Biden endorses F-16 training for Ukrainians as Zelenskyy set to attend G7 summit

Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies warned China and North Korea against building up their nuclear arsenals, pivoting to major northeast Asian crises ahead of the arrival later Saturday of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

A proposed $5 billion man-made ‘moon’ could be Dubai’s next big thing

An entrepreneur wants to build a 900-foot replica of the moon in Dubai. The city-state is already home to the world’s tallest building and other architectural wonders.

G-7 summit: Biden, Japan's Kishida vow to 'stand strong' against global threats

Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies plan to devote much of the first day of the Group of Seven summit to finding new ways to punish Russia for its 15-month invasion of Ukraine.

Slovak authorities investigate zookeeper's death in animal enclosure

Authorities in Slovakia launched an investigation after a zookeeper was found dead in an animal enclosure, officials said Tuesday.

Climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon

The world has been inching closer to the 1.5-degree threshold due to human-caused climate change for years. Scientists expect a temporary burst of heat from an El Nino will supercharge this.

Sherpa guide climbs Mount Everest for 26th time, tying all-time record

Pasang Dawa Sherpa reached the summit on Sunday morning, matching the record set by a fellow Nepalese guide for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak.

China sentences US citizen, 78, to life in prison on spying charges

Details of the charges against John Shing-Wan Leung, who was first detained on April 15, 2021, have not been publicly released.

Israel, Islamic Jihad agree on cease-fire to halt 5 days of fighting

Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire late Saturday, seeking to halt five days of intense fighting that killed 33 Palestinians, including at least 13 civilians.

Eurovision 2023: Swedish singer Loreen wins global music competition

Swedish singer Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with her power ballad “Tattoo," at a colorful, eclectic music competition clouded for a second year running by the war in Ukraine.

Housing association discovers body of tenant six years after death

The association officials also reportedly discovered a 1½-foot pile of unopened mail, food that expired in 2017 and reading glasses on a TV guide for May 4, 2017.

Doomsday cult death toll hits 200 in Kenya, with more than 600 reported missing

Autopsies conducted on more than 100 bodies last week showed the victims died of starvation, strangulation, suffocation and injuries from blunt objects.