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NASA (THWAITES GLACIER, Antarctica) — Scientists studying one of the most crucial glaciers that’s been deteriorating by climate change got a new look at what’s going on underneath the surface. In two studies published in the science journal “Nature,” scientists from the UK-US International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration said they were able to measure the bottom of […]
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Putin’s forces pulled out of key positions in November, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops led a counteroffensive […]
FILE, photo — aviation-images.com/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. intercepted Russian aircraft flying off Alaska in international airspace as they approached an identification zone for two straight days this week, according to officials. Planes are required to identify themselves when they approach the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ. If […]
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Putin’s forces pulled out of key positions in November, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops led a counteroffensive […]
Woods Hold Oceanographic Institution (NEW YORK) — Never-before-seen footage from the 1986 exploration of the site of the Titanic shipwreck was released Wednesday. The footage was captured by cameras in a three-person research submersible named Alvin and the remotely operated Jason Jr. in July 1986, which marked the first time humans saw the ship since […]
Xie E/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Billions of people are at “unthinkable” risk because of rising sea levels, according to the United Nations. Speaking at the United Nation’s Security Council meeting on Tuesday, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said the coastlines of some countries have already seen sea levels rise at triple the average […]
Cheshire Police (WARRINGTON, U.K) — Two teens have been charged in the death of Brianna Ghey, a transgender girl found dead in the English town of Warrington. Emergency services were called to a local park Feb. 11 when Ghey’s body was found on a path, authorities said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A […]
Mustafa Yilmaz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and hundreds of powerful aftershocks struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria, survivors were still being pulled from the rubble. Rescue efforts continue even as the death toll has surpassed 41,000 as of Wednesday afternoon. Although most rescues happen in the first […]
Anna Rabemanantsoa/ABC News (PARIS) — “The revolution is getting organized,” said Maneli Mirkhan, a 41-year-old French-Iranian management and strategy consultant, “it is not very spontaneous as it was at the beginning, it is getting organized internally, it is also getting organized externally.” Mirkhan and fellow members of a collective called Femme Azadi — or “Woman […]
Jane Barlow/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, a supporter of independence for Scotland, said on Wednesday she plans to resign. She cited her duty to step back amid the “nature and scale” of the challenges facing her country. Sturgeon, who has served for more than eight years, said new leadership […]
