interviewed Donald Trump's attorney two weeks ago, federal prosecutors disclosed in a new court filing on Monday, a previously unknown development that could significantly shape the Justice Department's sprawling...

Junior medics in England being sent home from day shifts and told to come back to plug gaps at night Hospital doctors are being sent home from daytime shifts and told to come back and work overnight in the latest stark i...

Almost all European countries have reported surge in infections, driven mainly by Omicron variant BA.5 European regulators have recommended a second Covid-19 booster jab for everyone over 60 as well as all medically vuln...

Germany fears Russia may not fully restart gas supplies.

Amid row over fatal shooting of Shireen Abu Aqleh, refugee camp is still subject to near-nightly raids by Israel Defence Forces It's early morning in Jenin in the north of the occupied West Bank, but the summer sun is al...

Man, 23, was trying to retrieve mobile phone and he and his family now face charges for entering forbidden area An American tourist sustained minor injuries after he fell into the crater of Mount Vesuvius as he scrambled...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is visiting Washington.

Death toll rises to 19 killed in missile strike on apartment building in Chasiv Yar; eight survivors have been rescued.

Sri Lanka was in a political vacuum for a second day Monday.