Soccer match stampede: Indonesian police probe tear gas firing after 125 killed

Indonesian police are investigating officers responsible for firing tear gas that set off a crush that killed 125 people at a soccer match. At least 17 children are among the dead.

Nobel prize in medicine awarded to Svante Paabo for research on evolution

Swedish scientist Svante Paabo and his team found that gene flow occurred from Neanderthals to Homo sapiens, "demonstrating that they had children together during periods of co-existence."

Japan’s ex-leader Shinzo Abe honored at controversial state funeral

High-ranking officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris, attended the funeral as protests were held in the streets opposing the late leader.

Shakira to face trial on charges of tax fraud in Spain

The pop singer is accused of failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9 million) in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. Shakira has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

COVID-19: Canada will no longer require masks on planes, drops vaccine mandate

The Canadian government will no longer require people to wear masks on planes. Government officials also confirmed Canada is dropping the vaccine requirement for people entering the country at the end of the month.

Smoke seen in Paris after fire breaks out at world's biggest produce market

Firefighters urged people to stay away from the area in Paris' southern suburbs, as 100 officers and 30 fire engines battled the blaze at the Rungis International Market.

Famed landscape artist plows massive anti-war message

The message was plowed on a 26,000-square-meter plot of land using only a tractor, plough and rotating harrow.

North Korea fires missile toward sea, South Korea says

North Korea has dialed up its testing activities to a record pace in 2022, testing more than 30 ballistic weapons.

Palace reveals ledger stone at queen’s final resting place

Surrounded by floral wreaths and bouquets, it is inscribed with Queen Elizabeth II's name and the years of her birth and death, alongside those of her father her mother, and her husband.

At least 77 dead when boat carrying migrants sinks off Syria

At least 77 migrants drowned when a boat they boarded in Lebanon sank off Syria's coast, Syria's health minister said Friday, in one of the deadliest such shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean.