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Afghanistan has suffered its deadliest attack in a year outside a girls' school in Kabul. At least 50 people died in a bombing, mostly students, and about 100 were injured.

Editorial director of VoteBeat Jessica Huseman explains the measures Republicans in Arizona are going through to recount ballots from the 2020 presidential election.

Renewed clashes at the revered Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem ahead of a planned Jewish nationalist march have left hundreds injured. Palestinians hurled projectiles at Israeli officers in riot gear who fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas as a planned march marking Israel's 1967 takeover of the holy city threatened to further inflame tensions.

A minke whale was rescued after it got stranded in London's River Thames, hundreds of miles away from its natural habitat. Officials lost sight of the creature overnight but it was later on spotted a few miles along the river.

Four people have been injured, three critically after a man went on a stabbing rampage at a supermarket in Dunedin on Monday.Police said a suspect, who one witness described as having a psychotic episode, had been arrested after what seemed to be a random attack and would appear in court on Tuesday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said there was no evidence the attack was a domestic terrorism incident.

The World Health Organization (WHO)'s decision to give node to China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine will facilitate access to jabs among the struggling African countries that fell victim to vaccine nationalism, according to an African policy expert.

The 2020 Olympics, which were postponed by a year due to the pandemic, are set to begin in Tokyo on July 23. However, a new opinion poll in local newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun daily shows that nearly 60% of local people think Olympics should be canceled.

A Delta flight was forced to return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after it was hit by a bird. CNN's Pete Muntean reports.

Yan'an (China) (AFP) – China's Communist Party is holding a series of tourist events to mark their 100 year anniversary. Tourists and workers in the country can take part in tours around notable historic sites linked to the party, who are lauding their achievements in transforming a poor, divided nation into a global superpower.

Using autonomous vehicles or flying cars .. Nobody knows exactly what forms of transportation we will be traveling in by 2050, but experts are sure that it will be through different means compared to current planes and trains.

Unique aerial photos from a helicopter: In a photo series, award-winning photographer Tom Hegen depicts the Germany's empty airports during the corona pandemic.

White House science officials say the Trump administration's politicization of science put lives at risk and eroded public trust. They hope to unearth and learn from past problems and tighten scientific integrity rules for the future. (May 10)