Abigail Hunter(KATHMANDU, Nepal) — At least 688 people were killed after a massive earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday, collapsing centuries-old temples and triggering avalanches on Mt. Everest. The magnitude-7.9 earthquake hit about 50 miles northwest of Read More
File photo. iStock/Thinkstock(PUERTO VARAS, Chile) — The exact moment Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupted was captured on video and uploaded to YouTube by a man hiking in Llanquigue National Reserve, according to the video’s description. The video shows a Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(ASKIM, Norway) -– It’s one small step for man, but one giant leap for pastry lovers everywhere. Two Swedish brothers took a weather balloon and used it to send what they’re calling the first ever donut in space. A camera shows the Read More
John Moore/Getty Images(EDMONTON, Alberta) — A Canadian, once the youngest prisoner at Guantanamo, was freed on bail Friday by a court. Omar Khadr was freed by a judge in Edmonton after spending nearly half his life in custody. Khadr was captured by U.S. forces in Read More
Getty Images(CAMBRIDGE, England) — An American woman studying in Britain has gained more than 335,000 followers on Instagram by posting pictures and stories about her fairy tale life at Cambridge University. Caroline Calloway, 23, left New York almost two years Read More
Ashley Stewart(Esperance, AUSTRALIA) — Dusty the kangaroo is considered a family pet to an Australian family in Esperance that rescued him as a baby from his mother’s pouch when they found her dead on the side of the road in 2013. Now, you can find Dusty, 2, Read More
Stocktrek Images/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — When the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit 25 years ago on Friday, no one could have predicted the trove of new discoveries it would make about our cosmos. NASA heralded the launch of Hubble on April 24, 1990, as Read More
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Famed actress and special envoy on refugee issues, Angelina Jolie, issued a fierce rebuke of international efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in Syria, addressing the United Nations Security Council at the U.N. Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(YEREVAN, Armenia) — Armenians on Friday are marking a century since the death of 1.5 million of their countrymen at the hands of Turkish Ottoman forces. Among those on hand for the ceremony in the Armenian capital were the presidents of France and Read More
Clive Mason/Getty Images(LONDON) — Mothers know that delivering a baby can sometimes be a marathon and sometimes, if you’re lucky, a sprint. The world’s most famous expectant mother, Duchess Kate, may find herself literally in the midst of a marathon if Read More
