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What to know about the total solar eclipse
Day will briefly turn into night across a swathe of northern Spain on Wednesday, when the Moon will completely cover the Sun during a rare total solar eclipse.
Doctors ignored 'warning signs' before Maradona's death, court hears
Diego Maradona showed "warning signs" that went unheeded during the home hospitalization leading up to his death in 2020, a witness on Tuesday told the trial examining the Argentine football legend's demise.
Pereira, the 'zombie city' devastated by Colombia's earthquake
Jorge Gonzalez searches with his bare hands for his aunt under the ruins of a four-story building in Pereira, one of the cities hardest hit by the powerful earthquake in Colombia that has left at least 240 dead.
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 240
Colombian volunteers on Tuesday dredged through rubble, searching for survivors from an earthquake that killed at least 240 people and leveled more than a hundred homes and office buildings.
US rights groups sue Trump over ICC sanctions
Rights groups on Tuesday sued US President Donald Trump over his sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court, saying the measures block victims of war crimes from pursuing justice.
Hungary parliament approves Orban-critic judge as president
Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday approved former supreme court chief Andras Baka, a critic of Viktor Orban who was fired during the ex-premier's time in power, as the country's next head of state.
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 181
Colombian volunteers cleared rubble by hand through the night in the hunt for survivors from an earthquake that killed at least 181 people and levelled more than a hundred homes and office buildings.
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 169
Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their bare hands to search for survivors early Tuesday after the country's strongest earthquake in a decade killed at least 169 people and smashed dozens of buildings.
French newspapers target Google over AI summaries
A federation of nearly 300 French dailies said Tuesday that it filed a complaint with the country's competition authority over Google's new AI-generated summaries of search results, fearing the feature will erode traffic to their own websites.
Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over atrocities
A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death after a trial in absentia, convicting him of atrocities committed during the country's nearly 14-year civil war.
Economic losses from natural disasters fall to $100 bn in first half of 2026: Swiss Re
Economic losses from natural catastrophes worldwide are estimated to have reached $100 billion in the first half of this year, reinsurance group Swiss Re said Tuesday, a sharp decline from the period last year.
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 132
Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their bare hands and buckets to search for survivors early Tuesday after the country's strongest earthquake in a decade killed at least 132 people and smashed dozens of buildings.
Charity races to raise millions to buy historic English estate
For sale: thousands of hectares of "rare beauty" owned by an English lord, which could become one of Britain's biggest sanctuaries of biodiversity.
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 111
Colombian volunteers and rescuers sifted through rubble with bare hands and buckets Monday, hunting for survivors following a massive 7.4-magnitude quake that has claimed the lives of at least 111 people.
AI/ML Innovations' Subsidiary NeuralCloud Achieves ISO 13485:2016 (MDSAP) Certification
Quality Management System Certification Strengthens NeuralCloud's Regulatory Readiness for ECG Software-as-a-Medical-Device Platform
US judge ends graft case against India's Adani
A US judge threw out a case against Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani on Monday after the Trump administration decided to drop the fraud and bribery allegations against him.
Colombia in state of emergency as quake kills 111
Colombia declared a state of emergency on Monday after a powerful earthquake killed at least 111 people, damaged more than 1,500 buildings and left an unknown number of people buried under rubble.
Turkey MPs back historic law on reintegrating Kurdish militants
Turkish lawmakers on Monday voted through a bill offering limited amnesty for Kurdish PKK militants, a key step in the peace process that seeks to end decades of deadly violence.
Colombia declares state of emergency after quake kills 111
Colombia on Monday declared a state of emergency following a powerful earthquake that caused at least 111 deaths and flattened dozens of buildings, trapping more victims underneath.
Russia bars only anti-war party from elections
Russia's Supreme Court on Monday barred the country's only anti-war party, Yabloko, from contesting September's parliamentary elections.
Colombia quake leaves 69 dead, with more trapped under rubble
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 69 people, toppling dozens of buildings and reverberating in nearby countries too.
Major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors, 18 confirmed dead
A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on Monday, with at least 18 people confirmed dead in first reports as shocked residents surveyed destroyed buildings.
Buildings collapse as major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors
A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on Monday, with medical teams rushing to help victims after buildings were damaged or collapsed in several cities.
Greece contains new wind-driven fire near Athens
A wind-driven wildfire that broke out Monday near the Greek capital of Athens has been brought under control, firefighters said.
Days of heavy rain leave at least 16 dead in Philippines
Floods, landslides and accidents driven by a nine-day downpour equivalent to more than a month's worth of rain in some areas have killed at least 16 people in the northern Philippines, rescuers said Monday.
Days of heavy rain leave at least 13 dead in Philippines
Floods, landslides and accidents driven by a nine-day downpour equivalent to more than a month's worth of rain in some areas have killed at least 13 people in the northern Philippines, rescuers said Monday.
One woman confirmed dead in western Canada wildfire
An 80-year-old woman died while fleeing her home to escape a massive wildfire in Canada's British Columbia province, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said late Sunday.
Thirty years on, a trial finally opens in Tupac Shakur's killing
A former gang leader goes on trial Monday in Las Vegas over the decades-old murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, one of America's most high-profile unresolved murders.
ABL Ascend Advanced Therapies Names Suman Subramanian as Chief Business Officer
ROCKVILLE, MD / ACCESS Newswire / August 10, 2026 / ABL Inc and Ascend Advanced Therapies today announced the appointment of Suman Subramanian as Chief Business Officer (CBO), further strengthening the Company's commercial leadership and its commitment to supporting customers with the development and manufacturing of viral vectors, vaccines, biologics and advanced therapies.
Students, teachers mourn girl killed in Thailand school shooting
Dozens of bereaved students, parents and teachers queued at a Buddhist temple in Thailand on Sunday to pray over the body of a 12-year-old girl, one of eight victims of a home and school shooting two days earlier.
Angers mounts in US over vast network of car license plate cams
In only a few years, the surveillance start-up Flock has installed more than 100,000 license plate reader cameras across the United States.
Hardline Trump ally De la Espriella to take office in Colombia
Colombian President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office Friday, vowing to launch a war on drug-running guerrillas and usher in a new era of close ties with the United States.