Royal Thai Navy rescues cats from sinking ship

Photos and video show Royal Thai Navy sailors rescuing four cats from a sinking ship off the coast of the Satan province.

8.1-magnitude earthquake off New Zealand triggers tsunami warning, forces thousands to evacuate

A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Thursday in the ocean off New Zealand, prompting thousands of people to evacuate and triggering tsunami warnings across the South Pacific.

England's Prince Philip recovering from heart surgery

The palace says the 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, "underwent a successful procedure for a pre-existing heart condition at St Bartholomew's Hospital."

Biden’s US-Mexico border pullback creating ‘roads for the cartels,’ Arizona sheriff says: report

Dannels explained that by halting work on the border wall championed by former President Donald Trump, the Biden administration has left intact the high-speed roads that were built to help Border Patrol agents manage the region – but is failing to follow through with the barrier that was planned to keep illegal immigrants and smugglers of humans and drugs out of the U.S.

Canada vaccine panel recommends extending interval between COVID-19 vaccine doses to 4 months

A national panel of vaccine experts in Canada recommended Wednesday that provinces extend the interval between the two doses of a COVID-19 shot to four months to quickly inoculate more people amid a shortage of doses in Canada.

Stillborn baby tests positive for COVID-19 in 2nd reported case in Israel

The mother, who was 36 weeks pregnant, was admitted to the hospital and tested positive for COVID-19, according to reports. Lab tests revealed the fetus was also infected with the virus and had died in the womb.

Brazil coronavirus variant capable of reinfecting those who already had COVID-19, research suggests

Researchers found that the Brazil variant, called P.1, is between 1.4 and 2.2 times more transmissible than other coronavirus strains and appears to be better at escaping natural immunity.

Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies

Bunny Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving member of the legendary group The Wailers, died on Tuesday in his native Jamaica, according to his manager. He was 73.

Crowd rallies around gay men detained on Mexico beach

A crowd of people on a beach in Mexico rallied around three men who were being detained by police after someone reportedly complained about “obscene acts of exhibitionism.

Researchers discover rare group of people with naturally-controlled HIV in Africa

Researchers from Abbott Laboratories said studying this group of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo could help pave the way for future HIV treatments — and potentially help find a cure.