iStock/Thinkstock(HAVANA) — A fishing competition in Cuba named after Ernest Hemingway has an American winner this year, as vessels from the U.S. are allowed to participate for the first time in years. The Hemingway International Billfishing Tournament hosts boats Read More
Solar Impulse(SHANGHAI) — It’s time for the launch of the newest adventure in a first-of-its-kind aircraft. For the next 130 hours, six days and six nights with no fuel, two pilots are flying the Solar Impulse 2 across the Pacific Ocean, a record-breaking Read More
Win McNamee/Getty Images(PARIS) — Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bike accident in France, the State Department said Sunday. “Given the injury is near the site of his prior hip surgery, he will return to Boston today to seek treatment at Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — Lovers visiting Paris will have to find a new way to symbolize being together forever. For years tourist couples have hung locks on the Pont des Arts pedestrian bridge. The act of writing each other’s names on the lock and throwing Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(CAIRO) — An Egyptian-American activist who was imprisoned in Egypt for nearly two years is on his way back home to the U.S. Egyptian officials released 27-year-old Mohamed Soltan from prison on Saturday after he had been on hunger strike for over Read More
U.S. Geological Survey(TOKYO) — A magnitude 7.8 earthquake rattled the coast of Japan Saturday night. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake struck over 660 kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean near Japan’s Ogasawara Islands, also known as the Read More
Photo by John Li / Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Just weeks after the Obama administration approved Royal Dutch Shell’s plan to resume drilling in the Arctic, a federal agency has concluded the oil giant failed to properly assess risks during the company’s Read More
Image credit: NASA/ESA(NEW YORK) — An out-of-this world cluster of stars jam-packed with some of the brightest lights in the galaxy was recently spotted by NASA’s Hubble Telescope. The “Arches Cluster” is the densest ever found in the Milky Way, Read More
zabelin/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In the past nine months, the flow of foreigners traveling to Syria to join ISIS has jumped 70 percent, the United Nations says. That’s more than 25,000 people, according to the U.N.’s monitoring teams. The new data Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(BEIJING) — China destroyed nearly 1,500 pounds of smuggled ivory Friday morning to show its commitment to curbing the illegal ivory trade. At a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center in a Beijing suburb, forestry and customs officials displayed Read More
