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ESA's new parastronaut John McFall, a British former Paralympic sprinter who will take part in a potentially groundbreaking feasibility study to explore whether physical disability will impair space travel, poses with ESA's new astronauts Meganne Christian, left, and Rosemary Coogan, right, during the ESA Council at Ministerial level (CM22) at the Grand Palais Ephemere, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. The European Space Agency has selected a disabled former athlete to be among its its newest astronaut recruits as part of its first recruitment drive in over a decade that aimed to bring diversity to space travel. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Space diversity: Europe's space agency gets 1st parastronaut
The European Space Agency has made history by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts. The agency also made a first-of-its-kind … more
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Ukrainian firefighters work at a damaged hospital maternity ward in Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. A Russian rocket struck the maternity wing of a hospital in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing a newborn boy and critically injuring a doctor. The overnight explosion left the small-town hospital a crumbled mess of bricks, scattering medical supplies across the small compound. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
Russian rocket kills newborn in repeat attack on small town
Russian rockets have rained down on a small town in eastern Ukraine for the second time in a week, killing a newborn boy and destroying the municipal hospital. A doctor was critically injured in the … more
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FILE - Pakistan's Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa arrives for a military parade to mark Pakistan National Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 23, 2022. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is poised to appoint a new army chief after receiving a list of candidates for the key position, officials said Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. The latest move ended days of speculation about a deadlock between Sharif's coalition government and the military over the replacement of Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is retiring early next week. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)
Pakistan PM to appoint new army chief amid political turmoil
Pakistan's government says it is ready to appoint a new army chief for the country as political turmoil and feuding continues to grip its political elite. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif's office said … more
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A baby stricken with cholera receives treatment at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
UN: Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises
UNICEF officials say a cholera outbreak sweeping through Haiti is claiming a growing number of children amid a surge in malnutrition. The United Nations agency said Wednesday that the deadly … more
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FILE - Wilko Johnson at his home in West Cliff on Sea, England, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Wilko Johnson, the guitarist with British blues-rock band Dr. Feelgood who had an unexpected career renaissance after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, has died it was announced Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. He was 75. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
Wilko Johnson, British rocker who defied cancer, dies at 75
Wilko Johnson, the guitarist with British blues-rock band Dr. Feelgood who had an unexpected career renaissance after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, has died. He was 75. Johnson's family sys … more
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European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas delivers his speech during a debate on asylum and migration including search and rescue Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022 in Strasbourg. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
EU urges bickering states to set aside migration differences
Senior European Union officials are appealing to member countries to set aside deep differences over migration and press ahead with a long-delayed asylum system overhaul. In recent weeks, several … more
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People rest outside their homes in Duzce, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit a town in northwest Turkey early Wednesday, causing damage to some buildings and widespread panic. Around 50 people were injured, mostly while trying to flee homes. The earthquake was centered in the town of Golkaya, in Duzce province, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) east of Istanbul, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said. (Depo Photos via AP)
Magnitude 5.9 quake hits northwest Turkey, 68 injured
Turkey's disaster management agency says an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 has hit a town in northwestern Turkey, triggering panic and causing damage to some buildings. The earthquake early … more
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Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope links plight of Ukrainians today to Stalin's 'genocide'
Pope Francis is linking the suffering of Ukrainians now to the 1930s “genocide" by starvation that the country experienced under Josef Stalin. Francis’ linking of the two marked a sharp … more
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FILE -- People look at a site damaged by Turkish airstrikes that hit an electricity station in the village of Taql Baql, in Hasakeh province, Syria, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Turkish airstrikes on northern Syria over the weekend that killed and wounded a number of Syrian soldiers could pose a setback to the recent move toward a rapprochement between the two countries after 11 years of tension and hostility. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)
Kurdish forces preparing to repel Turkish ground invasion
The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria says his group is prepared to repel a ground invasion by Turkey. SDF head Mazloum Abdi tells the The Associated Press that … more
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FILE - Supporters of Scottish Independence hold a banner outside the Supreme Court in London, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Britain’s Supreme Court is due to rule Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, on whether Scotland can hold a vote on independence without the consent of the U.K. government, a case with huge implications for the future of the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
UK's top court to rule on Scottish bid for independence vote
