PetSmart searching for cat and dog 'chief toy testers,' offering $10,000 each

Calling all playful pets: PetSmart is searching for two furry friends to test out new toys and treats while receiving salon treatments and $10,000 compensation each.

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces resignation

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is leaving office after nearly six years in which she was praised globally for her empathetic handling of the nation’s worst mass-shooting and health-driven response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mini horse spotted in car at McDonald's drive-thru

A tiny horse was spotted waiting patiently in the backseat of a car at a McDonald’s drive-thru.

Ukraine's interior minister, child among several killed in helicopter crash

Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, who oversaw Ukraine's police and emergency services, is the most senior official to die since Russia invaded.

Additives in processed meats linked to type 2 diabetes, study finds

Researchers in France said foods such as certain bacon and sausage could increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, the meat industry continues to push back against claims made by health officials.

Church of England refuses to preside over same-sex marriages

"Blessings" from the Church of England for same-sex marriage are allowed, but same-sex couples are still not allowed to marry in its churches.

World’s oldest known person, French nun Sister André, dies at 118

Lucile Randon, known as Sister André, was also one of the world’s oldest survivors of COVID-19. She died just a few weeks before her 119th birthday.

10 dismembered bodies found buried in central Mexico, authorities say

Nine men connected to a drug cartel were arrested after the men kidnapped a woman and began cutting off her fingers, prosecutors said.

‘The Last of Us’ zombie fungal parasite is real and causes ants to commit suicide

If you thought fictional zombies walking around on film were scary, the condition that turns creatures into mindless eating machines actually exists in nature.

Airline passenger's video captures last moments before Nepal crash

Everything looked normal as Sonu Jaiswal’s livestream on Facebook shifted from the picturesque views seen from the plane’s window to fellow passengers. Then chaos. Then a wall of flame.

Greta Thunberg carried away by police at German coal mine protest

Swedish climate activist Great Thunberg was among hundreds of people on Tuesday who resumed anti-mining protests in western German after weekend demonstrations.

China records 1st population decline in decades as births drop

China has long been the world's most populous nation but is expected to soon be overtaken by India — if it has not already.

Kevin Spacey receives lifetime award in Italy ahead of sex assault trial

Spacey received a lifetime achievement award from the museum, discussed key roles during a master class and then introduced the 1999 film “American Beauty,” for which he won his second acting Oscar, to a sold-out crowd.

Greta Thunberg removed by German police from site of mass-climate change protest at coal mine

German police reportedly removed 20-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg from the site of a mass protest over the demolition of an abandoned village for the expansion of a coal mine. 

Co-pilot killed during Nepal flight lost pilot husband in 2006 plane crash

Anju Khatiwada, 44, had already logged thousands of flight hours and had actually flown the 27-minute flight from Nepal’s capital to Pokhara before.