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An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the US Geological Survey said, with residents reporting they felt rumbling across the north east of the country. The agency reported a quake with a preliminary magnitude…

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near New York City on Friday morning, the US Geological Survey said, shaking buildings and surprising residents in an area that rarely experiences notable seismic activity but apparently causing no major damage. The quake’s epicenter was…

Ukrainian officials said on Friday they had used a barrage of drones to destroy at least six military aircraft and badly damage eight others at an airfield in Russia’s Rostov region. Russian defence officials, however, claimed they intercepted 44 Ukrainian…

The UN’s top human rights body has called on countries to stop selling or shipping weapons to Israel, in a resolution on Friday to help prevent human rights violations against Palestinians amid Israel’s blistering military campaign in Gaza. The 47-member-country…

Prostate cancer cases are expected to double worldwide between 2020 and 2040, new analysis suggests. The data suggests annual prostate cancer cases are projected to rise from 1.4 million in 2020 to 2.9 million in 2040. And annual deaths from…

The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for, and often finding, human bone fragments. The women then wipe the bone pieces with their hands as others watch in solemn silence. The digging goes on, a scene that has become…

Rescue teams are searching for a family of five feared trapped in a rockslide after Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25 years, which has left at least 12 people dead. Two bodies have been found in the Taroko National Park, a…

Crowds gathered on Friday in Tokyo to enjoy Japan’s famed cherry blossoms, which are blooming later than expected in the capital because of cold weather. Cherry blossoms, known as “sakura” in Japanese, are the country’s favourite flower, and people often…

Police are investigating following reports that explicit images and flirtatious messages have been sent to MPs as part of an alleged sexting scam. Earlier this week online news outlet Politico reported that a number of sitting and former MPs had…

Engineers working to clear the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said they expect to be able to restore navigation in and out of the city’s port by the end of this month. The bridge collapsed…