A rare Harry Potter book that once survived a fire could fetch thousands at upcoming auction
One of only 15 competition prize editions ever published of a rare "Harry Potter" book, which nearly went up in flames earlier this year, will soon go up for auction.
2023-08-27 14:20
Cause of Kenya's longest power outage in memory remains unclear as grid suppliers exchange blame
The longest nationwide power outage in Kenyans’ memory remains a mystery as the government-owned power company blames a failure at Africa’s largest wind farm, which laid the responsibility on the power grid instead
2023-08-27 14:20
German Inflation Trauma of 1923 Strikes an Uneasy Chord Today
By late-1923, hyperinflation had rendered Germany’s currency so worthless that one woman used several billion marks of banknotes
2023-08-27 13:54
Jacksonville gunman was turned away from historically Black university before racist shooting that killed 3 at nearby store, authorities say
The gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday had earlier been turned away from the campus of a historically Black university -- just blocks away from the site of the shooting that targeted Black people, authorities said.
2023-08-27 13:50
Putin's war is forcing Russians to ditch a favorite holiday destination
For more than nine years, Russian tourists vacationing in Crimea didn't need to give much thought to the fact that their country was waging war on Ukraine - or that their sun lounger was parked on occupied territory.
2023-08-27 13:27
Haiti gang opens fire on protesters in capital, killing seven
Soaring gang violence in Haiti has left more than 2,400 people dead in 2023 alone.
2023-08-27 13:26
Ferris State University to allow students to live with pets on campus
Some students moving on campus at Ferris State University this fall won't have to leave their furry friends back home, thanks to a program the Michigan school is piloting.
2023-08-27 13:17
McLaughlin, Stidham lead the Broncos past the mistake-prone Rams 41-0 in preseason finale
The Denver Broncos closed out the preseason with a 41-0 rout of the Los Angeles Rams after a pair of joint practices with coach Sean McVay's team
2023-08-27 12:59
This country is finally reopening after Covid. But it still requires a one-week quarantine
North Korea has announced it will allow its citizens living abroad to return home in an easing of its coronavirus-era border controls. But it will still require them to do a one-week quarantine.
2023-08-27 12:55
A losing battle to save the lungs of Athens as wildfires grip Greece
In Agia Paraskevi, one of the villages dotted around Mount Panitha, just 15 miles north of Greece's capital, Athens, we found a familiar sight: a woman standing in front of a burned house, its black, skeletal roof beams reaching imploringly into the smoldering sky as if begging for mercy. Tears streamed down her face as she contemplated what she lost. She cried softly in almost resigned despair. Greece is once again in the grip of wildfires, and this year they are worse than ever.
2023-08-27 12:55
North Korea to allow its citizens abroad to return home, a sign of further easing of pandemic curbs
North Korea says it will allow its citizens staying abroad to return home in line with easing pandemic situations worldwide
2023-08-27 12:51
Ten-hut Time Machine? West Point to open time capsule possibly left by cadets in the 1820s
The contents of a long-forgotten time capsule recently discovered inside the base of a monument at West Point and believed to have been left by cadets in the late 1820s are set to be revealed
2023-08-27 12:51