A US navy destroyer sunk during World War II has been found nearly 7,000 metres (23,000 feet) below sea level off the Philippines, making it the world's deepest shipwreck ever located, an American exploration team said.. In the latest search, the team also looked for the USS Gambier Bay at more than 7,000 metres below sea level, but was unable to locate it.
A spiral of worker strikes in Europe's crucial aviation sector and cancelled flights at a time when millions of travellers are looking to escape for the summer, threaten the sector's tentative recovery.. On Monday, a strike by security staff at Brussels' Zaventem airport led to the cancellation of all the day's flights.
China reported zero new Covid-19 infections in Shanghai for the first time since March on Saturday, as the country's latest outbreak subsides after months of virus-spurred lockdowns and restrictions.. Infections narrowed to a trickle in recent days, with Shanghai on Saturday reporting zero locally-transmitted cases for the first time since the start of the outbreak in early March.
At a farm in northern Ukraine, a spooked-looking heifer has been limping since one of her hind legs was shredded by shrapnel in a Russian attack that has been mirrored on farms across the country since the war began.. Farms and agricultural land across Ukraine have been devastated by the war.
Two people were killed and 14 others wounded, several seriously, in shootings near bars in central Oslo, Norwegian police said Saturday.. He first detonated a bomb near the government headquarters in Oslo, killing eight people.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a ceremony in Hong Kong celebrating 25 years of the city's handover to China, state media Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.. "President Xi Jinping will attend a meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland," Xinhua reported.
Record floods in southern China this month displaced more than half a million people, while searing heat buckled roads in other parts of the country.. More than half a million people were evacuated this month because of the flood threat.
Two people were killed and several others seriously wounded in a shooting in central Oslo, Norwegian police said Saturday.. "Two people are confirmed dead after the shooting.
Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso said Friday that Indigenous people staging sometimes violent protests for the past 12 days are trying to overthrow him.. "The real intention of these violent people is to stage a coup," Lasso said in a speech in which he again offered dialogue to end the protests over fuel prices and the cost of living.
The World Health Organization said Friday that European summer festivals should not be cancelled due to the monkeypox outbreak but should instead manage the risk of amplifying the virus.. Without action, we risk seeing a surge in monkeypox cases in Europe this summer."
