May 24, 2024 NYC Ballet celebrates 75th anniversary as it attracts larger, younger crowds New York City Ballet, one of the world's premier dance troupes, has arrived at its 75th anniversary. It has introduced incentives to draw larger, younger crowds to shows.
May 24, 2024 Russia removes buoys on Estonian border, EU demands explanation Russian guards removed some buoys their Estonian counterparts had placed on a river separating the two states in a move EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called “unacceptable."
May 24, 2024 2 arrested for allegedly plotting knife attack at German synagogue German authorities say they have arrested two men suspected of plotting a knife attack on worshipers at a synagogue. The arrests reportedly occurred on Friday.
May 24, 2024 British woman, 3 children allegedly linked to ISIS repatriated from Syrian camp Syrian Kurdish-led authorities in the country's northeast say they have handed over a British woman and three children linked to the Islamic State group to a U.K. delegation.
May 24, 2024 Giant stellar nursery revealed in new images from ESA's space telescope The European Space Agency released new pictures of stars and galaxies from the Euclid observatory. Its mission is to help scientists understand dark energy and dark matter.
May 24, 2024 Top Russian military officials are being arrested on corruption charges as Putin begins fifth term Several Russian defense ministry personnel have been arrested on corruption charges over the last month, just before President Vladimir Putin began his fifth term.
May 24, 2024 For first time, researchers scale General Sherman, world's largest tree, in search of new threat to sequoias Researchers climbed General Sherman, the world's largest tree, for the first time ever in search of bark beetles, which have become more threatening to giant sequoia trees.
May 24, 2024 Rescue canine Kodi, 'Dog on Trial' star, awarded top prize at Cannes Film Festival Kodi the griffon mix, starring as Cosmos in the Swiss comedy-drama "Dog on Trial," won this year's Palm Dog award at Cannes. He narrowly beat Xin, a sighthound.
May 24, 2024 Harris announces partnership to give 80% of Africa internet access by 2030 Vice President Kamala Harris has announced the formation of a new partnership to help provide internet access to 80% of Africa by 2030, up from roughly 40% now.
May 24, 2024 Popular protest anthem 'Glory to Hong Kong' to be pulled from all platforms, creator says The distributor of the popular protest song "Glory to Hong Kong" on Friday announced the decision to remove the music from all platforms due to a court ban in the city.