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omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone armed with air-to-surface missiles that was flying extensively in the area of U.S. ground troops in northeast Syria on Thursday, according to a U.S. official. An F-16 shot the drone down after a dozen unheeded calls to Turkish military officials stating […]

(KYIV and LONDON) — At least 49 people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed Thursday in Russian missile strikes on a village in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. At least seven others were wounded in the attack, which targeted a building that housed a cafe and a shop in the village of […]

(NEW YORK) — The year 2023 is already on track to be the warmest year on record, according to Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service. The month of September saw several unprecedented temperature anomalies around the world, following the hottest summer ever recorded, according to the monthly climate report released by Copernicus on Wednesday, which analyzes […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — At least 49 people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed Thursday in Russian missile strikes on a village in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. At least seven others were wounded in the attack, which targeted a building that housed a cafe and a shop in the village […]

(NEW YORK) — Australia is voting in a landmark referendum to decide whether it will permanently recognize Indigenous Australians in the Constitution and set up a body to advise on policies impacting their communities. More than 17.6 million Australians are called on to cast their ballots in the compulsory vote on Oct. 14. The proposal […]

(LONDON) — An ecstatic couple slow danced surrounded by their loved ones in an opulently decorated wedding hall flanked by pyrotechnics. Within an hour, over 200 of their closest friends and family suffered severe burns and smoke inhalation. More than half did not survive. Videos verified by ABC News and reviewed by a fire investigator […]

(NEW YORK) — A bus crash on Tuesday in Mestre, Italy, a suburb near Venice, left 21 dead, including two babies, and another 15 riders injured, according to officials. Prosecutors are investigating whether the 40-year-old driver suddenly became ill before the coach plunged off an overpass and onto a highway, officials said Wednesday. Investigators are […]

(NEW YORK) — A major class of vertebrate species is experiencing widespread population declines due to climate change, according to new research. Amphibians, the most threatened class of vertebrates, are deteriorating globally, with about 40% of more than 8,000 amphibian species studied categorized as threatened — a greater percentage than threatened mammals, reptiles or birds, […]

(LONDON) — Over the last few years, fluorescence under ultraviolet light has been reported among many animals, including birds, reptiles, insects and fish. However, not much has been known about the frequency of fluorescence among mammals. Until now. In a new study published today by researchers from the Western Australian Museum and Curtin University, fluorescence […]

(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — A 21-year-old New York City college student who was recently sentenced to prison time in the United Arab Emirates over an altercation at a Dubai airport has been freed, an advocacy group said. Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, a student at Lehman College in the Bronx, had been sentenced to […]