Hoversurf, a Russian company, is testing flying taxis that use 5G in Moscow. Hoversurf hopes to have them in the sky sometime between 2023 and 2025.
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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down Wednesday morning outside of a midtown Manhattan hotel. The suspect remains at large.
Burger King is ofering free Royal Crispy Wraps this weekend after McDonald’s announced the return of its fan-favorite Snack Wraps earlier in the week.
The person being sought in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street was seen near a Port Authority bus station 46 minutes after the shocking crime, police said.
Amid the bustle of Warsaw's busiest street with trams whizzing by, Poland's first LGBTQ museum opened Friday, dubbed a landmark moment by the community still striving for full legal rights.Researchers say it has not always been easy to gather artefacts documenting the often forgotten struggle of the LGBTQ community.
German campaigners are pushing for reform to remove legal hurdles for women seeking an abortion, with emotions running high on the issue as the country heads for early elections.- 'Life is life' - With the conservative opposition CDU/CSU alliance ahead in the polls, a group of mostly centrist and left-leaning MPs are now seeking to speedily push through the reform.
Palestinian officials say at least 29 people were killed, including four medical staff, when Israeli strikes pummeled the area around one of the last remaining hospitals in northern Gaza. The situation in and around the Kamal Adwan hospital is “catastrophic,” according to Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, the director of the hospital. Elsewhere in the region, Lebanon said it is closing all its land border crossings with Syria except for a main one that links Beirut with the Syrian capital, Damascus.
A three-storey apartment block in The Hague partially collapsed Saturday after a fire and explosion, firefighters said, with first responders searching for people under the rubble.It was not known how many people were still missing nor what caused the explosion in the block of flats not far from the centre of the city.
With a snap general election looming in the new year, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will officially nominate co-leader Alice Weidel as its candidate to be chancellor on Saturday.The party is currently polling at around 18 percent in second place behind the conservatives ahead of the election in February, prompting it to name an official chancellor candidate for the first time.
US president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday landed in Paris on his first international trip since his election win, preparing for a day of intense diplomacy before attending the reopening ceremony for the Notre Dame cathedral restored after the 2019 fire.The Notre Dame opening ceremony will itself start at 1800 GMT. Trump is expected to leave on Sunday and it is not clear if he will return to the church for morning mass that day.
Romanian police raided houses on Saturday linked to a probe into alleged irregularities in the first-round presidential election win of far-right outsider Calin Georgescu, a day after the top court cancelled the imminent run-off.-Declassified documents- Little known outsider Georgescu, who unexpectedly topped the first round of voting on November 24, was favourite to win the second round on Sunday against centrist pro-EU contender Elena Lasconi, several polls revealed.
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol apologised but didn't resign Saturday over his declaration of martial law, as protesters heaped pressure on members of parliament to vote to impeach him.The opposition and key members of Yoon's own party have called for him to step down, and parliament was set to vote later Saturday on his impeachment.
Ghanaians voted in elections on Saturday with frontrunners vice president and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia and opposition ex-president John Mahama facing off in a closely fought race.Voting opened at 0700 GMT and will close at 1700 GMT on Saturday, with early results expected on Sunday and full results for the presidential election expected by Tuesday.
Romania’s constitutional court has annulled the country’s 2024 presidential election process in a historic decision, meaning the first round which saw far-right ultranationalist candidate Calin Georgescu emerge as a narrow leader will now not count.
IHOP worker Victoria Hughes says she was fired after 13 years of service for feeding pancakes to a homeless man — and she doesn't regret it.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has apologized to the nation in his first public comments since his abortive attempt to impose martial law threw the country into political chaos and led to calls for his impeachment.
Polls opened in presidential and legislative elections in Ghana Saturday, poised to be a litmus test for democracy in a region shaken by extremist violence and coups. Ghana used to be a poster child for democracy in the region. At a time when coups threatened democracy in West Africa, Ghana has emerged as a beacon of democratic stability with a history of peaceful elections.
France's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral is formally reopening its doors on Saturday for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019. The restoration, a spectacular achievement in just five years for a structure that took nearly two centuries to build, is seen as a moment of triumph for French President Emmanuel Macron, who championed the ambitious timeline — and a welcome respite from his domestic political woes. President-elect Donald Trump, America's first lady Jill Biden and Britain's Prince William, along with dozens of state and government and personalities — 1,500 guests in all — will attend the reopening celebration under Notre Dame’s soaring Gothic arches, led by Archbishop Laurent Ulrich.
Chipotle Mexican Grill's food prices are increasing by approximately 2% to offset inflation costs, according to Chipotle’s chief corporate affairs officer Laurie Schalow.
Four days after a health care executive was shot and killed in Manhattan, police are piecing together clues, including a backpack, photos, video, ammunition, DNA and more, to help zero in on a suspect, who they believe is no longer in the city.
A federal judge appointed by former President Ronald Reagan said the public discourse about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the cases against Donald Trump supporters prosecuted because they committed crimes in support of the once and future president had been distorted.
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