The parents of a senior at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, said their son has been missing since last month while studying abroad in France. Ken DeLand Jr.’s family launched a website to get information about their…
Golden Globes to unveil nominations as censured awards eye comeback
Boycotted by A-listers and studios last year, the Golden Globes will attempt to rebuild their reputation as one of Hollywood’s top award shows with organizers unveiling this year’s nominees on Monday. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes the film…
Defending champions Golden State Warriors beat Boston Celtics in Finals rematch
The Golden State Warriors sent a “message” to NBA rivals Boston Celtics with a 123-107 victory in San Francisco in a repeat of last season’s Finals. The Warriors have struggled so far in their title defence, while the Celtics have…
Ukraine updates: Kherson marks 1 month since liberation
Ukrainians on Sunday marked one month since Russia’s troops withdrew from Kherson and its vicinity. The region had been occupied for eight months. Since then, residents have struggled to regain normalcy, dealing instead with the aftermath of the lengthy occupation,…
Dorothy Pitman Hughes: pioneering Black feminist dies age 84
Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist and community activist who co-founded Ms magazine with Gloria Steinem and appeared with her in one of the most iconic photos of the second-wave feminist movement, has died age 84. Hughes died on…
Nasa’s Orion capsule on target for splashdown
The US space agency Nasa is all set to bring home its Orion capsule. The spaceship, which has been on a three-week journey around the Moon, is targeting a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off California. Uncrewed for this test…
Mauna Loa alert downgraded as scientists believe Hawaii volcano may stop erupting soon
The active volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has been downgraded from a warning to a watch as scientists believe Mauna Loa’s eruption is coming to an end. On Saturday, a bulletin from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported…
Lockerbie bombing suspect in US custody
A Libyan man accused of making the bomb which destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie 34 years ago is in United States custody, Scottish authorities have said. The US announced charges against Abu Agila Masud two years ago, alleging…
Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl’s incurable cancer
A teenage girl’s incurable cancer has been cleared from her body in the first use of a revolutionary new type of medicine. All other treatments for Alyssa’s leukaemia had failed. So doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital used “base editing”…