From prayers amid the rubble of Gaza to the great mosques of Istanbul, Muslims around the world are celebrating the holiday of Eid al-Fitr as they bid farewell to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Eid is typically greeted with joy and excitement and is marked with prayers and festivities...
Hawaii suffers its worst flooding in 20 years and forecasters warn more rain is coming
Hawaii has suffered its worst flooding in more than 20 years as heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago
Boston transit station incident sends 6 to hospital
Six people have been taken to the hospital after an incident at a Boston transit station drew a large police presence and prompted the partial shutdown of the facility
Secretive deal leaves deportees from the US stuck in Equatorial Guinea with ‘no more hope’
Accounts are emerging from people deported from the U.S. to the African petrostate of Equatorial Guinea in a multi-million-dollar, third-country deal with the Trump administration
NASA hauls repaired moon rocket from hangar back to the pad for an early April launch
NASA's moon rocket is back at the launch pad following hangar repairs
Supreme Court revives suit from evangelical Christian challenging restrictions on demonstrations
The Supreme Court is reviving a lawsuit from an evangelical Christian barred from demonstrating in Mississippi after authorities say he shouted insults at people over a loudspeaker
Former pro wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr. acquitted in Mississippi welfare scandal
A former professional wrestler accused of misspending millions of welfare dollars in part of Mississippi’s largest public corruption scandal has been found not guilty by a jury
The Kent meningitis outbreak: what is happening and why?
Causes of meningitis, what the public health response has been, and how the situation differs from Covid The deadly outbreak of meningitis in Kent has fuelled concerns about how far the disease will spread and seen the return of people wearing masks and queueing for vaccines. The scenes are reminiscent...
Nasa returns moon rocket to pad and targets 1 April launch
After series of delays, US space agency hopes to carry out first crewed flyby of the moon in more than half a century Nasa has begun returning its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to its Florida launch pad before a planned flyby of the moon, after completing necessary repairs....
Archaeological site in Chile upends theory of how humans populated the Americas … again
Discovery at Monte Verde puts north-to-south expansion theory back at centre of heated debate on continent’s human history A groundbreaking new study may have once again upended our understanding of human prehistory in the Americas. For years, the predominant theory of how humans arrived in the western hemisphere centred around...