A Republican congresswoman in the US House of Representatives has proposed a bill to deny transgender individuals access to women's toilets in the Capitol.
SpaceX's second attempt to catch a rocket a month after successfully catching a part of it has failed due to safety concerns, with the booster landing in the ocean instead.
Russian software company Pro32 has invited a seven-year-old coding prodigy to join their management team, dubbing him the 'coding Mozart' with exceptional teaching skills.
A bizarre contest in Japan where participants were asked to imitate a Japanese samurai after a ritual suicide has been canceled following criticism that the contest was in poor taste.
Three individuals died of suffocation during a vehicle test at a Hyundai factory in South Korea, according to the South Korean news agency Yonhap. The incident occurred in the southeastern city of Ulsan.
A Dutch citizen, identified as Peter in his sixties, was kidnapped by criminals in Brazil and eventually released after his daughter paid the requested ransom of approximately 25,000 euros.
Germany and Finland have launched an investigation after an undersea data cable between the countries was damaged, warning about the dangers of 'hybrid warfare' amidst heightened tensions with Russia.
Several students from the Chinese elementary school Yongan Primary School were injured on Tuesday after a car crashed outside the school in the city of Changde, located in the Hunan province in central China.
Two people were killed and ten others were injured in two separate shootings along a parade route and celebration in New Orleans on Sunday.
Six people have died in a car accident in the German city of Ochtrup, near Enschede. Two vehicles collided at a railway crossing, resulting in one car catching fire.
Incoming president Donald Trump celebrated his election victory with a visit to a mixed martial arts tournament in New York City.
The Supreme Court of South Africa has demanded that the police no longer block the entrances to the abandoned gold mine in the city of Stilfontein.
A South Korean man was arrested in Peru for attempting to smuggle over 300 tarantulas out of the country tied to his body. Security at Lima airport noticed 'noticeable bumps' and stopped him.
A 21-year-old student has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a stabbing attack at a education institution in Jiangsu province, China.
A fire broke out in the neonatology department of a hospital in India, resulting in the death of at least ten newborn babies.
Oxford professor Tim Coulson predicts that octopuses could evolve to develop complex civilizations underwater, potentially replacing humans as the dominant species on Earth.
Norwegian fishermen caught 200 kilograms of halibut and a 7,800-ton American nuclear submarine in their nets off the coast of Norway, according to reports.
The main opposition leader of South Korea has been sentenced to a one-year suspended prison term for violating the election law.
At least ten people have died in a fire at a care home in Spain, according to the Spanish news agency EFE. One person remains in critical condition.
Tropical Storm Sara is wreaking havoc in the Central American country of Honduras. Video footage shows flooded areas due to heavy rainfall, with the northeast coast being hit the hardest.
Manou Cassiers, a 25-year-old tourist from Antwerp, Belgium, had a harrowing experience at sea for 35 hours following a volcanic eruption in Indonesia. She describes the ordeal as a nightmare, with cockroaches everywhere.
Russian TV chef Alexei Zimin, known for his outspoken criticism of the war in Ukraine, was found dead in a hotel room. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death.
A suicide bomber detonated explosives at the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, causing panic and leading to the death of the attacker. The incident prompted the evacuation of judges and heightened security measures in the capital.
A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Tokyo for allegedly scratching a pillar at the famous Meiji Jingu shrine with his fingernails. Concerns over disrespectful behavior of tourists in Japan are on the rise.
The Taliban in Afghanistan have executed their sixth public execution since 2021, when the group regained control of the country. A convicted murderer was shot dead with three bullets in a sports stadium filled with thousands of spectators.
The police are investigating threats made towards a number of secondary schools in Amsterdam-West. The police state that they are taking the threat seriously and have implemented visible and invisible measures. The schools are open as usual on Wednesday. It is not yet clear if the online threat is related to the recent unrest in the capital city in the past few days, as the police are still investigating.
An accident in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai has resulted in the death of 35 people and injuries to 43 others after a driver ran over a large number of people.
German authorities have arrested a 17-year-old German-Turkish teenager who was reportedly planning to drive a truck into a Christmas market. The arrest apparently prevented a terrorist attack in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, German media reported.
Bhutan, a tiny country in the eastern Himalayas, aims to construct a new city called Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) to promote mindfulness and attract both spiritual residents and tourists.
Authorities in Henan province, China, have implemented strict measures to prevent thousands of students from undertaking a 60-kilometer bike tour to buy popular soup dumplings in Kaifeng.