Britain’s Supreme Court is due to rule on whether Scotland can hold a vote on independence without the consent of the U.K. government. The case has huge implications for the future of the United … more
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A tribes woman prays during a sit-in demonstration rally to demand of recognizing Sarna Dharma as a religion in Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, Oct. 18, 2022. Tribal groups have held protests in support of giving Sarna Dharma official religion status in the run-up to the upcoming national census, which has citizens state their religious affiliation. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Clinging to ancient faith, India tribes seek religion status
India’s 110 million indigenous tribespeople are scattered across various states and fragmented into hundreds of clans, with different legends, different languages and different words for their … more
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Rescuers help clear up debris from the ruins of a house damaged during Monday's earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. More rescuers and volunteers were deployed Wednesday in devastated areas on Indonesia's main island of Java to search for the dead and missing from an earthquake that killed hundreds of people. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Search effort intensifies after Indonesia quake killed 268
More rescuers and volunteers have been deployed to search for the dead and missing from an earthquake in Indonesia that killed at least 268 people. With many missing and some remote areas still … more
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Colombian environmental engineer Germán Viasus Tibamoso, owner of Tierra Viva, holds a Hercules beetle in Tunja, Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The company transforms solid, organic waste, with the help of beetle larvae's digestive microorganisms, that transform the waste into a compost rich in nitrogen and phosphorous. Once adults, the beetles are sent to scientific labs and others to Japan where they are popular as pets. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Hard-working Colombian beetles clean garbage, retire as pets
A Colombian company is using beetles to transform food waste into fertilizer— and then sends some off to retirement as pets in Japan. The yellow-and-black bugs can grow up to 6.5 inches long as … more
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Migrants look out of a fishing boat docked at the port of Palaiochora in southeastern Crete, Greece, after its arrival, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022 . Greek authorities say a fishing boat crammed with hundreds of migrants that lost steering and had been drifting in the Mediterranean south of the Greek island of Crete has been successfully towed to port. There were no immediate reports of any injuries or missing people. (Stefanos Rapanis/Eurokinissi via AP)
Greece: Boat with hundreds of migrants safely towed to port
Greek authorities say a dilapidated fishing boat crammed with hundreds of migrants that lost steering and had been drifting in the Mediterranean south of the Greek island of Crete has been … more
Two unidentified people are seen approaching a house where the Swedish Security Service allegedly arrested two people on suspicions of espionage in a predawn operation in Stockholm, Tuesday, Nov. 22 2022. The authorities gave few details about the case, but Swedish media cited witnesses who described elite police rappelling from two Black Hawk helicopters to arrest a couple that had allegedly spied for Russia. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)
Sweden arrests 2 suspected spies in predawn raid
Swedish authorities have arrested two people on suspicion of espionage in a pre-dawn operation in the Stockholm area. The authorities gave few details about the case, but Swedish media cited … more
Syrian Kurds attend a funeral of people killed in Turkish airstrikes in the village of Al Malikiyah , northern Syria, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. The airstrikes, which Turkey said were aimed at Kurdish militants whom Ankara blamed for a deadly Nov. 13 bombing in Istanbul, also struck several Syrian army positions in three different provinces along the border with Turkey. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
Russia urges Turkey to show restraint in Syria
A Russian official has called on Turkey “to show a certain restraint” in order to prevent further escalation in Syria, where tensions heightened over the weekend after Turkish airstrikes killed … more
This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
Iran says it enriches uranium to 60% purity at Fordo site
Iran says it has begun producing enriched uranium at 60% purity at its underground Fordo nuclear plant,. The official news agency described the step as a response to a recent resolution by the United … more
Enjot, 45, who lost his house and few relatives, walks past the rubble of a building collapsed in Monday's earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Rescuers on Tuesday struggled to find more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by an earthquake that killed a number of people and injured hundreds on Indonesia's main island of Java. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
EXPLAINER: Why was Indonesia's shallow quake so deadly?
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 160 dead and hundreds injured as buildings crumbled and terrified residents ran for their lives on Indonesia’s main island of Java. Bodies continued to be … more
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People gather outside shuttered stores in Honiara, Solomon Islands, following an earthquake, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. A powerful earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Tuesday afternoon, overturning tables and sending people racing for higher ground. (AP Photo/Charley Piringi)
Strong quake rocks Solomon Islands, sends people fleeing
A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck near the Solomon Islands but there are no immediate reports of widespread damage or injuries. Australia’s prime minister says a roof at its High … more
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In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, an industrial wholesaler burns in Anyang in central China's Henan province, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. A fire has killed several dozen people at a company dealing in chemicals and other industrial goods in central China's Henan province. (CCTV via AP)
Fire kills 38 at industrial wholesaler in central China
A fire has killed 38 people at an industrial wholesaler in central China's Henan province. A district government in the city of Anyang said two other people were injured. More than 200 rescuers and … more
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