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Russia accuses Ukraine of killing 24 people in New Year's drone strike
Reuters | Posted Jan. 1 - 5:54 p.m. | Save Story
Russia accused Ukraine on Thursday of killing at least 24 people, including a child, in a drone strike on a hotel and cafe where civilians were seeing in the New Year in a Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's southern Kherson region.
About 40 people dead and 115 injured in fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year's celebration
Jamey Keaten, Stefanie Dazio and John Leicester, Associated Press | Updated Jan. 1 - 3:20 p.m. | Save Story
About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, during a New Year's celebration in a Swiss Alpine bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, police said.
10 years after end of '1-child' policy, China's push for more babies isn't winning its citizens over
Simone McCarthy, Rosa de Acosta and Joyce Jiang, CNN | Posted Jan. 1 - 2:12 p.m. | Save Story
Jan. 1 marks 10 years since China scrapped its notorious "one-child" policy, but the landmark change — and a raft of other measures to encourage couples to have more kids — have failed to boost the population.
US issues fresh sanctions targeting Venezuela's oil sector
Daphne Psaledakis and Marianna Parraga, Reuters | Posted Jan. 1 - 11:22 a.m. | Save Story
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four companies it said were operating in Venezuela's oil sector, as well as associated oil tankers.
Coast Guard searches for survivors after strike on suspected drug vessels
Idrees Ali and Jasper Ward, Reuters | Posted Jan. 1 - 8:52 a.m. | Save Story
The United States Coast Guard is searching for survivors of a military strike against a convoy of suspected drug vessels in the Pacific Ocean, officials said on Wednesday.
Taiwan vows to defend sovereignty after China's military drill
Yimou Lee, Reuters | Posted Dec. 31 - 9:51 p.m. | Save Story
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday the island is determined to defend its sovereignty and boost its defense in the face of China's increasing expansion.
World begins to bid goodbye to 2025 with fireworks and icy plunges
Reuters | Posted Dec. 31 - 10:40 a.m. | Save Story
As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the new year to come.
Oil set for biggest annual drop since 2020
Enes Tunagur, Reuters | Updated Dec. 31 - 7:51 a.m. | Save Story
Oil prices crept higher on Wednesday, while heading for a fall of more than 15% over the course of 2025, as expectations of oversupply increased in a year marked by wars, higher tariffs, increased OPEC+ output and sanctions.
UAE to pull remaining forces from Yemen in crisis with Saudi Arabia
Menna AlaaElDin, Nayera Abdallah and Maha El Dahan, Reuters | Updated Dec. 30 - 4:27 p.m. | Save Story
The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it was pulling its remaining forces out of Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for UAE forces to leave within 24 hours, deepening a crisis between the two Gulf powers and oil producers.
Oil tankers still arriving in Venezuela despite US blockade, data shows
Marianna Parraga, Reuters | Posted Dec. 30 - 1:15 p.m. | Save Story
At least two oil tankers have made their way to Venezuela in recent days and others are navigating towards the country, a sign of state-run PDVSA's effort to expand floating storage and keep selling crude.
China encircles Taiwan in massive military display
Yimou Lee, Joe Cash and Liz Lee, Reuters | Updated Dec. 30 - 9:20 a.m. | Save Story
China fired rockets into waters off Taiwan on Tuesday, showcased new assault ships and dismissed prospects of U.S. and allied intervention to block any future attack by Beijing to take control of the island in its most extensive war games to date.
US strikes drug boat loading facility in Venezuela, Trump says
Andrea Shalal, Idrees Ali and Erin Banco, Reuters | Updated Dec. 29 - 9:43 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. had "hit" an area in Venezuela where boats are loaded with drugs, marking the first known time Washington has carried out land operations in Venezuela.
Bondi gunmen acted alone; no evidence they were part of militant cell, Australian police say
Alasdair Pal, Reuters | Posted Dec. 29 - 8:25 p.m. | Save Story
Two gunmen who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach earlier this month acted alone, and there was "no evidence" they were part of a militant cell, police said on Tuesday.
Trump-Zelenskyy talks yield no progress on Ukraine-Russia territorial issues
Yuliia Dysa and Dan Peleschuk, Reuters | Updated Dec. 29 - 5:45 p.m. | Save Story
Russia and Ukraine on Monday remained far apart on territorial issues that are blocking a peace deal, despite progress on security guarantees for Kyiv at talks between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Mexican train derailment kills at least 13 people, 98 injured
Natalia Siniawski, Reuters | Updated Dec. 28 - 8:39 p.m. | Save Story
Mexican authorities said on Sunday that at least 13 people were killed after an Interoceanic Train carrying 250 people derailed in the southern state of Oaxaca.
Zelenskyy meets Trump in Florida for talks on Ukraine peace plan
Andrea Shalal and Gram Slattery, Reuters | Updated Dec. 28 - 3:24 p.m. | Save Story
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met President Donald Trump on Sunday, hoping to forge a plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Ancient Roman column gets high-tech laser facelift
Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN | Posted Dec. 28 - 1:03 p.m. | Save Story
Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old marble Column of Marcus Aurelius towering over central Rome, are being brought back into focus through a $2.3 million laser restoration.
Brigitte Bardot, 1960s French sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist, dies at 91
Thomas Adamson and Elaine Ganley, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 28 - 8:34 a.m. | Save Story
French 1960s sex symbol Brigitte Bardot has died at age 91. Bardot became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist.
