Bear spared from execution despite fatal mauling of Italian woman

A brown bear in Italy that had attacked and killed a woman while she was running in the mountains has been granted a reprieve from being put down.

US journalist Evan Gershkovich held by Russia on spying charges denied release

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in public on Tuesday for the first time in weeks. He's the first U.S. correspondent since the Cold War to be detained in Russia on spying charges.

Drug-resistant 'superbugs' found in 40% of supermarket meat products, study says

Multidrug-resistant E. coli were found in chicken, turkey, beef, and pork products chosen at random from supermarkets in 2020, according to a Spanish study.

Thousands take part in Holocaust remembrance march at Auschwitz

The yearly remembrance march falls this year on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the start of the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto.

BTS’ J-Hope becomes 2nd member of K-pop band to join South Korean army

J-Hope entered a South Korean boot camp Tuesday to start his 18-month compulsory military service. Jin, the oldest BTS member at 30, entered the army in December.

Japan, US agree to go forward with partnership in developing geothermal energy

The memorandum of cooperation was signed Saturday on the sidelines of a meeting of the Group of Seven energy and environment ministers in the northern city of Hokkaido.

More than 100 arrested as animal activists protest Grand National horse race

Several activists climbed the high fences around the racecourse and got onto the track before the race started. Some tried to handcuff themselves to the obstacles.

King Charles’ coronation to include more than 6,000 troops

Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said it would be “a spectacular and fitting tribute" to the monarch, who is also commander-in-chief of the U.K. armed forces.

Pope Francis slams 'insinuations' against John Paul II as baseless

An audiotape from a purported Roman mobster insinuated that John Paul would go out looking for underage girls to molest. The Vatican calls it "slanderous."

Landmark law saved whales through marine industry changes, scientists say

The drive to protect vanishing whales has brought impacts to marine industries and those changes are accelerating as the Endangered Species Act approaches its 50th anniversary.

North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel long-range missile for first time

North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency issued the report a day after the country’s neighbors detected a launch of a long-range missile from near Pyongyang.

Videos show kidnapping of Monica DeLeon Barba in Mexico

A video released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Thursday morning appears to show the moments surrounding the abduction of a Bay Area woman in Mexico.

Biden urges Northern Ireland to sustain peace, reap gains

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Northern Ireland must “not go back” to the violence that scarred it for years before a U.S.-brokered peace deal 25 years ago, nudging politicians to resolve a political crisis that has left this part of the United Kingdom without a functioning government.

What we know so far on the leaked Pentagon documents

Among the questions raised by the leak are whether it will erode allies’ trust in sharing information with the U.S. or impact Ukraine’s plans to intensify the fight against Russia this spring.

Ukraine investigating video purported to show soldier's beheading

Ukraine is investigating a gruesome video circulating on social media that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier.