The Belarusian opposition channel Nexta said Sunday that one of its former collaborators had been arrested after an emergency landing of a flight he was on in Minsk. Roman Pratasevich, 26, was apprehended at Minsk airport after Ryanair flight FR4978 from Athens to Vilnius in Lithuania, was diverted to Belarus.
Kenya is seeing deteriorating biodiversity as rapid urbanization and human activities are causing habitat loss for marine species along the country's coastlines. This year's International Day of Biodiversity was marked by growing concerns over rapid urbanization and its impact on biodiversity.
A German army soldier has been accused of plotting to kill prominent politicians while posing as a Syrian asylum-seeker. Federal prosecutors say the suspect, named as 1st Lt. Franco A., acted out of far-right extremist views and tried to blame the attack on refugees.
Senior White House adviser Cedric Richmond tells CNN's Dana Bash that President Biden is "engaged" with negotiators trying to reach a compromise on police reform.
A new exhibition in Paris includes previously unpublished documents concerning the life of one of France's most exceptional women. Simone Veil born in Nice in 1927, was a survivor of the Holocaust, in which she lost her parents. She overcame numerous hardships, going on to become a magistrate and government minister who successfully campaigned for abortion to be made legal in France in 1974 when she held the health portfolio.
CNN's Dana Bash and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) discuss ongoing negotiations around a police reform bill with Booker saying on the Senate side, bipartisan negotiations are moving forward with "good faith" effort to reach a deal.
At least 12 people died on Sunday when a cable car fell in Italy's alpine region of Piedmont, emergency services have said. Two children were also seriously injured and airlifted out to Turin. The Alpine Rescue Service has warned that the death toll is likely to increase.
21 ultra-marathon runners have died after extreme weather conditions hit a 100-kilometer (62-mile) mountain race in northwest China. The Huanghe Shilin Mountain Marathon began in sunny conditions but soon freezing rain, hail stones and gale winds lashed runners.
Kimie Bessho started playing table tennis at the age of 45 soon after being confined to a wheelchair after surgeries to help cure her cancer. Now, the Butterfly Lady of table tennis is looking to shine at Tokyo 2020.
Twenty-one people running a mountain marathon have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale winds hit the high-altitude race, state media reported Sunday. After an all-night rescue operation in freezing temperatures involving more than 700 personnel, rescuers were able to confirm that 151 people were safe out of a total of 172 participants.
China's first Mars rover has driven down its landing platform to roam the on the surface of the red planet. Rover Zhurong, left its module for the first time on Saturday (May 22) morning. China landed the spacecraft carrying the rover on Mars on May 15 in a technically challenging feat that is more difficult than a moon landing.
Congo's Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tried to flee Goma, a city of nearly 2 million. There was no immediate word on any casualties, but witnesses said that lava already had engulfed one highway that connects Goma with the city of Beni in North Kivu province.
